Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
The discovery suggested to Robert that electrostatics can enable a plant-pollinator mutualism, a well-known example of coevolution. This dynamic — in which a bee feeds on a flower’s nectar and gathers pollen to feed larvae, and also propagates pollen from flower to flower, enabling plant reproduction — was already well established. The potential... See more
Max G. Levy • The Hidden World of Electrostatic Ecology | Quanta Magazine
Harvard Developed AI Identifies the Shortest Path to Human Happiness
Deep Longevity Ltd • Harvard Developed AI Identifies the Shortest Path to Human Happiness
consciousness and conferencing
panpsychism
Participants said the workshop helped them notice they were not considering certain groups in their future thinking. Socially oppressed groups are left outside their typical future imagination. This was one of the aspects that participants considered central learning, the necessity to think about others.
Another learning that participants identified... See more
Another learning that participants identified... See more
On The Social Complexity of Neurotechnology: Designing A Futures Workshop For The Exploration Of More Just Alternative Futures * Journal of Futures Studies
Futures thinking and
The Futures Triangle can also be used for inner
work. The pull of the future is where one
wishes to be, the desired personal life one
imagines for oneself. The weight of the past can
be blocks - inner or outer - preventing one from
achieving the vision. The pushes of the present
can be enablers or externals pushes one needs
to navigate.
work. The pull of the future is where one
wishes to be, the desired personal life one
imagines for oneself. The weight of the past can
be blocks - inner or outer - preventing one from
achieving the vision. The pushes of the present
can be enablers or externals pushes one needs
to navigate.
inayatullah-2023-the-futures-triangle-origins-and-iterations.pdf
Futures thinking and
One of the most honest accounts I’ve encountered of humanity’s relationship with nonhuman animals comes from political theorist Dinesh Wadiwel, who describes it as a state of war — not a metaphorical war, but a literal one, in which we are the aggressors. If you were an alien who knew nothing about our species, you might expect a civilization that... See more
Humanity is failing one of its greatest moral tests
When you apply possibility thinkingin your daily life, it can give you a powerful sense of agency. It can help you find innovative solutions to actually do what you want to do, in one form or another.
Constance de Saint Laurent • How to use ‘possibility thinking’ | Psyche Guides
Imagination and
Located in the town of Gelephu in Southern Bhutan, Mindfulness City is described as an economic hub that will lay the foundations for the country’s future growth. Spanning more than 386 square miles (250,000 acres), the site will include a new international airport, railway station, hydroelectric dam, healthcare center, and multiple public spaces.... See more
Rachel Cormack • Bjarke Ingels Is Designing a ‘Mindfulness City’ in Bhutan
not one thing