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Today I saw a monarch butterfly. It was the only one I have seen this summer, and I am sad. I have been preserving all the milkweed that has been coming up as a weed in my gardens. An insignificant gesture, but for me it is a little prayer. (For audio version, click here.) I’ve
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How to become incorrigible It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.– Ursula K. Le Guin Earlier this year, Bill Gates published a book about how to stop the next pandemic. Basically, he urged that we do the same thing we did this time, only more thoroughly and more broadly.
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I want to share with you this deep and far-ranging conversation I had with Indy Rishi Singh for a podcast called Political Hope. (Spotify, Apple). We could sure use some hope right now, at a time of vicious partisanship, entrenched power structures, intensifying paralysis, and political deadlock. What is politics, but the way human groups make
On lies and systemic deceit The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.— Ursula K. Le Guin (For audio version of this essay, click here.) I’m getting a lot of intense critical feedback on my last post, from every direction. I am simultaneously— (1) Too
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More on abuse, division, and the promise of coherency I am impressed with the diversity and nuance of the comments on Part 1 of the Pandemania series. Super impressed. These are issues that provoke intense emotions, yet people were able to describe their experiences, feelings, and opinions with very little blame, self-righteousness, or dehumanizing labels.
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Founder of Second Life and High Fidelity Labs Philip Rosedale discusses the misguided efforts fueling Web3 and helps us retrieve the original mission for immersive social platforms. In his monologue, Rushkoff explores how speculators prevent crypto from working as a safe haven. You can read a written version of Rushkoff’s monologue, The Tail Wagging The
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Those who build walls are their own prisoners.– Ursula K. Le Guin Oh my goodness. The social illness that the pandemic launched into its active phase is far from over. That is obvious from the comments on my last post, where I asked for suggestions on how to approach the Covid topic from a post-pandemic
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Founder of The Creative Arts Recruitment Squad and The Post Apocalypse School of Teesside Lisa Lovebucket shows us how learning to prepare for the worst may give us the resilience we need to avoid apocalypse altogether. In his monologue, Rushkoff asks us not to abandon people in red states. You can read a written version
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I overhead a couple of high school students this morning talking about their college options. “I don’t think I’m going to apply to Grinnel, anymore,” one said. “Or Rice,” the other chimed in. “Screw them.” They were looking at the map of US states that are either implementing or likely to implement bans on abortion
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