Jeremy Lent: The System Isn’t Broken. It’s Working Exactly As Designed

In this conversation, Jeremy Lent challenges the assumption that our global system is simply “broken.” Instead, he argues that it is functioning exactly as designed - optimizing for extraction, exploitation, and growth at all costs.

After building success within that system himself, he began to question its deeper consequences - and ultimately chose a different path.

From the historical roots of this worldview to the modern concentration of wealth and power, this episode reframes today’s crises as systemic outcomes rather than isolated failures, forcing a deeper reckoning with the structures we participate in.

00:00 Introductions
03:24 Is the World Actually Broken?
06:38 The Hidden System Shaping Everything
08:33  Why the System Works… and Why It Fails
12:04 The Invisible Forces Controlling Our Thinking
14:29 Why Awareness Isn’t Optional Anymore
17:28 How Do You Live Ethically in a Broken System?
19:17 The Personal Wake-Up Call That Changed Everything
29:11 When Life Falls Apart (And Why It’s a Gift)
34:26 What Different Cultures Get Right About Meaning
40:59 A Radical Vision: Rethinking Civilization Itself
48:13 Why Change Feels Impossible (And What Stops Us)
52:12 Small Choices That Actually Create Change
53:17 Outro

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