OK, finished the video, which is an OK review of the problems of complexity and energy depletion, but isn't very informative for people who have been around the doomosphere for a long time.  His "shred of hope" which amounts to a prescription for more populism and democracy isn't followed by any explanation of how to do that.  The reality is that we have an oligarchy in control and are heading toward less democratization, not more.

The podcast also does not address the important effects we see ongoing right now.  Mass migration and the refugee problem.  Homelessness and affordable housing shortages.  Rapidly rising food prices and government debt.  An academic understanding of the reasons for collapse isn't very useful unless it addresses the practical problems and offers solutions and a way to implement them.  He actually gives an example of France where Macron took a randomly selected group of average J6Ps, had them listen to experts for 2 years and come up with recommendations, which he promised to implement.  When they offered up 100, exactly 2 were implemented.  So this exercise in democratization is nothing more than window dressing or putting lipstick on a pig.

He smiles a lot and says he's "pessimistic about the future  but optimistic about people".  ::)   I'm not really sure what that means.  He's young, good looking and well spoken, so like Greta Thunberg is a good spokesmodel, but not someone who can lead a movement. Like most academics, he doesn't/won't say the truth, which is that we can't change unless we get rid of the oligarchy, and that can't happen without revolution.

RE