by Omega | Apr 4, 2025 | Economy
Even as early as the 1950s, some funding for research into a polio vaccine came from grassroots campaigns and individual Americans giving small donations to find a cure (alongside larger organizations such as the March of Dimes).2 By the late 1980s, several G7...
by Omega | Apr 3, 2025 | Politics
Martial law is a temporary suspension of normal laws and governance, where military authorities take control of civilian functions. It is typically enacted during extreme emergencies, such as war, rebellion, natural disasters, or widespread unrest, when civilian...
by Omega | Apr 2, 2025 | Worldviews
When people think about societal collapse, they often imagine a sudden catastrophe—a financial crash, a devastating war, or a climate disaster that pushes civilization over the edge in an instant. But what if collapse isn’t an event, but a process? What if societies,...
by Omega | Apr 1, 2025 | Environment
“I think the Greens have a fundamental contradiction. They advocate degrowth without saying so. . . . But if you want degrowth, if you want agro-ecology, there’d have to be one or two million more farmers in France over the next twenty years. It’d be the...
by Omega | Mar 31, 2025 | Economy
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. Using the leaders of large American corporations—the group I call...
by Omega | Mar 30, 2025 | Environment
The rapid and accelerating rate of climate change and increasing levels of uncertainty underline the needfor urgent and significant climate resilience action. Several leading foundations, including The David andLucile Packard Foundation, Kresge, Gordon and Betty...
by Omega | Mar 28, 2025 | Polycrisis
Two months into 2025, the sense of dread is palpable. In the US, the year began with a terrorist attack; then came the fires that ravaged a city, destroying lives, homes and livelihoods. An extremist billionaire came to power and began proudly dismantling the...
by Omega | Mar 27, 2025 | Environment
Understanding how climate change, when combined with other political, economic, and socialfactors, can act as a catalyst for conflict is crucial for NATO and its member states long-termplanning. By fully integrating CLIMATE SECURITY into strategic planning, NATO can...
by Omega | Mar 26, 2025 | Culture
In 2017, the MIT Media Lab launched MyGoodness, an online game billed as a way to teach players to “maximize the impact of [their] charitable donations.”1 The game’s premise is simple. In each of ten rounds, you’re given one hundred dollars and asked to choose between...
by Omega | Mar 25, 2025 | Worldviews
This year’s list arrives at a pivotal moment. We’re witnessing unprecedented advances in artificial intelligence, breakthroughs in medicine and biotechnology, and growing movements to address existential challenges from climate change to threatening new...
