Let Me Know the Rules: Development, Dignity and the Power Beneath Progress

About this episode

This episode examines how the definition of development often compromises dignity and well-being despite progress.

Send us Fan Mail Despite all our progress, something is amiss. In this episode, we take a hard look at how we’ve learned to define “development” and who it actually serves. From GDP and productivity metrics to education, healthcare and everyday work life; we explore how growth-focused systems often increase output while subtly compromising dignity, connection and well-being. This is a grounded, human conversation about power, values and the hidden rules shaping our lives; both glo...

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Host: John Stuart

Topics covered

• development
• dignity
• progress
• growth-focused systems
• well-being
• values
• power

Keywords

• development
• dignity
• GDP
• productivity
• healthcare
• education
• well-being
• growth