#70 Nicolas Branas Michaelsen - Designing the Wisdom Economy

In our latest episode, Alistair sits down with Nicolas Branas Michaelsen — ex-VC turned architect of the Wisdom Economy — to rethink what capital, learning, and civilization design look like beyond mechanistic thinking.

Nicolas unpacks the pivotal awakenings that pulled him from venture exits into ecological consciousness, developmental practice, and community-based transformation. Together, they explore why impact investing fails without inner work, why wisdom—not capital—is the next frontier, and how deliberately developmental spaces could become global monasteries for a post-capitalist world.

If you're building the future of learning, community, and meaningful work in the age of AI — this one will expand your mental map.

For more from Nicolas:

👉 Substack: https://ecologiesofwisdom.substack.com

👉 https://basincollective.com/

To learn more about me:

🌐 https://alistairlanger.de

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistairlanger/

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