Thomas

According to another global study from a few years ago, and the largest one on the topic so far, over two-thirds (68%) of the public would like more rest.

In a world that is completely without rituals and wholly profane, all that is left are consumption and the satisfaction of needs.

And so I think when young people talk about what’s plaguing them— situationships, not getting on the housing ladder, even the climate crisis—what they are often getting at is the transience of everything. Everything uprooted. Everything unstable. They don’t feel attached to anything, anyone, anywhere. They don’t even feel like the Earth will stick... See more

Intelligence is not central to the success of most life on Earth. Consider the grasses: they’ve flourished across incredibly diverse global environments, without planning or debating a single step. Planarian worms regrow any part of their body and are functionally immortal, a trick we can manage only in science fiction. And a microscopic virus... See more

Futures Triangle.

The Futures Triangle is a framework designed by Sohail Inayatullah to aid in understanding and planning for potential futures. This method involves identifying and analysing three distinct forces that influence the development of the change being explored.

Firstly, there is the "pull of futures," which encompasses the current... See more