Articles by Jeremy Lent
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2018
Yuval Harari: Please Recognize Your Own Unacknowledged Fictions
Yuval Harari’s writings explode many fictions on which modern civilization is based. However, his own unacknowledged fictions perpetuate dangerous myths. In this article, I urge Harari to recognize his own implicit stories, and by doing so, step up to his full potential role in helping shape humanity’s future.
December 13, 2018
Yuval Harari’s writings explode many fictions on which modern civilization is based. However, his own unacknowledged fictions perpetuate dangerous myths. In this article, I urge Harari to recognize his own implicit stories, and by doing so, step up to his full potential role in helping shape humanity’s future.
December 13, 2018
We Need an Ecological Civilization Before It's Too Late
In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, we need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the health of living systems over short-term wealth production.
October 10, 2018
In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, we need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the health of living systems over short-term wealth production.
October 10, 2018
Five Ways to Curb the Power of Corporations and Billionaires
We need to rein in the destructive power of corporations and billionaires before it’s too late. Ultimately, only a complete transformation of our economic system will save our future, but these proposals could set changes in motion that might eventually take us there.
July 12, 2018
We need to rein in the destructive power of corporations and billionaires before it’s too late. Ultimately, only a complete transformation of our economic system will save our future, but these proposals could set changes in motion that might eventually take us there.
July 12, 2018
Steven Pinker’s Ideas About Progress Are Fatally Flawed. These Eight Graphs Show Why.
It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives. By falsely tethering the concept of progress to free market economics and centrist values, Steven Pinker has tried to appropriate a great idea for which he has no rightful claim.
May 17, 2018
It’s time to reclaim the mantle of “Progress” for progressives. By falsely tethering the concept of progress to free market economics and centrist values, Steven Pinker has tried to appropriate a great idea for which he has no rightful claim.
May 17, 2018
Culture Shift: Redirecting Humanity’s Path to a Flourishing Future
Many of our current problems are symptoms of an even more profound problem: the implicit values of a global economic and political system that is driving civilization towards a precipice. It's time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness.
March 20, 2018
Many of our current problems are symptoms of an even more profound problem: the implicit values of a global economic and political system that is driving civilization towards a precipice. It's time to build a new worldview around a deeper sense of connectedness.
March 20, 2018
What Does China's "Ecological Civilization" Mean for Humanity's Future?
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, affirms an ecological vision that is in line with progressive environmental thought. Is it mere rhetoric or does it have a deeper resonance within Chinese culture? The answer may ultimately have a profound effect on humanity’s future.
February 9, 2018
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, affirms an ecological vision that is in line with progressive environmental thought. Is it mere rhetoric or does it have a deeper resonance within Chinese culture? The answer may ultimately have a profound effect on humanity’s future.
February 9, 2018
2017
What Will It Really Take to Avoid Collapse?
Fifteen thousand scientists have issued a dire warning to humanity about impending collapse but virtually no-one takes notice. Ultimately, our global systems, which are designed for perpetual growth, need to be fundamentally restructured to avoid the worst-case outcome.
December 26, 2017
Fifteen thousand scientists have issued a dire warning to humanity about impending collapse but virtually no-one takes notice. Ultimately, our global systems, which are designed for perpetual growth, need to be fundamentally restructured to avoid the worst-case outcome.
December 26, 2017
AI Has Already Taken Over. It's Called the Corporation
Futurists warning about the threats of AI are looking in the wrong place. Humanity is already facing an existential threat from an artificial intelligence we created hundreds of years ago. It’s called the Corporation.
December 3, 2017
Futurists warning about the threats of AI are looking in the wrong place. Humanity is already facing an existential threat from an artificial intelligence we created hundreds of years ago. It’s called the Corporation.
December 3, 2017
2016
The New Mind Manipulators
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
Surreal Spring: The Cognitive Dissonance of Our Climate Emergency
February 22, 2016
February 22, 2016
COP21—Is the Jubilation Warranted?
December 29, 2015
December 29, 2015