India faces a unique challenge in the climate crisis: we have a young and largely poor population that rightfully demands a life of freedom, dignity and prosperity, which is why every politician and entrepreneur talks about development. Climate action in India will not be energetic and aggressive unless it becomes part of India’s quest for a flourishing society, but the normal path to development is carbon intensive.
We need a deep reimagination and transformation of Indian society including measures for innovation, adaptation and resilience. Neither climate change nor India’s flourishing can be isolated from other wicked problems and the wicked minds needed to solve them.
This newsletter covers wicked minds and wicked problems in one framework:
The various wicked problems that revolve around the wickedest problem of climate change
The various skills and virtues one needs to be fully human in this era, a ‘wicked mind’ so to speak.
Think about it as the engineering education you never received - making the world a better place - or the liberal arts education you never received - making the world a better place.
