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British govt report suggests US is currently winning trade war with China
British govt report suggests US is currently winning trade war with China Source: Graphic by Mohamed Hassan Published by INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfundedinvestigative journalism platform for people and planet. Support us to report where others fear to tread. China has already declared its intent to retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese […]
The Global 1% Is Destroying Democracy
The Global 1% Is Destroying Democracy Unraveling a web of dark money “Wherever you live in the world, you’ve been robbed. Not by a hidden bandit, but a global kleptocracy: the super-rich who’ve managed to rob the poor blind in every corner of the globe for the past seven decades.” — Michelle Chen We’re living in a time […]
Equality: A Beneficial Alternative to Collapse
Equality: A Beneficial Alternative to Collapse What future shall we choose? Equality or inequality? Deep democracy or more limited forms? Sustainability and wise stewardship of resources, or exploitation for profit? You have a good idea of where current systems are taking us. A viable alternative path exists, and that path is science based. InMarch 2018, Bloomberg […]
The next financial crash is imminent, and China’s resource crisis could be the trigger
The next financial crash is imminent, and China’s resource crisis could be the trigger Over three decades, the value of energy China extracts from its domestic oil, gas and coal supplies has plummeted by half Source: naturepost China’s economic slowdown could be a key trigger of the coming global financial crisis, but one of its core drivers — China’s […]
The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority
The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority (Chapter from Skin in the Game) How Europe will eat Halal — Why you don’t have to smoke in the smoking section — Your food choices on the fall of the Saudi king –How to prevent a friend from working too hard –Omar Sharif ‘s conversion — How to make a market […]
Govt economic advisor warns British defence planners that growth is ending
Govt economic advisor warns British defence planners that growth is ending Study charts the protracted collapse of industrial economic growth and why prosperity must be built on a new economic model. And no, the Singularity won’t save us. Source: Art by Cornfreak Economic growth isn’t coming back. While some level of growth might continue in coming decades, […]
Why do we need to think and act more systemically?
Why do we need to think and act more systemically? The power and majesty of nature in all its aspects is lost on one who contemplates it merely in the detail of its parts and not as a whole. — Pliny the Elder An increasing number of people are beginning to understand that the world we participate […]
Transformation of consciousness
Source Transformation of consciousness Excerpt from the Worldview Dimension of Gaia Education’s online course in Design for Sustainability “The materialistic consciousness of our culture … is the root cause of the global crisis; it is not our business ethics, our politics or even our personal lifestyles. These are symptoms of a deeper underlying problem. Our whole […]
Only ‘collective intelligence’ can help us stave off an uninhabitable planet
Only ‘collective intelligence’ can help us stave off an uninhabitable planet Humanity needs new tools to overcome the global crisis of collective insanity Published by INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfundedinvestigative journalism platform for people and planet. Support us to report where others fear to tread. The world faces an unprecedented convergence of crises. The ecological crisis, which […]
Your Privacy Is Over
Your Privacy Is Over A plausible case for a future with no privacy, and why it should concern you Three Things Should Frighten You In China, the government is using data to control the country’s population. By building a firewall around China and then replacing the blocked global tech services with locally owned versions it can […]
Escape the Echo Chamber
Escape the Echo Chamber First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your personal information network entraps you just like a cult Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images Something has gone wrong with the flow of information. It’s not just that different people are drawing subtly different conclusions from the same evidence. It seems like different […]
BBC Reporter Discourages Syria Questions Due To “Information War” With Russia
BBC Reporter Discourages Syria Questions Due To “Information War” With Russia A BBC interview is making the rounds today among opponents of western interventionism in Syria. The subject of the interview, Admiral Alan West, voiced some much needed skepticism about the establishment narrative around the alleged gas attack in Douma. Everybody’s talking about it because West […]
Beyond Sustainability? — We are living in the Century of Regeneration.
Re-greening the Forest Planet (Image Source) Beyond Sustainability? — We are living in the Century of Regeneration. Valuing Ecosystem Function higher than material things is the paradigm shift that determines whether we understand the meaning of our lives and survive or whether we remain ignorant and selfish and destroy our own habitat trying to gain more wealth or […]
The unacceptable collateral damage of overconsumption
Source: The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme The unacceptable collateral damage of overconsumption The Great Acceleration, un-burnable carbon, and global impacts We are living in extraordinary times and transformation is already happening and accelerating all around us. Many technological, social, and environmental changes are racing up the steep end of the exponential curve. In almost every area of […]
