This conversation was facilitated by Noema deputy editor Nils Gilman.
Gilman: Governor Brown, how did you first formulate the idea of planetary realism?
Brown: It happened in a mundane way. I was running for president in 1976, and I was formulating some ideas on foreign policy. As I discussed these issues with knowledgeable people, I thought of the world as being deeply interconnected. I had the sense that it wasn’t just “us against them,” but rather that there was connectivity among all nations across a range of issues.
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