Have you found yourself wanting to share some of the evidence and ideas about societal collapse with a friend or colleague? I have produced a summary of my book Breaking Together, which could help with that. I am sharing it ahead of next month's Metacrisis Meeting, where we will be discussing the future of collapse-aware communities and networks. In the post I also link to the video of a recent interview with me in Lisbon, at the launch of the Portuguese edition. They titled the video "the ho...| Prof Jem Bendell
We had some interesting discussions in the first Metacrisis Meeting, on the politics of collapse, with 27 joining for the first session, and 35 for the second. The first session was more participative, whereas the second session had more space for a Q&A with Richard Hames from Novara Media. We were delighted to be joined… Continue reading Report on the First Metacrisis Meeting→| Prof Jem Bendell
Richard Hames of Novara Media and his colleague Beau-Caprice Vetch, recently wrote an essay on what they call ‘critical collapsology’ to help stimulate collapse-aware innovation on the left of the political spectrum. They write: “The question is not “when is it appropriate to lose hope once and for all?” But, instead, when are we required… Continue reading Critical Collapsology & the Future of the Left – info ahead of the Metacrisis Meeting→| Prof Jem Bendell
The explosive rise in the power of AI presents humanity with an existential risk. To counter that risk, and potentially redirect our civilization’s trajectory, we need a more integrated understanding of the nature of human intelligence and the fundamental requirements for human flourishing. The recent explosion in the stunning power of artificial intelligence is likely … Continue reading To Counter AI Risk, We Must Develop an Integrated Intelligence| Patterns of Meaning
In this post, LearnJam's Jo Sayers shares his reflections and learnings from a recent peer-led learning journey. The post Expressions of a response to the metacrisis appeared first on LearnJam.| LearnJam
This blogpost is an edited version of the newsletter we sent out in September 2023. We are posting it as a blog as we feel it does a good job of summarising our new(ish) focus at LearnJam, and how we arrived at this place. We hope you enjoy it. Thank you for opening up this ... Read more The post Pedagogical experiments for sustainable futures appeared first on LearnJam.| LearnJam
two activists discussing the obstacles for mass adoption of activism. What is the psychology that holds people back from identifying as activists? What is the relationship between spirituality and activism?| - [ Perspectiva ]
This essay is an adapted version of the preface to the book Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and Emergence in metamodernity.| - [ Perspectiva ]
