Underlying the Democrats’ defeat: A different view
“The Democratic Party has a major working-class voter issue. It started a decade ago as a working-class White issue. It’s now gotten even worse and spread across racial lines.”
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Bird flu, infected cows and playwright Henrik Ibsen
Is the next pandemic on its way? The dramatic spread of bird flu in American cattle is very concerning.
Evidence, please?
Modernity (even if defining starting 10,000 years ago) is a short-lived phase that will self-terminate—likely starting this century.
Memory in the age of the utterly now: The precarious state of the Internet Archive
Memory is how we orient ourselves in time and space. In the age of the internet the repositories of memory are exceedingly vulnerable.
Editorial holiday 27th September through October 14th, 2024
Due to editorial holiday, there will be very light posting between Friday, 27th September and Monday, 14th October. Regular posting will resume on Tuesday, 15th October.
Just the clash of opinions or different facts? Facing the epistemological divide
Differing opinions are not the primary thing dividing us.
From Plato to AI: Are we losing our minds?
Each step in human evolution has brought inventions that threaten to weaken our innate abilities.
A Vision for Sustainable Community Consciousness
Understanding how the root causes of our existential crisis lie in our behaviors, our individual and social behaviors, we can move to address the all-important role of culture in the creation and maintenance of sustainable communities.
The Prosumer Economy: Embracing Posthumanism for a Regenerative Future
By integrating the practical framework of the prosumer economy with the philosophical insights of posthumanism, we can begin to build an economic system that respects the interconnectedness of all life forms and promotes ecological and social justice — an integrated approach that can help us navigate the complex challenges of our time.
Getting Off the Sidelines: Climate Activism and Civil Disobedience with Peter Kalmus
Climate scientist and activist Peter Kalmus sits for an interview with Post Carbon Institute’s program director, Rob Dietz. Peter covers how his scientific understanding has changed his life, explores the difference between climate anxiety and climate grief, discusses the ins and outs of civil disobedience and getting arrested, and describes a hopeful pathway for responding to the climate emergency.
What the H5N1 scare tells us about ourselves and our society
I don’t know whether there is an H5N1 “bird flu” pandemic in our future. We humans think we can build moats around our modern way of life that protect us from the natural world. All the while we have actually been building the equivalent of superhighways into the heart of human society everywhere due to our dense living arrangements and global travel and trade.
Sustainable Food Systems | Feeding Ourselves Across Europe
Local communities in rural and urban areas are leading on the transformation of local and regional food systems, even when policies and politics at national and EU levels fall way short.