Citizen Empowerment Against Conspiracy Theories
In order for the wave of irrational and anti-scientific conspiracies to be tackled in any meaningful way, people en masse have to be empowered.
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‘Herd Immunity’ Is an Inviting Idea but Terrible Policy
There is no quick way out of this pandemic, but there is an assured way forward. It requires competent government, flexible economies and attentive citizens.
What Evil Lurks
The Shadow is everything about yourself you hate so much that you’re not willing to admit that it’s part of yourself.
“A Desire Rooted in Revolt”: Chileans Vote Overwhelmingly to Rewrite Pinochet-Era Constitution
We get an update from Chile, where an overwhelming majority have voted to rewrite the country’s Pinochet dictatorship-era constitution and tens of thousands poured into the streets to celebrate.
Hannah Arendt and the politics of truth
Truth isn’t political. If anything it is anti-political, since historically it has often been positioned against politics. Truth-tellers have always stood outside the political realm as the object of collective scorn.
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 20 Tzeporah Berman
Tzeporah Berman has been designing environmental campaigns and working on environmental policy in Canada and beyond for over twenty years. Tzeporah shares her thoughts on What Could Possibly Go Right?
Do you own your own face?
If we don’t own our own faces, then others can use them for whatever purposes they choose, not just governments or businesses, but also private individuals. The destiny of so-called surveillance capitalism is to put everyone’s face and thus identity up for sale in ways that subject people to increasing manipulation and even physical danger.
Some reflections on the difference between ‘Yes, but’ and ‘Yes, and’
While I entirely appreciate that ‘Yes, but’ has a role in holding those in power to account, it also suffocates and stifles and undermines. Just for those few moments, I allowed myself to imagine how our political debates might look if they had ‘Yes, and’ at their heart. I liked what I saw.
Echo
A poem celebrating the life and work of Rachel Carson, author of the environmental classic Silent Spring.
Movie review: The Last Winter
The Last Winter is an eco-supernatural horror film about oil workers in the Arctic who are stalked by a vengeful spirit determined to keep them from exploiting the oil. Despite this promising premise, the movie has big problems…
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 19 Alnoor Ladha
Alnoor brings spirituality and big picture thinking to today’s conversation on What Could Possibly Go Right?
Living with Collapse
This is at the heart of the Gaian philosophy. The hope is to develop local communities of those who understand our utter dependence on the Earth, as well as the moment in time we’re living through
