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“Just as the Black Death gave way to the enlightenment in Europe I was playing with this idea that climate change could give way to the delightenment.”
Tristan Zimmermann
At the very root of failing societal systems is a particular system of thought, with origins in the European ‘Enlightenment’. This dominant mindset has underpinned modern scientific advancement, bringing extraordinary material comfort to large parts of the world. At the same time its reductionist tendency has shaped over centuries a mass culture of... See more
The system within - Club of Rome
The world is bad for many reasons. But you can't address them if you can't look up from your phone.
Kieran McLean • Yes, It Really, Really Is the Phones
We are so focused on evaluating our social networks and broadcast platforms from a distribution perspective that we often forget to analyze the other side of the two-sided content marketplace: creation. But our current internet culture is as much driven by frictionless distribution as it is by frictionless creation.
Tal Shachar • More of the Same
Narratives for a Life-centric culture: the Culture Hack Labs’ Methodology
Roxane Cassehgarimedium.com
Soon after I first posted this essay in a blog some 15 years ago, a young man approached me to ask if I minded him reposting it. I asked him where that would be. He and some others had launched a site called ‘Generation’. Its aim was to prepare for the coming war between the generations by assembling useful documents and providing a forum for... See more