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Google confirms Gmail upgrade—3 billion users must now decide

Apr 9, 2025 | Worldviews

by Zak Doffman in Forbes…In the last year we have seen one Gmail/Workspace AI upgrade after another. This won’t stop. And so it will become ever more important for users to be clear as to what they’re agreeing, how it works, and what opt-ins and opt-outs are available.

The last drops of Mexico City

The last drops of Mexico City

Apr 9, 2025 | Environment

by Rodrigo Cervantes and Jérôme Sessini on longlead.com…Every day, for most of her life, Norma, a 68-year-old woman from the outskirts of Mexico City, has struggled to get something that many of us take for granted: drinking water.

A Logic For The Future

Apr 8, 2025 | Polycrisis

from the Long Now Foundation…Stephen Heintz and Kim Stanley Robinson will discuss our polycrisis, and the swift and holistic reform of global governance institutions that is needed to respond to these urgent transnational and planetary challenges we are facing.

We’ve failed to stop climate change — this is what we need to do next

We’ve failed to stop climate change — this is what we need to do next

Apr 7, 2025 | Environment

by Ben Spencer in The Sunday Times…While we can still limit warming by cutting emissions, we now face having to adapt to more extreme weather

For many of us, it doesn’t cost much to improve someone’s life, and we can do much more of it

Apr 4, 2025 | Economy

by Hannah Ritchie in Our World in Data…Most countries spend less than 1% of their national income on foreign aid; even small increases could make a big difference.

Martial Law: A Guide

Apr 3, 2025 | Politics

by Sincerely, T…Martial law can dramatically alter daily life and limit personal freedoms. Remaining informed, prepared, and organized is essential. If resistance is necessary, prioritize peaceful and lawful methods to protect yourself and your community.

Are we living through a catabolic collapse?

Apr 2, 2025 | Worldviews

by Zaid Hassan on LinkedIn…Unlike theories that frame collapse as an external shock, catabolic collapse suggests that the mechanism of decline is internal, driven by the growing mismatch between resource consumption and available inputs.

The rise of the degrowther right

Apr 1, 2025 | Environment

by David Broder in Jacobin…A new conservative environmentalism that blends anti-modernism with nationalism and austerity is spreading across Europe.

Elite fragmentation in the United States: Global or domestic phenomenon?

Mar 31, 2025 | Economy

by Mark Mizruchi in American Behavioral Scientist…The actions of societal elites exert a disproportionate impact on events and outcomes in their home societies. These actions are driven by a combination of factors internal and external to their nation.

The tasks of now: Toward a new era in climate resilience building

The tasks of now: Toward a new era in climate resilience building

Mar 30, 2025 | Environment

by Susanne Moser, et al…As the climate crisis intensifies, so does the need for philanthropic investments that are strategic,
innovative, and sustained over the long-term. This report identifies a variety of funding opportunities
that align with key transformative strategies.

What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures it

Mar 28, 2025 | Polycrisis

by Matthew Cantor in The Guardian…The term ‘polycrisis’ has gained traction as we face one disaster after another. It’s overwhelming – but diagnosing the catastrophe is the first step to addressing it.

Exploring critical perspectives on climate security

Mar 27, 2025 | Environment

from NATO Climate Change Center for Change and Security Centre of Excellence…Participants in this workshop were encouraged to re-imagine climate security research by focusing on longer timeframes, deeper cultural connections, and broader spatial scales, and in doing so learn more about the importance of considering humans, non-human entities, and biodiversity as crucial factors in addressing climate change in a nuanced and sustainable manner.

Philanthropy by the numbers

Mar 26, 2025 | Culture

by Aaron Horvath in The Hedgehog Review…If the question is how to do more good with your giving, then the answer MyGoodness provides comes with crisply quantified moral clarity.

2024 Future Perfect 50 list

Mar 25, 2025 | Worldviews

From Vox…innovators, thinkers & changemakers working to make the future
a better place.

After Spaceship Earth

After Spaceship Earth

Mar 24, 2025 | Books, Fiction

An expansive look at the contemporary artists confronting, challenging, and reimagining R. Buckminster Fuller's techno-utopianism to envision sustainable futures Architect and designer R. Buckminster Fuller's (1895-1983) concept of "Spaceship...

Playing with time: Introducing a foresight practice to build hopeful futures through transformative stewardship

Playing with time: Introducing a foresight practice to build hopeful futures through transformative stewardship

Mar 24, 2025 | Resilience

by Cat Tully in School of International Futures…I want to help us unstick from this present, apply a practical set of approaches to help our communities navigate the uncertainty ahead, and develop our agency for building hopeful futures. And provide a post-polycrisis narrative to inspire change-makers around the world who want to take collective, transformative action.

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