Why don’t humans respond to extinction-level risks?
Human extinction is a topic much in the air these days. But we humans are very short on action in response to the many threats.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Can Sortition Save Us From the Zombies of Extinction?
This method of snatching random strangers and dumping the victims into decision making institutions is, as I have already explained, called sortition – a rather uninspiring label for the most revolutionary idea ever conceived.
Embracing The Values Of Sustainable And Democratic Societies (Part 2)
My goal is to provide frameworks that help people to think more deeply about where their values come from, how well these values resonate with the societies we must create, whether their actions align with their values, and how to achieve greater value-action alignment.
Patrick Knodel: “Question Everything – Towards Cooperation & Change”
On this episode, Nate is joined by impact investor Patrick Knodel to discuss how philanthropy and non-profit work might make positive change beyond the superficial level.
Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
With AI, humanity is outsourcing its executive control of nearly every key sector —finance, warfare, medicine, and agriculture—to algorithms with no moral capacity. If you are wondering what could go wrong, the answer is plenty.
How to talk about climate change and the problem with doomerism
Should we be yelling that the sky is falling at every chance? Or might that paralyze us into inaction, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Samantha Sweetwater: “Life at the Center”
On this episode, thought leader and ceremonial guide Samantha Sweetwater joins Nate to share her journey through mysticism and guiding others through their own unique spiritual paths.
Attending to the sacred
This is the formidable challenge of our times – to create limits and localism while not creating arbitrary rules of social exclusion.
Too Legit to Quit: Rethinking Legitimacy of Territorial Claims
Eradicating colonization is not a matter of granting sovereignty to native populations, it is a matter of eradicating the right to exclude that comes with European sovereignty, getting rid of legitimate territorial claims altogether.
Climate Politics: The View from Washington (3/12/24)
Will the passage of this current year’s appropriations be enough to convince voters in swing districts that Republicans can govern? That’s yet to be seen.
The Game of Life
Whatever the case, I will continue to play the role it seems I am set out to play, and hope that I happen to be on the “right side of history.” In the game of life, the only way to know is to keep playing.
Politics (Sometimes it is necessary to wander)
We have forgotten that every politics is an ethos. We have bought the lie that all things are public or private.