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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
