Overpopulation Is Still a Huge Problem: An Interview with Jane O’Sullivan
Globally we increase by somewhere between 70 million and 90 million annually, and that pace has been unrelenting for more than 40 years.
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Sleepwalking into catastrophe
We should not kid ourselves: the looming danger of planetary heating is that seismic shifts in our global society will be inevitable, brought about by a combination of voluntary or forced adaptation and impacts, and that a hapless elite, unable to face reality, will sleepwalk us all into catastrophe.
Why don’t humans respond to extinction-level risks?
Human extinction is a topic much in the air these days. But we humans are very short on action in response to the many threats.
The Story is in our Bones: Excerpt
In communities that have practiced a gift economy, valuables are not exchanged for money or for other goods but are instead given with no outward agreement that anything will be immediately returned
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Can Sortition Save Us From the Zombies of Extinction?
This method of snatching random strangers and dumping the victims into decision making institutions is, as I have already explained, called sortition – a rather uninspiring label for the most revolutionary idea ever conceived.
Embracing The Values Of Sustainable And Democratic Societies (Part 2)
My goal is to provide frameworks that help people to think more deeply about where their values come from, how well these values resonate with the societies we must create, whether their actions align with their values, and how to achieve greater value-action alignment.
World trade in food is not about feeding the hungry
The higher proportion of food that is globally traded, the bigger dependencies will be created, when regions that could produce their own food cease to do that.
Tribes Call on NASA to Halt Desecration of the Moon
An ambitious public-private partnership has ushered in a new space race to the moon. But tribal nations warn that the rush for lunar development bodes poorly for the moon—and the Earth.
Alberta’s Brutal Water Reckoning
Alberta’s water emergency, which is also a fire emergency, was foretold by scores of water scientists. They predicted that prolonged water scarcity would hit southern Alberta hard for stubborn geographical reasons.
Patrick Knodel: “Question Everything – Towards Cooperation & Change”
On this episode, Nate is joined by impact investor Patrick Knodel to discuss how philanthropy and non-profit work might make positive change beyond the superficial level.
Technology, Ecology and the Commons – Huber and Phillips’ barren Marxism
Taken to its logical conclusion, a human-centred global rationality will be imposed and should you – a peasant farmer or indigenous laggard – get in their way, then you should be offered up to the socialist gods, for the greater good. Jump on board, Comrade, the future is waiting.
Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
With AI, humanity is outsourcing its executive control of nearly every key sector —finance, warfare, medicine, and agriculture—to algorithms with no moral capacity. If you are wondering what could go wrong, the answer is plenty.
