Podcast: Thinking Ecologically

The ecological crisis is foremost a crisis in our ways of thinking. In "The Ecology of Ideas" podcast, CBS Associate professor and digital ecologist Attila Márton converses with thought leaders in an attempt to learn about how we have to change our philosophies to develop an ecologic style of thinking. In this episode, the concept of Thinking Ecologically is tackled, as well as how systems thinking reveals the interconnected patterns of living systems, and how this perspective can deepen our ecological awareness.

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What is the difference between thinking ecologically and thinking about ecology?

In this episode, Attila Márton speaks with Nora Bateson, systems thinker, ecological philosopher, writer, and filmmaker, whose work has been highly influential for this podcast.

Nora carries forward a remarkable intellectual legacy. Her father, Gregory Bateson, was a pioneering anthropologist and ecological thinker, and her grandfather, William Bateson, coined the term genetics. The phrase ecology of ideas, which gives this podcast its name, comes directly from her father's work.

Nora invites us to see the world not as isolated issues, but as interconnected patterns within living systems. Through this lens, we begin to understand that ecological awareness is not just about the environment but about how we relate with those interconnected patterns.

This episode is part of the Ecology of Ideas podcast.

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Attila Márton is Associate Professor at the Department of Digitalisation at CBS.

His primary research areas are:

Ecological Thinking and the Future(s) of Organisation
The Political Ecology of AI
Transplanetary Ecology

Attila looks at making digitalisation serve humanity: "I call myself a digital ecologist, as I am drawing on ecological thinking to understand our “togetherness” when it comes to the digital transformation of fundamental aspects of the human condition and beyond. To this effect, I am currently exploring the co-evolutionary dynamics between platforms and their respective ecosystems, the political ecology of digital labour and AI, the sociology of digital knowledge and forgetting, and, when I get to it, the expansion of humanity into outer space."

“Societal well-being and economic development go hand-in-hand”

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