Welcome to the world of the polycrisis

Welcome to the world of the polycrisis

Pandemic, drought, floods, mega storms and wildfires, threats of a third world war — how rapidly we have become inured to the list of shocks. So much so that, from time to time, it is worth standing back to consider the sheer strangeness of our situation. As former US...

Watching the world burn

Watching the world burn

As the planet reels from unprecedented heatwaves, floods, wildfires and droughts, you may be feeling a rising sense of unease or even panic.

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Jul 06 2023

Global polycrisis: The causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement

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...
Sep 18 2025

A philosophy of crisis – Miguel de Beistegui

by Alexis Papazoglou on The Philosopher and the News….How can philosophy help us understand the different types of crisis, from the arena of science to that of...
Sep 17 2025

AI and democratic publics

by Henry Farrell & Hahrie Han in Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University…A project studying how advanced AI systems may harm, or help...
Sep 16 2025

Introducing Noema VI: Paradigm shifts

by Nathan Gardels in Noema…Profound transformations occurring simultaneously mark our new Age of Upheaval.

Sep 15 2025

Bioregional coordination: Sacred work in a time between worlds

by Benjamin Life in Omniharmonic…Start small. Start where you are. Start with what you have. But start. Because the infrastructure for life-affirming governance...
Sep 15 2025

Reframing the future

by Patrick Dowd of The Long Now Foundation…The practice of reframing how we think about time has been woven into Long Now’s DNA since our inception, and yet...
Sep 12 2025

Resilience science must-knows: A road to action for decision-makers

by the Global Resilience Partnership…This is more than a report—it’s a movement to ensure resilience and adaptation science translates into action and impact. It...
Aug 19 2025

Resilience revisited 014: Beyond the binary of “Resilience is Resistance” – Imagining resilience as oscillation

by Tamzin Ractliffe on LinkedIn…Here’s the challenge this powerful formulation reveals: existing power structures are also extraordinarily resilient at...
Aug 01 2025

The world economy is on the brink of epochal change

by Mark Blyth in The Atlantic…Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political...
Jul 31 2025

Why is ChatGPT telling people to email me?

by Kashmir Hill in The New York Times…reporter who writes about A.I. finds her work is catching on — with the Chatbot she often writes about.

Jul 30 2025

Dimensions of the Great Turning

from The Work That Reconnects Network,,,In the Work That Reconnects we uplift and celebrate the story of the Great Turning, the essential shift to a way of living and...