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The Four Reminders for Individuals

March 26, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 12

Mending the future will require system change and personal change. And we can start with nudges in the right direction, because much of what we need already exists. The 4 reminders for individuals can help us live better and spend less time in the more toxic areas of modern society.

1. Be Where You Are

2. The Entire World is Real

3. Find the Others

4. Plant Trees

This episode is a companion to the 'Four Factors for Organization' which laid out the guidelines Matt uses to pick organizations.

Find the others by joining our discord: https://discord.gg/mDBuWYtwMh

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions. Used with permission of the artist.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass. Arr. by Karl Michelson. Performed by The Union Guitar Trio. Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833

Shizuka by Aerohead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8VmUFPEg_w

Verdure by Kaizan Blue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJaHkR_8ehk

Poetry Credits:

Warsan Shire. 'What they Did Yesterday Afternoon' in Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth. (2011)
https://bookshop.org/p/books/teaching-my-mother-how-to-give-birth-warsan-shire/7604734?ean=9781905233298&next=t&next=t

Sound Effects:

Digging with Shovel OWI.wav by Allen2001 -- https://freesound.org/s/595105/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Atmos chords c min.wav by LogicMoon -- https://freesound.org/s/645688/ -- License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0