images from my talk at TEDx London in 2012 link to the talk http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxSWPS-James-Greyson-How-to-U

1. 1972
2012

2. Credit: Simon Tong si.smugmug.com/
Steps taken?
Steps taken?
Problems solved?

3. “If you do not change
direction, you may
end up where you
are heading”
Lao Tzu
Credit: Planetary Habitability Laboratory phl.upr.edu

4. “Divide each difficulty into
as many parts as is possible
and necessary to resolve it”
Déscartes 1637

5. Admire the whole
Then slice
Credit: FreeFoto.com

6. “…like picking up a tangled skein of wool; all the threads are
interwoven - everything leads to something else.”
First lady ‘Lady Bird’ Johnson 1970

8. New policy
-> new direction
-> new reality
Credit: jfiddler.smugmug.com

9. How ambitious?
Default: reduce problem
New: reverse problems

10. How do we learn?
Default: what we’re told
New: what we’re curious about
Credit:
helenstoreyfounda7on.org/pro8.htm

11. How to handle resources?
Default: linear
New: circular

12. How to get security?
Default: us vs them insecurity
New: global security, Credit: seeingtheforest.com
arms race in reverse

13. How to get on with the Earth?
Default: the Earth belongs to us
New: we belong to the Earth

14. How to use wealth?
Default: mega-rich: mega-problems
New: share
Doug and Kris Tompkins
Credit: Sam Beebe, eo.wikipedia.org

15. How to create money?
Default: create money as debt
New: create money publicly
Credit: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

16. @blindspotting