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The metaverse will no doubt bring many benefits, joys, and human advancements, while also raising additional questions about our self-conception and what it actually means to 'advance' as humans. The metaverse is compelling because it asks us to more viscerally engage with what we believe about our bodies — about the paradigms we reify as we... See more

‘The basic behaviour mode of the world system is exponential growth of population and capital, followed by collapse… Under the assumption that population and capital growth should not be deliberately limited but should be left to “seek their own levels”, we have not been able to find a set of policies that avoids the collapse mode of behavior.’

In this vein, I would describe four predominant categories of world views regarding capitalism: believers, reformers, apostates and prophets. I use religious terminology because our adherence to capitalism is a religion of sorts: the world is built on ideas, and capitalism is one dogma with an enormously outsized influence. We have broadly adhered... See more

“We seem to have been living for a long time on the assumption that we can safely deal with parts, leaving the whole to take care of itself.

But now the news from everywhere is that we have to begin gathering up the scattered pieces, figuring out where they belong, and putting them back together. For the parts can be reconciled to one another only

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"Money isn’t perfect. It has changed throughout history; it’s a technology that can be improved. In the modern era, it is failing us because it’s too universal. It draws our attention away from the communities that are the real sources of our wealth."