Biological economics: 'Live fast, die young’; ‘live slow, die old’
Terry Pratchett’s Mayflies and Life History Theory; Star Trek and the Economics of Abundance
![Stable Diffusion Image, prompted by the Terry Pratchett discussion between mayflies about life and cows and the sun Stable Diffusion Image, prompted by the Terry Pratchett discussion between mayflies about life and cows and the sun](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08258dfb-cf20-4038-a692-74083f9f061d_512x512.jpeg)
I’m fascinated by connections across disciplines – connections breaking through disciplinary silos. One favourite of mine is Life History Theory (LHT) [i] - an evolutionary framework focused on how organisms make trade-offs between limited…
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