Episode 2: Exploring Social Impact Bonds, Managed Retreat, and the Commodification of Nature with Kate Mason

Episode 2: Exploring Social Impact Bonds, Managed Retreat, and the Commodification of Nature with Kate Mason

In this episode of the Veritas Podcast, host Dr. Petra Bueskens welcomes Kate Mason to explore intricate topics like social impact bonds, managed retreat policies, and the commodification of nature and privacy. The conversation delves into the philosophy and repercussions of current political and cultural shifts, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kate Mason, with a background in social ecology and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, highlights the transformation of the welfare industry and the rise of philanthropic capitalism. She explains how private interests now fund interventions in vulnerable populations, which leads to extensive data surveillance. They further discuss the impending preemptive relocations due to climate change modeling and how ecosystems are being quantified for financial markets. The episode underscores a critical look at how the operationalization of these policies is often underreported and misunderstood, urging listeners to question and critically analyze these sweeping changes.

00:00 Introduction to the Veritas Podcast
01:12 Meet Kate: A Journey Through Social Ecology and Psychotherapy
02:59 The Impact of COVID Mandates on Welfare Work
05:47 The Rise of Mental Health Pathologization
10:18 The Social and Psychological Impact of COVID Policies
37:44 Exploring Social Impact Bonds and Welfare Privatization
52:21 Japan's Surveillance Program
53:13 Parenting and Government Intervention
53:45 Therapeutic Approaches in Welfare
55:08 Social Media and Surveillance
56:05 Telehealth and Digital Revolution
56:45 Social Impact Bonds and Democracy
58:35 Global Influence on Local Policies
01:01:40 Commodification of Nature
01:10:00 Managed Retreat and Climate Change
01:26:20 Insurance and Private Property
01:34:44 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
 
Links 
 
Kate's Substack can be found here: https://kate739.substack.com/ 

Taschi talks- https://rumble.com/c/taschitalks

Japan 5.0 moonshot goals- https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/english/moonshot/target_en.html

Kate discussed goal 9 concerning the use of robots in the home to ‘stop child abuse’ - https://www.jst.go.jp/moonshot/en/program/goal9/ 

This is described as: “Breaking the intergenerational chain of child maltreatment through revolutionary diagnostics and positive intervention”.

 

Social Impact Bonds 

 

Kate Mason articles: https://www.katemasonresearch.com.au/social-impact-bonds 

 

Taschi Sidford & Kate Mason, ‘Social Impact investing episode 2- Humans as a commodity to be fixed’, September 18, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2-qwT5s77I&t=1s 

  
Kate Mason, 'Social Impact bonds explained "Profiting from human suffering"', YouTube, August 20, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJVvuW35Yw 

 
Kate Mason, 'Who knows best about your children's "Wellbeing"? According to Governments, They Do', May 20, 2024. https://substack.com/home/post/p144795714?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

 
Kate Mason, 'What's with Treasurer Chalmer's "Wellbeing" obsession? Focus on Schools', May 7, 2024. https://kate739.substack.com/p/whats-with-treasurer-chalmers-wellbeing  
 
Philanthrocapitalism

https://www.paulramsayfoundation.org.au/  

Mathew Bishop & Michael Green (foreword by Bill Clinton), Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World, Bloomsbury, 2010. https://www.amazon.com.au/Philanthrocapitalism-How-Giving-Save-World/dp/B004A14W5E 

Vandana Shiva (editor), Gates to a Global Empire: Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy, Synergetic Press, 2022. https://www.amazon.com.au/Gates-Global-Empire-Philanthrocapitalism-Democracy/dp/0907791913/ 

Mark Goodwin and Whitney Webb, 'Tokenized, Inc: BlackRock’s Plan To Own The Fractionalized World', Unlimited Hangout, February 8, 2024. https://unlimitedhangout.com/2024/02/investigative-reports/tokenized-inc-blackrocks-plan-to-own-the-fractionalized-world/  

 

'Ecosystem services'

Kate Mason, ‘Corporates owning the rights to the air we breathe? Natural Asset Companies explored’, YouTube, November 21, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBOZmjhXIZ4&t=760s 

https://www.csiro.au/en/research/natural-environment/natural-resources/natural-capital-accounting  

https://www.csiro.au/en/research/natural-environment/ecosystems?start=0&count=12 

https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/publications/ecosystem-services-key-concepts-and-applications  
 
Green and blue 'infrastructure'

https://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/listing/newsletter/pathway-infrastructure-resilience  

https://www.movementandplace.nsw.gov.au/place-and-network/built-environment-indicators/green-and-blue  
 
'Managed retreat'

UN Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). https://www.undrr.org/ 

NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022 No 80. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-2022-080#statusinformation  

Kate Mason, 'Managed Retreat NSW Australia: NSW State Disaster Mitigation Plan', Substack, February 24, 2024. https://kate739.substack.com/p/managed-retreat-nsw-australia 

Kate Mason, ‘6 Cities Plan, WEF, Rockefeller and Managed Retreat NSW Australia
From Blue Mountains to Wollongong and up to Newcastle (and everywhere in between)’, Substack, March 1, 2024. https://kate739.substack.com/p/6-cities-plan-wef-rockefeller-and  

Kate Mason, ‘Managed Retreat New Zealand: Shhhh....be careful not to let the community know’, Substack, July 4, 2024. https://kate739.substack.com/p/managed-retreat-new-zealand 

Kate Mason, ‘Managed Retreat- Adaption Plans- Privatised Infrastructure- Wealth and Asset Transfer: The Australian government is "transforming" private property ownership using catastrophic climate modelling’, July 18, 2024. https://kate739.substack.com/p/managed-retreat-adaption-plans-privatised  

Kate Mason, ‘Managed Retreat- '"Governments are broke": The role of infrastructure ownership in the upcoming wide spread managed retreat swindle’, September 10, 2024. https://kate739.substack.com/p/managed-retreat-governments-are-broke