Bradd Libby
Bradd Libby is responsible for our complex systems analysis and modeling. Prior to RethinkX, he worked for DNV GL, an engineering consultancy dedicated to health, safety, and environmental risk mitigation. He spent several years there designing and building scientific equipment for use in the Arctic and studying the effects of climate change on industry, agriculture, and cities. He has been professionally involved in using computer simulation, including System Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation, to understand complex systems for more than two decades. Bradd has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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France is Forgetting the Most Powerful Force in the Universe (The Pattern of Disruption, Part 2)
Europe is amid an energy crisis of epic proportions, with a shortage in the supply of fossil fuels causing painfully high energy prices. And today, French President Macron wants to revitalize nuclear to solve this challenge. But if you understand the pattern of disruption, you will see why this might …
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The Pattern of Disruption
The first in a new series about how the ‘pattern of disruption’ explains how our societies and economies change and evolve, and where they might be heading. It’s often assumed that ‘disruption’ is a uniquely modern phenomenon. But it’s not. Technology disruptions can be found at the heart of major …
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How Kevin Bacon Can Save the Planet and Regenerate the Earth
Decision-makers at the COP26 UN climate summit might do well to remind themselves of a game called ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’. Because only by understanding the interconnection of the world’s problems can we recognize how they can be rapidly solved by addressing them systemically at the root. Invented in …
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To Save the Rainforests, Stop Doing the Things That Are Destroying Them
Many scientists now believe that the Amazon is close to a tipping point, after which it would become a savanna rather than a rainforest. Instead of pulling greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, it will start pumping them into the atmosphere, leading so-called flying rivers – bands of moisture in …
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Air pollution endangers billions, but a handful of technologies can make air clean again this decade
You would probably not willingly drink contaminated water or eat rotten food. But every day billions of people breathe polluted air and do not stop to think twice about it. That’s why air pollution is slashing the lives of billions of people around the world by up to six years, …
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Despite Growing Extinction Risk, This is How Whales Could Flourish Like Never Before
North Atlantic right whales face an increasing risk of extinction due to climate change. According to a new study by scientists at Cornell University, warming oceans have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat in the Gulf of Maine into cooler waters …
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Precision Fermentation and the Disruption of the Palm Oil Industry
How do chocolate goodies keep their sheen and creamy texture, even while sitting on store shelves? Increasingly, the answer is palm oil (and palm kernel oil), the world’s most widely consumed vegetable oil[1]. In our report Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030, we discuss how precision fermentation (PF) is rapidly improving …
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