In Rethinking Food & Agriculture, published in 2019, we predicted that there will be 50% fewer cows in the US by 2030 and that by 2035 the livestock industry will be all but bankrupt. This was considered fast by many observers, but Covid-19 has since revealed the fragility of the global food supply chain, pulling […]
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My last episode, Toward A Post-Progressive View of Race Relations, sparked a lot of letters from listeners. In this episode, I answer some of the very good questions and very smart criticisms I received. Keep them coming! Send email to jeff[at]dailyevolver.com or leave a voicemail here. – Jeff The post Listeners respond on race appeared
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Hello human! How are you in this moment? I’m in a great mood today. I discovered this thing called a milkweed but I prefer to call it a “giant dando”. It feels like there is some real traction in the Microsolidarity project lately: we’re meeting one or two new “congregations” every week. I’m grateful that
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The videotaped murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police and the subsequent two weeks of demonstrations has galvanized the nation. In part 1 of this episode (00:10), I look at the evolutionary potency of the events of the last two weeks, which have brought into searing clarity the realization that a
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Hello dear reader. Please find enclosed: your invitation to join me in conversation Apr 20 my favourite new podcasts about self-managing workplaces updates from the Microsolidarity project and some juicy links and tidbits about democracy, conspiracy and spirituality Join Us April 20! I’m co-hosting an online event with Ronan Harrington. We’ll talk about some of
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Freedom is a collective good in which your freedom is largely co-dependent upon mine and vice versa. This is probably the best way to understand freedom as a societal phenomenon because it treats freedom as something that can be approached through political and cultural development. But there is still room for describing the different levels
Beyond The Sklavenmoral Regime: The Übermensch Read More »
In my previous article, I argued that societies advance through four emotional regimes: from fear, to guilt, to shame, to Sklavenmoral (which, if the pattern holds, is only truly becoming dominant in the most advanced modern societies, a sign of which is increasing narcissism as well as an obsession with the perceived narcissism of others).
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Hey folks, welcome to the third issue of my newsletter where I share “what I’m paying attention to”. I’ll start with an update on my situation in locked down Italy, followed by a big juicy list of articles and podcasts to read and listen to when you want to not be thinking about the pandemic.
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I published this piece Sept 2018 in the World Academy of Arts and Sciences Journal special issue on Education. As we enter this confusing moment of Covid-19 isolation and systems change, it seems to me to be a moment to rethink most of the ossified patterns of the last centuries, and break free. Education is
Preparing for a Confusing Future Complexity, Warm Data and Education Read More »
Looking back over my calendar, I’ve had some amazing conversations so far in January. Here’s a sample: Connecting with super clever, courageous, warm people in the XR Future Democracy Hub. My highest hope for XR is that it might cement the link in the public imagination, between the ecological crisis and the democracy crisis. I
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