Polycrisis
Keely Adler and
Polycrisis
Our financial system is so obviously incompatible for the biosphere.... I want a lot of optionality for having anything I want.
We should be optimistic not because our problems are smaller than we thought, but because our capacity to solve them is larger than we thought.
Kevin Kelly • 💡 Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism
We live in societies around the world where “experts” run the show. Given the profound changes that are unfolding in our global economies and societies, we need to shift to explorers who can help us craft new pathways that can create far more value for all of us.
johnhagel.com • From Expert to Explorer
Before a tipping point in a complex system, there are early warning signals that may be detected.14 The most widely applicable of these early warning signals is “critical slowing down”—the phenomenon we are all familiar with before our computer crashes, and rather than heed the implications of this slower processing power, we jam at the keys in
... See moreSummer Praetorius • The Great Forgetting
Surviving…whatever all this is… doesn’t have to mean being left a shell of a human. In culture today, there’s an attempt to make something out of it. To process the tension of living through a long drawn out societal collapse with a sense of wonder, a new perspective, or new ways to overcome challenges.
Maybe things will start getting better. Most
... See moreMolly Barth • Extra-Existentialism
Indeed, even if one could apply the notion of oscillation between
polarized features proffered by current political ideologies, a normative choice to affirm a paradigmatic project beyond such oscillation is more advisable. This normativity is rooted in compassion, care, cohesion, solidarity, social responsibility, universal healthcare and education,
... See moreAlex Fergnani • Metamodern Futures: Prescriptions for Metamodern Foresight
Our systems, institutions, leaders and narratives about who and what we are — our lack of compassion and limited definitions of what a valued member of society is — are failing us. They have been failing us for quite some time
Stephanie Dinkins • Afro-Now-Ism
The latest season touches on a similar note — in which Robinson’s neighbor sneaks a pig in a Richard Nixon mask into his home. It ends with an all-too relatable rant as we too watch the world crumble around us: "And when you think you're gonna get eaten and your first thought is, 'Great, I don't have to go to work tomorrow.' You're relieved you
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