Reposted from the January 01, 2005 OP-ED page of The New York Times. Jared Diamond New Year’s weekend traditionally is a time for us to reflect, and to make resolutions based […]
Continue readingCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Richard Sears forwarded this review originally posted at The New Yorker. A Book Review by Malcom Gladwell A thousand years ago, a group of Vikings led by Erik the Red […]
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Dexter Graphic forwarded today’s article first published in the Boston Review in 2000. Philippe Van Parijs If you really care about freedom, give people an unconditional income. Entering the new […]
Continue readingThinking About Ends and Means
Today’s article by Eldon New on The War on Torture starting me thinking about ends and means. Note: Part of this material is from an earlier post tilted Making Choices. […]
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This morning the Editor of Metaphysics Anonymous examines two tactics of adversity. Eldon New I have noticed a symmetry between terrorism and torture. They are both tactics to influence military […]
Continue readingDesigning the World’s Future
Can we design a better future for humanity? Jan Hearthstone Today, the future of most of the people, and indeed the future of the whole world, is decided by only […]
Continue readingWho Owns the World’s Oil?
What types of property ownership are best for the world? This article explores how petroleum and water are being owned and mis-owned worldwide. Reposted from The Progress Report. George Caffentzis […]
Continue readingThe Tyranny of Structurelessness
Reposted from How to Save the World. Dave Pollard Several of my key solutions to making our world better—Natural Enterprises, True Collaboration and Model Intentional Communities most notably—rely on the […]
Continue readingCommitment to Radical Change
Reposted from How to Save the World. Dave Pollard About a year ago, I made my first public commitment to stop just talking about How to Save the World, and […]
Continue readingThe End of Nature
Reposted from Common Dreams. On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School presented its fourth annual Global Environment Citizen Award to […]
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