Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Changing how we live and transforming our societies can feel impossible, but that shouldn’t be surprising when the ethical beliefs that shape us are so rarely subject to scrutiny or discussion. What if we build a social movement that pulls growing numbers of people out of those habits of passivity and helps us cultivate our moral agency?
Today, Nate is joined by neuroscientist and best-selling author, Maren Urner, to discuss the critical role of journalism in democracy, the importance of rebuilding trust in media, and how neuroscience can inform our understanding of media consumption.
But even in these polarized times, people are rising to the great environmental and moral challenges before us. In the pages of Resilience Matters, they show us how to build a greener, fairer future together.
As long as we prioritize human well-being to the exclusion of the rest of the community of life, we make ourselves enemies of life.
Maybe the greatest antidote to the crises we face isn’t only policy change or protest—it’s reweaving our sense of self into the fabric of the natural world.
Imagine a Europe that stops measuring its virtue by comparison and starts measuring it by consequence. That actually asks “Who do we harm? And how do we stop?” That does not seek to escape its past, but commits to repairing its present.
Perhaps more of us can look for the joyfully modest people in our lives, learning what we can from them instead of from the malignantly selfish, algorithm-drive madness running rampant today. That seems like genuine progress, however slowly it is made.
The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is known around the world. Why does it have such sticking power?
The Trump administration’s border policies are expected to have a big impact on this year’s largest gathering of Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers.
Criminalizing the protection of water, not its degradation, is a sign of things to come—but Water Protectors are here to stay.
Whether today or in the deep past, when political power is wielded autocratically, the checks and leveling mechanisms that dampen inequality will tend to break down, and, over time, disparities in wealth will move closer toward their maximal potentials. In this way, the past is a mirror for what we now see.
The Leaver story does not bestow power on its enactors. It affords lives that work well for them. It’s not an existence dominated by striving and angst; by confusion and adversaries.
