By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Aug 22
How an expansion of the depth and reach of our welfare services can save the welfare state [Note: This text is originally in Swedish. It has been AI translated and checked for errors. Traces of the translation may remain.] What does the next level of welfare look like? Such a question can of course only be answered through the participation and involvement of many people. What we can do here and now is to begin drawing the outlines of a welfare society that touches upon all aspects of life, and that supports us in both our own personal development and
How an expansion of the depth and reach of our welfare services can save the welfare state [Note: This text is originally in Swedish. It has been AI translated and checked for errors. Traces of the translation may remain.] What does the next level of welfare look like? Such a question can of course only be answered through the participation
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 13 Aug 22
I will be attending and giving a keynote talk about the work of the Institute for Cultural Evolution at the integral “What’s the Future Conference” in beautiful Sedona, Arizona. The conference takes place from November 3-6. Here is a link to the event: www.integralwtf.com. Early registration discounts end on August 15th. The post Speaking at the “What’s the Future Conference” in Sedona in November appeared first on Steve McIntosh: Official Website.
I will be attending and giving a keynote talk about the work of the Institute for Cultural Evolution at the integral “What’s the Future Conference” in beautiful Sedona, Arizona. The conference takes place from November 3-6. Here is a link to the event: www.integralwtf.com. Early registration discounts end on August 15th. The post Speaking at the “What’s the Future Conference”
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Jul 22
Mock up of future development of Sri Lanka’s port city of Colombo (Source: YouTube) Sri Lanka is deeply embroiled in a crisis. Fuel shortages have led to protests. Food protests have led to riots. The President fled the country and then resigned by email. A new President was just elected on Wednesday, July 20, but he is no outsider – he has been Prime Minister six times already. The crisis appears to be the result of a convergence of factors, all hitting simultaneously in just the past couple of years: a collapse in tourism revenue due to COVID, greater fossil
Mock up of future development of Sri Lanka’s port city of Colombo (Source: YouTube) Sri Lanka is deeply embroiled in a crisis. Fuel shortages have led to protests. Food protests have led to riots. The President fled the country and then resigned by email. A new President was just elected on Wednesday, July 20, but he is no outsider –
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Jul 22
Denys Bakirov, 27, is a lecturer at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine who currently works as a researcher at Metamoderna in Sweden. When war broke out on February 24th, his village north of Kharkiv right on the border with Russia was occupied by the Russian Army. Denys was forcefully deported from Ukraine to Russia. There he was interrogated by the FSB. Later, he managed to escape from Russia and now lives in Sweden. He has a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science, specializing in Game Theory; a MA in International Economic Relations, specializing in Migration and Diaspora Studies; a PhD
Denys Bakirov, 27, is a lecturer at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine who currently works as a researcher at Metamoderna in Sweden. When war broke out on February 24th, his village north of Kharkiv right on the border with Russia was occupied by the Russian Army. Denys was forcefully deported from Ukraine to Russia. There he was interrogated by the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Jul 22
Denys Bakirov, 27, is a lecturer at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine who currently works as a researcher at Metamoderna in Sweden. When war broke out on February 24th, his village north of Kharkiv right on the border with Russia was occupied by the Russian Army. Denys was forcefully deported from Ukraine to Russia. There he was interrogated by the FSB. Later, he managed to escape from Russia and now lives in Sweden. He has a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science, specializing in Game Theory; a MA in International Economic Relations, specializing in Migration and Diaspora Studies; a PhD
Denys Bakirov, 27, is a lecturer at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine who currently works as a researcher at Metamoderna in Sweden. When war broke out on February 24th, his village north of Kharkiv right on the border with Russia was occupied by the Russian Army. Denys was forcefully deported from Ukraine to Russia. There he was interrogated by the
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Jul 22
Denys Bakirov, 27, is a lecturer at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine who currently works as a researcher at Metamoderna in Sweden. When war broke out on February 24th, his village north of Kharkiv right on the border with Russia was occupied by the Russian Army. Denys was forcefully deported from Ukraine to Russia. There he was interrogated by the FSB. Later, he managed to escape from Russia and now lives in Sweden. He has a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science, specializing in Game Theory; a MA in International Economic Relations, specializing in Migration and Diaspora Studies; a
Denys Bakirov, 27, is a lecturer at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine who currently works as a researcher at Metamoderna in Sweden. When war broke out on February 24th, his village north of Kharkiv right on the border with Russia was occupied by the Russian Army. Denys was forcefully deported from Ukraine to Russia. There he was interrogated by
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Jul 22
In my previous article, I tried to lay out the argument for solarpunk as a deeply liberal, participatory movement for ecological sustainability / resilience / regenerativity. With its aesthetics, its design patterns, its budding architectural visions, its spirit of reconciliation between nature and tech, the solarpunk movement bears massive transformative potential. If we want societies that go beyond what we have known as modern, capitalist, liberal democracies (without sacrificing the freedoms and standard of living of these), visions of solarpunk societies may in fact be our best bet. This is why I have called solarpunk a “gateway drug” into metamodernism,
In my previous article, I tried to lay out the argument for solarpunk as a deeply liberal, participatory movement for ecological sustainability / resilience / regenerativity. With its aesthetics, its design patterns, its budding architectural visions, its spirit of reconciliation between nature and tech, the solarpunk movement bears massive transformative potential. If we want societies that go beyond what we
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 11 Jul 22
A Proposed National Agreement on Abortion By Steve McIntosh, July 10, 2022 Although it may seem counterintuitive, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center may ultimately help secure a woman’s right to an abortion. By extinguishing Roe v. Wade’s constitutional abortion rights, the court has created the acute need for a national compromise, which can lead to landmark legislation on abortion, and other civil rights as well.While I would prefer the preservation of the rights interpreted by Roe, I agree with the court’s majority opinion that the original Roe decision itself was a “raw imposition of judicial power.” As the Dobbs ruling explicitly acknowledges, by placing the issue of abortion
A Proposed National Agreement on Abortion By Steve McIntosh, July 10, 2022 Although it may seem counterintuitive, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center may ultimately help secure a woman’s right to an abortion. By extinguishing Roe v. Wade’s constitutional abortion rights, the court has created the acute need for a national compromise, which can lead to landmark legislation on abortion, and other civil
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 10 Jul 22
Without an aesthetic program, it is impossible to truly recreate today’s society in desired directions. We need more than just ideas of the things we wish to avoid (ecological disaster, pandemics, famine, wars, existential risks from technology…). We need more than a moral mission (e.g. “remedy suffering” or “save the animals” as discussed in one of my previous articles) or even the search for truth (“the mysteries of the universe, as revealed by science, in humanity’s greatest quest…”). We also need an aesthetic longing that calls us: a sense of beauty, of good taste, of inspiration, of creativity. The Nazis understood this very well. And
Without an aesthetic program, it is impossible to truly recreate today’s society in desired directions. We need more than just ideas of the things we wish to avoid (ecological disaster, pandemics, famine, wars, existential risks from technology…). We need more than a moral mission (e.g. “remedy suffering” or “save the animals” as discussed in one of my previous articles) or even the search
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 3 Jul 22
In my book The Listening Society, I mention the Danish political party The Alternative (in Danish, “Alternativet”). Although the party never was thoroughly metamodern, it did contain many metamodern elements and showed some very promising signs of becoming a new kind of party. Unfortunately, things didn’t go very well. The Alternative was founded in 2013 by former Danish minister of culture Uffe Elbæk and entered parliament with almost 5% of the votes in 2015. Since then, however, things have only gone downhill: In 2019 The Alternative only got 3% of the votes, and in 2020 the party’s members elected a new leader, Josephine Fock—a controversial choice
In my book The Listening Society, I mention the Danish political party The Alternative (in Danish, “Alternativet”). Although the party never was thoroughly metamodern, it did contain many metamodern elements and showed some very promising signs of becoming a new kind of party. Unfortunately, things didn’t go very well. The Alternative was founded in 2013 by former Danish minister of culture Uffe Elbæk and entered