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Once again, I am coming back to the mutual relationship between words and thought. In order to create the possibility of relationships and systems based on human needs, a consciousness shift may be absolutely necessary, and changing our language may just be the path, even if I don’t quite yet see exactly how it could go there. As we learn to speak... See more

I like the idea of trying to spot the places where the abilities we need are already ready-evolved in the natural world, in another species. How might we collaborate to acquire that ability instantly, or almost instantly? Many species that live on this planet have survived and sustained themselves for far, far longer than we have. What are they... See more

Following the learning from Reimagining Pay, we recently discussed an alternative structure for pay, which tries to find the unique sweet spot for pay for each individual that is regenerative for both the system and for the self.

This report presents initiatives for helping build a more relationship-centred city. But isolated ideas are not enough, no matter how impactful or inspiring. Truly putting better relationships at the heart of London life also requires a more systematic approach to policy and design – one that encourages cross-fertilisation and coherence between... See more

Nested hierarchies are different: they contain no value judgments, no better/worse or superior/inferior. Rather, they describe a set of relationships, often correlated to scale. In biology this is the hierarchical logic of Kingdom-Phylum-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species. Though this is often graphically depicted as top-down (and thus looks similar... See more