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The transformative power of intersectionality

Jul 11, 2023 | People

by Rana Zincir Celal…..The concept of intersectionality recognizes the multidimensionality of inequality and the interconnection of different forms
of discrimination. It analyzes the role, function and impact of
power structures on discrimination and privilege. An intersectional perspective can be used to draw attention to existing
systems of oppression in society and to challenge, break
through and change them. Intersectionality thus holds the
potential for promoting social justice, solidarity and fairness.

The Superorganism V. The Doughnut

The Superorganism V. The Doughnut

Jul 6, 2023 | Economy

by Nate Hagens in The Great Simplification…..Increasingly, these shortfalls in both ecological and social well-being of the current economic system are becoming more recognized by the general populace. In this conversation, Kate and I discuss a framework for bringing the human system in line with the biosphere while meeting the needs of everyone.

Global polycrisis: The causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement

Global polycrisis: The causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement

Jul 6, 2023 | Polycrisis

by Dr. Michael Lawrence at The Cascade Institute….. In this framework, a global crisis arises when one or more fast-moving trigger events combines with slow-moving stresses to push a global system out of its established equilibrium and into a volatile and harmful state of disequilibrium. We then identify three causal pathways—common stresses, domino effects, and inter-systemic feedbacks—that can connect multiple global systems to produce synchronized crises.

Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers

Jul 6, 2023 | Environment

by Simonn Willcock in Nature…..Accelerating stress levels, increasing frequencies of extreme events and strengthening intersystem connections suggest that conventional modelling approaches based on incremental changes in a single stress may provide poor estimates of the impact of climate and human activities on ecosystems.

Humans aren’t mentally ready for an AI-saturated ‘post-truth world’

Jun 22, 2023 | Worldviews

by Thor Bensen in Wired.com….The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated “facts.” Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications.

The government must say what it knows about covid’s origins

Jun 22, 2023 | Pandemics

by Zeynep Tufekci in The New York Times….The American public, however, only rarely heard refreshing honesty from their officials or even their scientists — and this tight-lipped, denialist approach appears to have only strengthened belief that the pandemic arose from carelessness during research or even, in less reality-based accounts, something deliberate.

Welcome to the “End Times”: Peter Turchin saw this coming — and says we can still prevent collapse

Jun 20, 2023 | Uncategorized

by Paul Rosenberg in Salon…..Peter Turchin predicted major instability in the 2020s. Unless we address inequality, he says, it will get worse

The Superorganism V. The Doughnut

Why it seems everything we knew about the global economy is no longer true

Jun 20, 2023 | Economy

by Patricia Cohen in The New York Times…While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, China and the war in Ukraine, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.

Love in the time of the polycrisis: 21new signs of emergence

Jun 20, 2023 | People

by Susan Grelock Yusem in Commonweal.org…..As we live through extremes, like social turmoil, extreme weather, pandemic, and economic instability, we also hold complex emotional experiences: hope and despondency, courage and fear, joy and grief.

Polycrisis, unraveling, simplification, or collapse: coming soon to a planet near you?

Jun 20, 2023 | Polycrisis

by Richard Heinberg in Resilience.org…If humanity descends into blame and desperate efforts to maintain a status quo that by its very nature cannot persist, the future looks dark indeed.

The global polycrisis reflects a civilizational crisis that calls for systemic alternatives

The global polycrisis reflects a civilizational crisis that calls for systemic alternatives

Jun 18, 2023 | Economy

By Zack Walsh, Polycrisis Transition Consultancy…A review of emerging definitions of polycrisis within cognate bodies of scientific literature exploring societal risk and collapse, plus implications for how to respond to the depth and severity of the global polycrisis via just and regenerative civilizational alternatives.

Disrupting and diversifying the values, voices and governance principles that shape biodiversity science and management

Jun 16, 2023 | Environment

by Anne Salomon in The Royal Society….With climate, biodiversity and inequity crises squarely upon us, never has there been a more pressing time to rethink how we conceptualize, understand and manage our relationship with Earth’s biodiversity.

Global tech supply chains are as complex as a circuit board

Jun 16, 2023 | Economy

by Brendan O’Connor in Instick….The logic of the Palo Alto System that Stanford developed in breeding horses — that is, the logic of capital, articulated as eugenics — structured the organization of the new university.

‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’

Jun 16, 2023 | Environment

by Tim Smedley in The Guardian….While the world becomes drier, profit and pollution are draining our resources. We have to change our approach

Chartbook 219 The triple inequality of the “global” climate problem.

Jun 13, 2023 | Environment

by Adam Tooze in Chartbook..The climate crisis is often discussed as a global problem which requires a collective mobilization of humanity.

The A.I. dilemma

Jun 9, 2023 | Worldviews

by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin presented by Center for Human Technology….The A.I. Dilemma.

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