{"id":53861,"date":"2020-06-25T07:42:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T12:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53861"},"modified":"2020-06-25T07:42:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T12:42:30","slug":"energy-and-institution-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53861","title":{"rendered":"Energy and Institution Size"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Energy and Institution Size<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This week was a first for me. I participated in an academic conference that was entirely online. The conference \u2014 called Thermodynamics 2.0<\/a> \u2014 was designed to connect the natural and social sciences. It was a fitting place to discuss my research, and there were many interesting (virtual) talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve posted here a recording of my presentation, called Energy and Institution Size<\/em>. In it, I discuss how firms and governments tend to get larger as energy use increases. And I tell you why I think this happens. (Spoilers \u2026 I think it has to do with hierarchy.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a regular reader, you\u2019ll have seen much of this material before (here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>). But perhaps you\u2019ll enjoy an audiovisual presentation of it. If you\u2019re a new reader, this talk is a good introduction to my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n