8 Billion Will Die!
Our 8-billion-strong “cloud” is grossly unsustainable, so that it will collapse via its own downpour if not allowed to shrink. It’s possible to do so by natural attrition and generational transformation of lifestyles.
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There’s a solution to affordable rentals
The In-Home Suite version of shared housing is elegant and intelligent: separate and complete living spaces all under one roof, sharing only the envelope and services of the house.
When Did Societal Elites Emerge?
The late Stone Age is not commonly associated with socially stratified societies, yet archaeologist Mehmet Ă–zdoÄźan argues social and political elites were already shaping communities when humans began farming.
Can authoritarians solve our environmental problems?
Frustrated environmental advocates sometimes in frustration think that only a dictator can solve our environmental problems. They should think again.
Dark Triad Personality Traits: How Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism Impact O
In this episode, Nate is joined by Dr. Reid Meloy and Dr. Nancy McWilliams to explore the inner workings of the Dark Triad personality traits and their manifestation in modern culture.
Strangled by Formalities: Bureaucracy and the Machinery of Control
The basis of bureaucracy is the complex hierarchical stratification of society into order-givers and order-takers, and it is when social movements open spaces where this division is abolished, that the perspective for a coherent alternative begin to emerge.
In the disunited states, conflict and uncertainty rule – Time to come home
It is time to come home and build a better future in the places where we live.
Why I’ve given up on fashion and why we need to build a new earth-centric culture
I invite everyone to examine their wardrobes and their own perspectives, to develop unique ways forward and tentatively build a new clothing culture. This may seem difficult or even impossible but what is fashionable starts in the mind, something that is within all our power.
We can tell a different story about Hurricane Katrina and who we are in disasters
When we are generous, we give ourselves the gift of our most generous selves; when we are compassionate, we give ourselves the gift of our most compassionate selves; when we are brave, we give ourselves the gift of our most courageous selves
The Worst Inventions of Mankind
Writing is not inherently bad. No tool is. But writing was created solely to dismantle the broadly egalitarian societies that were and are the norm for humanity, so that there could be hierarchy, so that elite men could exist and then claim all the benefits of living.
How Rural Post Offices Sustain Community
The remaining rural postal network serves as a living map of relationships, historical narratives and landscapes across the Midwest. Rural communities rely on the post office for more than just mail: it is a critical space for community news—both by word of mouth in the conversational space of the counter—and through bulletin boards.
Community Sufficiency | Kara Huntermoon
How can we become good ancestors? Permaculturist and educator, Kara Huntermoon, says the hobbies we pick up now can be skills we pass on to our children, even if we never have to use them ourselves.
