Looking Back on Covid-19
What have we lost, and what have we gained?
Theme archive
Musings on Civilisation and Collapse
Civilisational patterns, breakdown, renewal, cultural memory, risk, and the long arcs of societal survival.
Enterprise of Unintended Consequences
How the State of Israel Might Still Endure
The Forgotten Half of the Sky
How the Systematic Exclusion of Women has Warped Human Development
The Hidden Wound
Recoding Humanity's Path by Healing Childhood Trauma
Following the Science
During the Covid-19 pandemic, politicians and public officials repeatedly urged the general public to follow the science when justifying their often disproportionate demands.
The Metamorphic Imperative
Humanity at the Threshold of Planetary Consciousness
The Ascent from Folly
Working to Get the Human Project Back on Track
Standing at the Edge
Unsing Cooperation to Reimagine Progress
The Metamorphosis Mandate
Evolution to Ecority as a Survival Imperative
Beyond the Transaction
Reimagining Reciprocity for a Post-Growth World
Sliding Into Surveillance
When you take the time to think about it the information and communications technologies available to us are quite astonishing.
A Rebuke to Uninformed Sarcasm
And a Lesson in Research Methods
The Ephemeral Nature of Life
Our golden labrador, Myer, died today, quite suddenly.
A Terminal Diagnosis & The Phoenix
Reflections on the Collapse & Renewal of Western Civilisation
Just The Way It Is
A Plea for Renewal of the Human Project
The Gathering Storm
The Climate Crisis and Systemic Banking Collapse
Afterword: Netanyahu Unites Nations
A Necessary Alarm, Not a False Analogy
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