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What 250 years of innovation history reveals about our green future

27 mins | Apr 29, 2021
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An unstoppable wave of competitive innovation is heading our way. Awareness of the limitations of our untrained mind when imagining a different world is key to creating a new narrative for the future. Psychologist Per Espen Stoknes reveals how research into the historical five main waves of innovation has led to major societal shifts. In this optimistic forecast of the years to come, he explains why we will see an inevitable separation from the ecologically destructive fossil-fuel economy if this pattern continues.

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