{"id":5403,"date":"2021-01-20T20:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luksicscholars.org\/?post_type=ls-event&#038;p=5403"},"modified":"2021-01-20T20:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:42:55","slug":"book-launch-what-would-nature-do-a-guide-for-our-uncertain-times-ft-ruth-defries","status":"publish","type":"ls-event","link":"https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/en\/event\/book-launch-what-would-nature-do-a-guide-for-our-uncertain-times-ft-ruth-defries\/","title":{"rendered":"Book launch: What Would Nature Do? A Guide for our Uncertain Times with Ruth DeFries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"258\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luksicscholars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DeFries_WhatWouldNatureDo_cover-RESIZE_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DeFries_WhatWouldNatureDo_cover-RESIZE_0.jpg 258w, https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DeFries_WhatWouldNatureDo_cover-RESIZE_0-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ls-force-justify\">Not long ago, the future seemed predictable. Now, certainty about the course of civilization has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires, ravaging storms, political upheavals, financial collapse, and deadly pandemics lie ahead\u2014or are already here. The world feels less comprehensible and more dangerous, and no one, from individuals to businesses and governments, knows how to navigate the path forward.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ls-force-justify\">Ruth DeFries argues that a surprising set of time-tested strategies from the natural world can help humanity weather these crises. Through trial and error over the eons, life has evolved astonishing and counterintuitive tricks in order to survive. DeFries details how a handful of fundamental strategies\u2014investments in diversity, redundancy over efficiency, self-correcting feedbacks, and decisions based on bottom-up knowledge\u2014enable life to persist through unpredictable, sudden shocks. Lessons for supply chains from a leaf\u2019s intricate network of veins and stock market-saving \u201ccircuit breakers\u201d patterned on planetary cycles reveal the power of these approaches for modern life. With humility and willingness to apply nature\u2019s experience to our human-constructed world, DeFries demonstrates, we can withstand uncertain and perilous times. Exploring the lessons that life on Earth can teach us about coping with complexity,\u00a0<em>What Would Nature Do?<\/em>\u00a0offers timely options for civilization to reorganize for a safe and prosperous future.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SPEAKERS:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luksicscholars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DeFries_Ruth_headshot-resize-website_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5406\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ls-force-justify\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/e3b.columbia.edu\/faculty\/ruth-defries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ruth DeFries<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a University Professor and Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the MacArthur \u201cGenius\u201d Fellowship and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Her books include\u00a0<em>The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis<\/em>\u00a0(2014).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luksicscholars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oliver_Morton_headshot-crop-2_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oliver_Morton_headshot-crop-2_1-1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Oliver_Morton_headshot-crop-2_1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ls-force-justify\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ioes.ucla.edu\/person\/oliver-morton\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Morton<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a senior editor at\u00a0<em>The Economist<\/em>. He has also been Chief News and Features Editor at\u00a0<em>Nature<\/em>\u00a0and editor of\u00a0<em>Wired UK<\/em>\u00a0and has contributed to a wide range of other publications, including\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. Oliver\u00a0is an honorary professor in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy at University College London.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luksicscholars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f94c2713-a1d5-4359-8507-f93196646370_0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f94c2713-a1d5-4359-8507-f93196646370_0.png 250w, https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/f94c2713-a1d5-4359-8507-f93196646370_0-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"ls-force-justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/globalcenters.columbia.edu\/safwan-masri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Safwan M. Masri<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is Professor and Executive Vice President for Global Centers and Global Development at Columbia University. He is also a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia\u2019s School of International and Public Affairs. Masri\u00a0is the author of\u00a0<em>Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly\u00a0<\/em>(Columbia University Press, 2017). He\u00a0served as Vice Dean of Columbia Business School from 1993 to 2006. Masri\u00a0is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and\u00a0an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timezone: EST<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Morton in conversation with Ruth DeFries<\/p>\n<p>Chaired by Safwan M. 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