Jeremy Lent is an author and speaker whose work investigates the underlying causes of our civilization’s existential crisis, and explores pathways toward a life-affirming future. His upcoming book, Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All, will be published on May 26. He is founder of the Deep Transformation Network and co-founder of the Ecocivilization Coalition. His previous two books were The Web of Meaning and The Patterning Instinct.
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History suggests inequality ends in catastrophe. We need another path
History offers a grim account of how structural change occurs. But concealed within that bleakness is a window of possibility that opens just when things fall apart.
May 19, 2026
Democracy was never designed to work — but something better is emerging
From Ireland to Taiwan, experiments in citizens’ assemblies suggest new ways of governing. This essay argues that the limits of electoral politics are structural and that more participatory systems may be essential to meet the challenges ahead.
May 6, 2026
Corporations have become the world’s most powerful institutions. It’s time to rewrite the rules
From engineered consumer addiction to environmental destruction, corporate harm is not a failure of the system but its logic. But because corporations exist by public charter, that logic can be rewritten through democratic oversight, time-limited licenses and rules that focus on risks to people and the planet.
April 22, 2026
Human nature didn’t create the polycrisis. Our systems did – and they can be redesigned
The drivers behind the polycrisis, including relentless extraction, extreme inequality, and environmental degradation, are often attributed to human nature, but evidence suggests they are products of historically conditioned systems.
April 15, 2026
Why we’re still marching toward collapse—and how to break the “consensus trance”
We continue down a path of collective destruction, in part because of a belief system so pervasive it feels like reality itself. Recognizing our deep interconnectedness is essential to building a more just and sustainable future.
April 8, 2026
There is an Alternative
The gap between the beckoning future of an ecocivilization and today’s grim reality is only too clear. But to the extent that meaningful hope does arise, it emerges from the very ruptures of our present breakdown. As the weave of our dominant system unravels, possibilities emerge to reweave our societal fabric into a new design.
March 31, 2026
