The Joyous Struggle | Jonathan Rowson | Substack
The performance of any part of an organic nonlinear system cannot be understood or predicted in isolation from the rest, but only in relationship to the rest. Such parts are no longer freely interchangeable, and the methodologies of reductionism are impotent.
Charles Eisenstein • The Ascent of Humanity: Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
Transformation doesn’t happen in a linear way, at least not one we can always track. It happens in cycles, convergences, explosions.
adrienne maree brown • Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Dans le cas des problèmes pernicieux, le nombre de variables et d’interactions entre variables est si important qu’il est impossible de se faire une image réaliste et complète de ce qui se passe. Il est difficile de croire que nous pourrions comprendre entièrement ces problèmes (et a fortiori les maîtriser) avant qu’ils ne provoquent des ruptures g
... See morePablo Servigne • Une autre fin du monde est possible (Anthropocène) (French Edition)
“Every year that we head closer to catastrophe […] the old narrative loses its hold on the collective consciousness. Waves of young people are looking for a new worldview—one that makes sense of the current unraveling, one that offers them a future they can believe in.” - Jeremy Lent