Never before has a US President threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” And when challenged that such […] Read More
Category: Book Review
Two massive forces are combining to disrupt the world and societies as we know them. Analogous to The Fujiwara Effect, named for the combinatory effect […] Read More
Psychologist Bob Rich advises people who are suffering from climate anxiety to “Do the best you can then don’t worry”. Ryan Hagen’s book Your Guide […] Read More
Modern society is heading steadily toward collapse. To avoid it requires us making some difficult short-term decisions. Are we capable of doing so? History suggests […] Read More
Weaving themes as diverse as oceanography, social divides, artificial intelligence and many others, the genius of Richard Powers is on show again in his latest […] Read More
Human progress has largely been achieved during cycles of open societies which institute dramatic and transformative change followed by cycles of closed thinking which stills […] Read More
Economist Kenneth Boulding once said that “anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or […] Read More
Most older people today are unaware that in their lifetimes the population of the planet has tripled and we have burned nearly 90% of all […] Read More
After organizing a successful meeting between blue urban liberals and red conservative rural folk in 2017, journalist Monica Guzman began to see political polarization in […] Read More
Why did Homo sapiens triumph over other Homo species? And then how did we become the dominant species on the planet? Academic Hanno Sauer addresses […] Read More