The Ecosystem Incubator- 'INTO THE REGENERATIVE' - THE SCIENCE OF EXPECTATION - SPECIAL - with philosopher Okwudili Ogbu

Welcome to series 2 of The Ecosystem Incubator – ‘’Into The Regenerative’’ where we are interviewing players from regenerative, new economic and new living systems approaches. The Ecosystem features a lot of the learnings from these bases, so we see it as a great way to showcase new ideas and ways of building in the new business landscape.

In this Episode we are talking with Okwudili Ogbu a philosopher who is author of ‘’ The Science of Expectation’’, he looks at the pursuit of happiness - and how that relates to reduction of over consumption and resources for the world – how that goes hand in hand.

The good life being materially detached, not connected to material things – In turn saving the planet, happiness and more equality. 

Lack brings in a drive for life, a meaning – so bringing and moving the lens to look at inadequacy improves drive and in turn happiness.  Abundance doesn’t always cause happiness, can create more depression. 

He looks at consumption itself and how that creates unhappiness over all and that simplifying our existence is key.  Such a resonance with similar thinking from Helena Norberg Hodge, Ancient futures book in terms of the lens that we are looking at abundance. 

Suffering comes with comparison and that everything boarders with expectation – the expectation of being something, balancing ecology, happiness and measuring new success on a different playing fields.