Cultural Obsolescence & Ontological Revolution: bringing philosophy into the 21st century
We can barely even begin to imagine an amodern / postmodern / metamodern relational culture. But imagining it we must.
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Self-driving cars are driving right into their own grave
Autonomous vehicles as currently deployed face a conceptual flaw that can’t be overcome
Direct democracy and the need for physical space
The project of direct democracy, being a socio-political system that is incompatible with the Nation-State-Capital complex, implies radical change to people’s relations to physical space.
Where should we live?
Political Will will not feed us. Nor will he make it possible to sustain the systems that rely on extravagant use — and waste — of resources. To most of the world, this is obvious.
Wasp Wisdom
One way to measure the change I’ve undergone in the last several years is via wasps. That’s right: wasps.
It’s as if I woke up one morning realizing that I grew up in a society of human supremacists, that I was one too, and that I no longer want to live that way.
Climate Politics: The view from Washington December 11, 2023
Legislation is not enacted in a vacuum. Successful advocacy strategies begin with understanding the political context in which proposed climate-related policies are to be debated and acted upon.
Making the Manifesto to End All Manifestos
The relevance of what we do at TIPPSE was recently made clear by the publication of Cyborgian Marc Andreesen’s The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. Our work countering this manifesto, and many others produced by Phalse Prophets, are an example of Brandolini’s Law, which states: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Holding the Fire: Episode 11. Reframing Collapse with Lyla June Johnston
How is it possible to maintain perspective on the polycrisis? Dr. Lyla June Johnston, who is of Navajo, Cheyenne, and European lineages, has brilliantly woven her knowledge into her public speaking and multigenre art, inspiring international audiences towards personal, collective, and ecological healing.
Stagnating science and disillusioned scientists: a personal story
This post was inspired by a recent article by Tom Murphy, in which he tells how he discovered that most science is not just useless but an evil force worsening the human situation. So much that he decided to quit. Murphy’s case is not isolated; a feeling of dismay runs through the very fabric of scientific research. My career as a scientist parallels Tom’s experience.
Shakespeare, Sonnets, and Stewardship: Why Ecological Problems Require Poetry
Yes, this is the role of the human and this is the choice of the dramatist—to see truth, to witness its drama, to accept the opportunity, to have great power, to hold loosely its abiding weight, and then to trip headlong into the boundless triumphs and pains and beauties made and gifted everlasting in the love of land, of the all of us.
Biden and Xi Jinping send a message
The question sure to dominate the two weeks of meetings and negotiations will be: where is the justice?
Something Wicked This Way Comes
While mathematics and chess offer more-or-less “tame” problems with solutions that everyone agrees on, wicked problems lack clarity and are subject to real-world constraints that prevent risk-free resolution.