Trends converging — in a hopeful direction. Solarpunk Girl Phoebe Tickell | Green Pill #12 www.youtube.com ✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨https://availableon.com/greenpill 🟢 Get the GreenPilled Book 🟢https://greenpill.party/ Apple Show Link: https://podc…
“On a very basic level, most observers agree that nationalism—in theory—can be harnessed for both ethically viable and pathological purposes. As a social dynamic, it is the same as what we call “patriotism”; it’s just that we tend to call it patriotism when it’s attributed to the perceived underdog and/or when the actions it brings
Jean Gebser gone mainstream? The Ever-Present Origin: Swiss Poet, Philosopher, and Linguist Jean Gebser’s Prescient 1949 Vision for the Evolution of Consciousness www.themarginalian.org “Origin is ever-present. It is not a beginning, since all beginning is linked with time… not just the ‘now’… or a unit of time. It is ever-originating, an achievement …
Well, this was fun: The hitherto longest and most detailed summary/commentary/review of both books: The Listening Society and Nordic Ideology. Written by scientist, YouTube science educator, and aspiring sci-fi author, Thomas Harper: (further links in the comments) https://authortomharper.com/2022/04/05/the-listening-society-a-metamodern-guide-to-politics-by-hanzi-freinacht-summary-and-review/ “The Listening Society” by Hanzi Freinacht – Summary and Review – authortomharper.com The Listening Society gives an
Is Integral Theory a “poisoned chalice” — wondrously made in some regards, but poisoned from within? Has it failed in its promise and become unusable? Bruce and Layman sit down with Daniel Görtz to discuss both the strengths of integral theory, but also the criticisms that have driven a number of people to abandon it
Since 2021, the phenomenon of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) has shocked the world. Here I track the sociological underpinnings of this strange phenomenon—how it emerges from postmodern art—and show how its apparent evils may portend great potentials for benevolent transformations of society. Alice In Casino Wonderland Suddenly, the digital rights to fairly ugly little “cryptopunks”—i.e. pixeled
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“The difference between the fake Rothko and the cryptopunk is that the latter is honest about its dishonesty and absurdity. It just builds on the craze and momentum of cryptocurrencies and found a niche in this market: If people are already investing in “just a piece of blockchain” — why not mint unique pieces of
So once you’ve learned to question the world and to pick it apart you begin, with sincere irony, to reconstruct it playfully. You begin learning the art of mastering the many placebo effects around us, for the benefit of our own happiness and sanity, and for the benefit of others. Another quote would be in
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So once you’ve learned to question the world and to pick it apart you begin, with sincere irony, to reconstruct it playfully. You begin learning the art of mastering the many placebo effects around us, for the benefit of our own happiness and sanity, and for the benefit of others. Another quote would be in
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“I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.” —Arthur C. Clarke My recent articles have centered around the concept of “Protopia”—the more flexible, dynamic, and abstract version of an imagined “Utopia”. If utopian dreams were too rigid and dangerous, Protopia at least provides us with shared hope, motivation, and a sense of direction.
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