Why being young is getting worse
The health of young people should be a focal point in the larger contest of social narratives.
Society
How to build the future in place: Taking the first steps
The prescription for despair is collective action where it is possible to act most fruitfully. Any journey starts from where we live. It starts by beginning to build the future in place.
The Meaning of Life
There is no the meaning of life. Life is bigger by far than that! It’s meaningfulness is infinite!
The Beauty, Challenges, and Potential of Living in Ecocommunity
Perhaps finding ways to cultivate and nourish those future community members and leaders is the role that is most important to play for those who love their communities and want them to grow and flourish.
Inclusive Transportation: Excerpt
Everyone deserves safe, reliable, and affordable transportation options. By this, I mean that anytime someone needs to get from point A to point B, they have multiple options.
Robert Sapolsky: “The Brain, Determinism, and Cultural Implications”
On this episode, neuroscientist and author Robert Sapolsky joins Nate to discuss the structure of the human brain and its implication on behavior and our ability to change.
The Summit of the Future in 2024: The Future ~ What Future?
Half-hearted measures no longer suffice, and it is up to the global community to ensure that the summit rises to the huge challenges facing us, taking a global crisis as an opportunity for the regeneration of both ecosystems and human communities across the world.
The Dawn of Everything
Graeber and Wengrow’s book The Dawn of Everything keeps coming up in my life—especially as I dip an amateur toe into trying to understand human prehistory—so I thought I had better take a look.
Ancient Roots: A Promising New Project to Organize Humanity’s Universal Heritage
An international group of researchers and data scientists are creating a comprehensive database of the world’s archaeological knowledge—and changing our understanding of humans’ prehistoric heritage.
From Bad Faith Politics To Good Faith Politics
Once it deeply sank into my consciousness that politics means nothing much other than simply “decision-making in groups”, it was clear I had a hold of a very simple and basic concept which would enable me to think clearly and freshly about … well, politics.
The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism
We know it is empirically possible to achieve a just and sustainable world economy. But our hope can only ever be as strong as our struggle.
My Brother Has Wheels
We are taught to judge one another based on what we contribute economically, but Ethan defies these expectations. I wonder if I manage to communicate to strangers how, in spite of his “profound disability”, Ethan is still a profoundly dynamic and important individual.
