{"id":3515656,"date":"2025-08-25T10:18:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?p=3515656"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:21:12","slug":"key-blindspots-of-the-walrus-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2025-08-25\/key-blindspots-of-the-walrus-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Blindspots of the &#8220;Walrus&#8221; Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recorded on:<br \/>\nAug 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37915265\/height\/64\/theme\/modern\/size\/small\/thumbnail\/no\/custom-color\/04040c\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/hide-subscribe\/yes\/download\/yes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"64\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h3>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Frankly, Nate unpacks some key blindspots of \u201cthe walrus movement\u201d\u2014a placeholder label that\u2019s a gentle nod to those championing bold social and ecological ideals. While mostly well-intentioned, this \u201cmovement\u201d can miss the stark limits of our planet\u2019s unfolding biophysical reality.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when lofty goals sidestep ecological and energetic realities? How might we incorporate these oversights to drive clear, purposeful action towards a (more) sustainable future? And how do we ground ourselves in biophysical truths while envisioning a system that better serves the planet and its people?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ejRfnSrY0ok?si=_AI6ex8ErjTUMaOW\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Show Notes &amp; Links to Learn More<\/h3>\n<div id=\"epi_notes\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewalrusmovement.com\/\">The Walrus Movement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>03:19 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cec.org\/files\/sem\/20231030\/aaa003.pdf\">optimal foraging theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>04:31 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/organismalbio.biosci.gatech.edu\/nutrition-transport-and-homeostasis\/acquisition-of-nutrients-in-plants\/\">plant nutrient uptake<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/animal\/leafcutter-ant\">leafcutter ants<\/a><\/p>\n<p>06:10 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/capitalism\">capitalism definition<\/a><\/p>\n<p>06:35 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/the-psychology-of-social\/\">status seeking psychology<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/no-more-fomo\/202503\/i-want-it-now-the-psychology-of-instant-gratification\">instant gratification seeking psychology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>06:55 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oralhistory.ws\/resources\/the-impact-of-agriculture-on-social-hierarchy\/\">agriculture + social hierarchy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>07:13 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/shorthistoryofpr0000wrig\/mode\/2up\">Ronald Wright\u00a0<i>A Short History of Progress<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>07:51 \u2013 image: Diego Rivera, The great city of Tenochtitl\u00e1n. National Palace, Mexico. 1925-35.<\/p>\n<p>08:15 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/human.libretexts.org\/Bookshelves\/History\/World_History\/Early_World_Civilizations_(Lumen)\">early world civilizations<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikibooks.org\/wiki\/World_History\/Ancient_Civilizations\">energy surplus and ancient civilizations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>08:38 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unm.edu\/~jdelong\/delong2008oik.pdf\">maximum power principle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>09:15 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h5VWZm7ESfk\">the economic superorganism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10:58 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/authoritarianism\">authoritarianism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12:04 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/europepmc.org\/article\/pmc\/pmc9983523\">psychological causes and societal consequences of authoritarianism<\/a><\/p>\n<p>14:13 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC7820585\/\">inequality fuels high crime and low trust<\/a><\/p>\n<p>14:50 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6446569\/\">humans\u2019 evolved pleasure circuits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15:35 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2017\/04\/14\/species\/\">E. O. Wilson quote origin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15:50 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/with-4634-b-c-start-date-starbucks-barista-would-match-ceos-annual-pay\/\">Starbucks CEO vs barista pay<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.business.org\/finance\/accounting\/hourly-wages-ceo-vs-employees\/\">CEO vs Employee Salaries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>15:55 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/stories\/2021\/10\/climate-change-could-make-some-areas-of-earth-uninhabitable-by-2500\/\">regions will become inhabitable as warming increases<\/a><\/p>\n<p>18:31 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/10\/27\/1047583610\/once-again-the-u-s-has-failed-to-take-sweeping-climate-action-heres-why\">big oil\u2019s role in blocking regulations<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2021\/09\/oil-companies-discourage-climate-action-study-says\/\">big oil\u2019s PR war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>19:30 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Blogs\/Articles\/2023\/08\/24\/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion\">IMF claims that Exxon\/Shell are bilking societies 5 trillion per year in subsidies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>20:20 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/mapped-the-worlds-largest-state-owned-oil-companies\/\">state-owned oil companies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>22:33 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.1energysystems.com\/solar-panel-components\/\">what goes into a solar panel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>23:34 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ecological_overshoot\">ecological overshoot<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZDN8ABCIDyg\">Overshoot and Its 7 Fundamental Drivers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>24:43 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060\">Modern Monetary Theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>25:52 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/the-cantillon-effect-because-of-inflation-we-re-financing-the-financiers\/\">the Cantillon Effect<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30:00 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/naturevsnurture.html\">nature and nurture in psychology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30:17 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neurolaunch.com\/tribalism-psychology\/\">tribalism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"dl_transcript\" class=\"cta_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegreatsimplification.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Frankly-105-Transcript-Blindspots-of-the-Walrus-Movement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download transcript<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s Frankly, Nate unpacks some key blindspots of \u201cthe walrus movement\u201d\u2014a placeholder label that\u2019s a gentle nod to those championing bold social and ecological ideals. While mostly well-intentioned, this \u201cmovement\u201d can miss the stark limits of our planet\u2019s unfolding biophysical reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128238,"featured_media":3515673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79718,213530],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3515656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-environment-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3515656"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3515672,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3515656\/revisions\/3515672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3515673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3515656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3515656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3515656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}