Exploring Emergence
Emergence is inevitable in times of systems collapse. I explore the edges of "the system", cultural boundaries, and economic realities and wonder what lies beyond and may be our future new reality.
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Decision Making, Change, and Compassion (opens the original)
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Narrow decisionsFlawed decision making leads to flawed outcomes. I think few will contest this statement.The greatest flaw in decision making is that it is largely blind to the reality of our responsibilities and how they have expanded over time, in particular since the fossil-fueled industrial revolution. Access to abundant, cheap energy has allowed the human species to boom and reshape land, ocean and atmosphere. Exploring Emergence is a reader-supported publication. To receive new
Capitalism is Undemocratic and Democracy is Too Narrow (opens the original)
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Let’s face it, what we are doing leads to billionaires ruling the world, social inequality and the destruction of the living world.This cannot be fixed by fixing the system, as the system is doing what it was designed to do. Capitalism is designed to maximize the return on investment. It is not designed to maximize well-being. Exploring Emergence is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form class=
Away with the Engineers of Disaster (opens the original)
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Few won’t have noticed the “situation in the world” is getting worse and worse. Wherever we look things are going to shit or are just full out disastrous. Anyone with a bit of mammalian heart left cries in the face of genocidal violence. Anyone with a bit of humanitarian hope left feels they are swimming against the current, a rip current that is getting stronger by the day.One way or another everyone is affected. If you are lucky you just cough up higher prices for fuel and food. If you are les
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