Been Drivin’ for Months Out Here
IÂ need this desert, more than it needs me
its sound vibrating through me
the water churning
rushing down the river bed
but it was only a momentary occurrence
where did it go?
Society featured
Democracy Rising 30: Wicked Problems, Wise Communities, Part 2
If we set out to design processes to ensure horrible, unproductive conversations that keep us from addressing shared problems well, our current national system would do very well.
One School’s Missing History
In Pitts’s case, the history of the Kansas Technical Institute is just the beginning of a tale that led to Topeka Correctional, the school-to-prison pipeline, a community’s loss, and a distinctly unnerving world.
Contested development imaginaries: Hindutva and the co-optation of ‘decolonisation’
As the Indian state uses its turn leading the G20 to position itself as a global development leader and representative of the Global South, we focus specifically on the ways in which these development imaginaries are being addressed in India.
Can modernity last?
We will likely shed more than a few tears at modernity’s passing, and that’s understandable. But joy awaits as well.
How ideology can help (or hurt) movements trying to build power
We need something else that can speak to working-class people across race and region. The Democrats aren’t going to do it. We need to be out there trying to win people over, not to win the left over.
How can we understand the passage of time?
Recent developments in the study of human prehistory hold clues about our times, our world, and ourselves.
Stumbling Towards Old Age
It’s time to take a more realistic approach to the fact that all of us lucky enough to live that long will become ever more dependent as we age. It’s time to face reality and place caring for one another at the heart of the human endeavor.
Was Modernity Inevitable?
Perhaps not surprisingly, I lean toward the conclusion that modernity was inevitable. My position is reasonably strengthened by the observation that we are, in fact, where we are.
Crazy Town Bonus: Going Wild with Rae Wynn-Grant
Wildlife ecologist and communicator extraordinaire Rae Wynn-Grant visits Crazy Town to talk human-wildlife interactions, the social side of environmentalism, diversity and equity in the sciences, and ideas for young people (don’t worry if you’re older—the ideas apply to you, too).
Looking for a Library
So we need actual libraries, places where the books are stored, as much or more than we need third spaces and libraries of things.
S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art: Excerpt
To speak of the Will to Art is to interpret the world as having an underlying tendency toward artistic and aesthetic flourishing, even though the outcome of this evolutionary process, due to its indeterminate nature, is unknowable in advance.
