Scotland Needs System Change, Not Climate Change
We are a proud people, in Scotland. To what extent varies from person to person, but it’s a common Scottish characteristic and one that, at times, is a hindrance when addressing political issues.
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Bringing it All Together in Just. One. Diagram. (Part Four – the Nine Spaces)
Whenever you design and create anything, you deploy one or another conceptual framework. One or another way of framing and making sense of both what you start with, how to go about developing or changing it, where you are heading, and why you are even bothering. No matter if you’re aware of your conceptual framework. It is there.
Let’s Say I Wanted to Escape Climate Change. Where Should I Go?
So you want to escape climate change. That’s a reasonable impulse — climate change rivals nuclear war for the greatest threat to human life in the history of our species’ existence.
The philosophy of Stagecoach
Old black-and-white movies set an example for people to follow. In an era when we interact more with screens than with people, and when few people remember how to work together or build a better society, examples are what we need more of.
Beyond Computational Thinking – a ‘Cloud of Unknowing’ for the 21st century
James Bridle’s New Dark Age is a deeply researched plea for us to move beyond computational thinking. He says learning to code doesn’t help us understand the internet age, any more than learning plumbing skills will give us an understanding of the ways an essential municipal utility is determined by hydrology, infrastructure, and sociopolitical policies.
Divided Societies more Likely to Accept Inequality
The research shows that belief in meritocracy, the view that success depends on hard work rather than social structures, strengthens with rising inequality.
Which Municipalism? Let’s be Choosy
In reality, the municipalism of the Fearless Cities means that winning local governments and making them stronger is only part of a broader political strategy based on building power from the bottom up, both within and outside formal institutions.
Could this Local Experiment be the Start of a National Transformation?
They launched Every One, Every Day in November 2017, opening two shops (the first of five) on high streets in Barking and Dagenham. The shops don’t sell anything but are places where people meet, discuss ideas and launch projects.
Panic is on the Agenda at Davos – But it’s too Little too Late
The solutions to this crisis will not be handed down from a mountain top to the grateful hordes: they will rely on us taking power for ourselves. Three decades after Reagan, the nine most laughable words in the English language are: “I’m from the elite and I’m here to help.”
The Art of Decolonizing…..Everything
Devon Peña is Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Anthropology at the University of Washington. He is also founder and president of the Acequia Institute an organization devoted to strengthening traditional communal irrigation practices in the San Luis Valley of Colorado.
The Green New Deal/ The Birth of a Notion: Slouching toward Suburbia Part 3
The Green New Deal is the title of a story that’s yet to be written. It being a work in progress is both blessing and curse.
How to Take on Fascism without Getting Played
The growth of polarization makes it possible for haters to come out from the margins, form larger groups and make political trouble. Why is polarization increasing now, with the accompanying growth of fascist groups?
