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Hope, on the Balance of Probabilities
Hope, on the Balance of Probabilities my now-slightly-outdated map of worldviews about collapse; right-click and open in a new tab to see it full-sized It’s interesting to listen to social philosopher Daniel Schmachtenberger try to reconcile his assessment of the state of the world with his vehement insistence that we have to try as hard […]
Introduction to The Web of Meaning
Introduction to The Web of Meaning Ed. note: This excerpt from the Web of Meaning is published with the permission of the author. As our civilization careens toward a precipice of climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. Our dominant worldview has passed its expiration date: it’s based on […]
Prepare To Have Your Worldview Obliterated
Prepare To Have Your Worldview Obliterated The first draft of the civil rights-eroding USA PATRIOT Act was magically introduced one week after the 9/11 attacks. Legislators later admitted that they hadn’t even had time to read through the hundreds of pages of the history-shaping bill before passing it the next month, yet somehow its authors were able to gather all […]
The Pandemic Armchair Philosophy Blog, 03.26.2020
The Pandemic Armchair Philosophy Blog, 03.26.2020 It may sound paradoxical, but philosophers have proved useful in times of collapse and rebuilding. Some of the greatest works in philosophy–at least in terms of their longevity and influence–were written in and during such times.1 (More on this below.) Alfred North Whitehead, one of those philosophers writing in […]
The changing narrative – A new ontology for the progressive movement?
The changing narrative – A new ontology for the progressive movement? Have you ever wondered why the world works like it does? Why things seem skewed in favour of the rich and the powerful and why our so called ‘democratic’ systems seem so inherently unjust? Why we have rampant inequality, poverty, hunger and accelerating species […]
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future
Culture shift: redirecting humanity’s path to a flourishing future It’s time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan Province, China.. Credit: By Jialiang Gao, www.peace-on-earth.org – Original Photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. What do all these ideas have in common—a tax on carbon, big investments […]
Closing the Gap between the Science and Politics of Progress
Closing the Gap between the Science and Politics of Progress Ed.note: This article draws on a paper published this month in the international journal, Social Indicators Research. The paper is available on Richard’s website, www.richardeckersley.com.au Global politics is based on an outmoded and increasingly destructive model of human progress and development. Can science change a […]
Be kind, it’s all connected
Be kind, it’s all connected In a conversation over the holiday I posited to a friend that the modern worldview which guides human action practically worldwide has all the hallmarks of a religion. I contended that this “religion” is at the root of our ecological predicament and that changing the current perilous trajectory of humankind […]
Why you can’t argue with a “modern”
Why you can’t argue with a “modern” The modern world is filled with things many of us regard as antiquated and old-fashioned. Modern people often say that ancient rituals are mere superstition, that science tells us what is real and what is not, and that we are now free from ideas including untestable ideas from […]
Mid-Sized Meditations #11: Thoughts on Localism and Resilience
Mid-Sized Meditations #11: Thoughts on Localism and Resilience [Cross-posted to Front Porch Republic] Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to the “Resilience Group,” an informal gathering of environmentalists, activists, and interested others that meet regularly at the home of Wes Jackson, in Salina, KS. My short remarks–which were mostly inspired by the material in this post–gave […]
The Dream of the Machine
The Dream of the Machine As I type these words, it looks as though the wheels are coming off the global economy. Greece and Puerto Rico have both suspended payments on their debts, and China’s stock market, which spent the last year in a classic speculative bubble, is now in the middle of a classic […]
Stephen Toulmin welcomes you to the end of modernity
Stephen Toulmin welcomes you to the end of modernity Historian and philosopher of science Stephen Toulmin welcomes you to the end of modernity, at least modernity as we’ve imagined it. By modernity, he does not mean modern gadgets. By end he does not mean an end to progress in the natural sciences, nor in human affairs in […]
Do We Live on a One Party Planet? | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Do We Live on a One Party Planet? | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. The truth can be a slippery thing. We each have a version but it slips and slides about in our minds as we deal with the constant flood of information coming at us from all […]
