The Fog of Change
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The Fog of Change
In tandem with this inch-wide starting point, Immy simultaneously established the mile-deep aspect, in the form of the Re Festival. This six-day online ideas festival was held in the first weeks of the pandemic, and saw an array of the world’s most original thinkers and doers invited to share their ideas and insights at the very beginning of CIVIC
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Four-and-a-half years ago, as the COVID epidemic hit its first, horrible spike, Jamais Cascio , a professional futurist, wrote a prescient and helpful post titled, “Facing the Age of Chaos.” He began with this simple insight: “This current moment of political mayhem, climate disasters, and global pandemic — and so much more — vividly demonstrates t... See more
Micah L. Sifry • When History Overflows, Build a Lifeboat
The process of crossing the threshold is demanding for each and every one of us. When the cracks appear in a long-held belief, it causes anxiety and pain. As the certain world is replaced by great uncertainty, the risk is that we cling to what we know more than ever. The gravitational pull of the familiar exerts itself, no matter how dysfunctional
... See moreBrian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
I realized that I’ve been avoiding setting a bold goal for my life, probably because I’ve been burnt by past goals. Right now, there’s a really practical, short-term goal of just sustaining myself as a writer. But once that works, then what? Maybe that’s it, but what’s beyond that? In my grandest vision for my life, I think I’d be an “architect,” i
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