by Omega | Nov 5, 2024 | Environment
In recent years, the genre known as climate fiction—or “cli-fi”—has blossomed. “We decide what to do based on the stories we tell ourselves,” says Robinson, “so we very much need to be telling stories about our responses to climate change and the associated massive...
by Omega | Nov 4, 2024 | Politics
I’d like to defend a contrary ideal: that democracies should be spaces of reasons. That is, democratic politics are at their best when disagreements are settled not by power or manipulation but by appeal to shared values, evidence, and facts. Indeed, in light of...
by Omega | Nov 1, 2024 | Resilience
Networks for the aggregation and distribution of local and regional produce were commonplace only a century ago, but many were dismantled during the process of economic globalization. One group that’s been trying to bring theirs back is the Belgian Transition...
by Omega | Oct 31, 2024 | Economy
The report revealed a staggering 379% increase in average annual insurable losses in Canada during the past decade compared to the preceding three decades. The dramatic rise was particularly acute in provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan, where average annual...
by Omega | Oct 30, 2024 | Resilience
The relationship between civil society and the state is multi-dimensional and attracts extensive debate. For some people, civil society organisations (CSOs) are seen as the ‘magic bullet’ for driving development, perceived as less bureaucratic and corrupt than...
by Omega | Oct 29, 2024 | Worldviews
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor are well regarded computer scientists at Princeton University and have just published a book with a provocative title, AI Snake Oil. Here I’ve interviewed Sayash and challenged him on this dismal title, for which he provides solid...
by Omega | Oct 28, 2024 | Community
What happens if you go to a place and try and write it? In a way that carries the stories of that place, that sees that place as a living, functional network that’s watching you at the same time as you watch it. Paul Kingsnorth Read full interview of Paul Kingsnorth...
by Omega | Oct 22, 2024 | Resilience
Perhaps most importantly, much of the infrastructure and services needed to supportour growing human population has yet to be built. Wise and proactive governmentswill see this as a prime opportunity to hard wire-resilience and a disaster-avoidancemindset into the...
by Omega | Oct 22, 2024 | Polycrisis
As our global polycrisis escalates, we face multiple and systemic challenges—from the climate emergency, biodiversity loss, pandemics, and the cost-of-living crisis, to the rise in conflicts, biological weapons, AI, and threats to democracy. Ruth Richardson Read full...
by Omega | Oct 22, 2024 | Resilience
Networks for the aggregation and distribution of local and regional produce were commonplace only a century ago, but many were dismantled during the process of economic globalization. One group that’s been trying to bring theirs back is the Belgian Transition...
