The ongoing devastation of the biosphere & the current trajectory of AI are rooted in the same phenomenon: anthropocentrism. In her latest book, the legendary N. Katherine Hayles proposes a new theory of cognition that seeks to decenter the human. More via the latest @urgentfutures.bsky.social:

Psychological resilience is critical given *gestures at everything* And importantly, psychological resilience is something that can be developed. This @realitystudies.bsky.social primer explains strategies for building resilience & points to the potential benefits of resilience counseling.

What is Post-Growth Economics? Rethinking Prosperity Beyond GDP Growth via @realitystudies.bsky.social www.realitystudies.co/p/what-is-po...

“We treat the physical world as a mine and a dump, as we pray for our afterlife.” On the latest @urgentfutures.bsky.social, Carl Safina breaks down how Plato set the stage for the polycrisis by fostering particular values & beliefs about life on Earth. www.realitystudies.co/p/carl-safin...

“We treat the physical world as a mine and a dump, as we pray for our afterlife.” —Carl Safina on @urgentfutures.bsky.social youtu.be/oIuS_muBPhA?...

“Let nobody think there is any spectator sport here, this is a fully participatory engagement and endeavour; our future.” I joined @jessedamiani.bsky.social on his podcast to talk about transformative adaptation and how we can ALL be involved. Watch now.

Why is the World in Crisis—& What Can We Do About It? A real privilege to sit down with @racheldonald.bsky.social on the latest @urgentfutures.bsky.social. We talked polycrisis, power, violence, systems, and much more: youtu.be/o2jEi2Ez0O8

As more and more terrible things happen, it’s critical to remember that we do have agency (it’s something I keep reminding myself). Transformative adaptation is a framework that allows us to imagine and realize ‘thrutopias’ in which we continue to live meaningful lives amid collapse.

LA: find yourself doomscrolling & unable to concentrate during the LA wildfires? There’s a reason: climate trauma & ‘fire brain’ I was lucky to to discuss both + what you can do with @neatneuro.bsky.social on the latest Urgent Futures Rapid Response: www.realitystudies.co/p/climate-tr...

We talked about Overshoot with @jessedamiani.bsky.social over at the Urgent Futures podcast before Christmas - and the episode is now online. I enjoyed this one - thanks for having us on Jesse! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV0u...

An immense privilege to speak with @wimcarton.bsky.social & Andreas Malm on the latest @urgentfutures.bsky.social! We dive into their superb, devastating recent book, 'Overshoot,' which charts the political philosophy that is driving us toward collapse. www.realitystudies.co/p/overshoot-...

What are we breathing? There remains a lot of anxiety & confusion about the air in LA County, the “disaster after the disaster.” 😷 Exec. Director of CCAT spells it all out to @jessedamiani.bsky.social in the latest @urgentfutures.bsky.social episode www.realitystudies.co/p/los-angele...

The winds are picking up in LA again today. Please, please listen to/watch/read this @urgentfutures.bsky.social interview with Jane Williams, and share it with friends & family. The stuff in the air is truly horrific.

Fun to be called 'legendary polymath' by anyone as fun & astute as Jesse Damiani of @urgentfutures.bsky.social podcast - especially since early in my career, polymaths were not in vogue at all. Lab tutors covered my reports with red ink: 'too many adjectives.' www.realitystudies.co/p/phoebe-bar...

The LA fires aren’t raging as they were last week, but we are in the “disaster after the disaster”: the air & ash. They contain harmful, potentially lethal pollutants that AQI doesn’t measure. If you or loved ones are in LA, please listen to this & share it. www.realitystudies.co/p/los-angele...

"If you’re paying attention, you recognize that all of this—the unprecedented “hurricanes” of fire, our inability to prepare for them, the systemic failures of our government, the exploitation for political disinformation—are symptoms of collapse in polycrisis." www.realitystudies.co/p/los-angele...

Any comments on this fun podcast conversation with @jessedamiani.bsky.social of @urgentfutures.bsky.social? I was on shoot in the field, filming our documentary series - no time (clearly, alas) to brush my hair, so he kindly inserted a somewhat more flattering thumbnail 😉 youtu.be/vc0BAemxRPo?...

Had fun talking to @jessedamiani.bsky.social about ancient apocalypses, and soft launching an ill-considered mustache www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUar...

Please support the mustache by checking out this conversation!

I wish I had the grace, equanimity and wisdom of Phoebe Barnard. This is one of my favourite podcasts: @urgentfutures.bsky.social by @jessedamiani.bsky.social #EcologicalOvershoot #HumanBehaviour #ClimateChange #PhoebeBarnard #JesseDamiani #UrgentFutures

A true privilege to speak with @phoebebarnard.bsky.social on @urgentfutures.bsky.social! Phoebe is a critical voice advocating for civilizational shift—and the means to do so. Thank you @greymaven.bsky.social for sharing!

"[M]ost democracies nowadays...don’t fail because of a coup d’état ... What usually happens is that an elected, legitimate leader enters office w a goal of taking over the state, of changing the nature of its institutions...so that he doesn’t lose the election next time" - @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

How information spreads—& who shapes it—remains a vital issue for democracy. @ninajankowicz.com has been helping make sense of all this for years, & continues to do so through the American Sunlight Project. We get into all of it in this episode of @urgentfutures.bsky.social youtu.be/REU_-PX-W9Y?...

Reading ‘Overshoot’ by @wimcarton.bsky.social & Andreas Malm right now, which supports so much of what’s said in this excellent thread (btw you should pick up a copy of the book, it’s vital)

Given *gestures at everything,* it seems like the perfect time to listen to this interview with @noupside.bsky.social, where we dig into her vital book ‘Invisible Rulers,’ the evolution of propaganda, and more. youtu.be/3w6w-mr8OKY?...

If you knew nothing about what COP was, and evaluated carbon emissions across the years it’s been running, it’d be perfectly reasonable for you to assume COP had been designed to *accelerate* fossil fuel use based on the data.

The joke is quite literally on us

"Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Status quo economics is breaking down. I made a Starter Pack of folks who are progressing ideas, philosophies, & strategies for systems change, including ecological economics, degrowth, post-growth, post-/anti-capitalism, ecosocialism, Modern Monetary Theory, Doughnut Economics go.bsky.app/So5vwTn

“Elon Musk’s super PAC spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump … The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO provided the vast majority of the money to America PAC, which focused on low-propensity and first-time voters.” apnews.com/article/elon...

"When you’re optimizing for efficiency, you’re getting rid of redundancies. But when patients’ lives are at stake, you actually want redundancy. You want extra slack in the system. You want multiple sets of eyes on a patient in a hospital." www.codastory.com/stayonthesto...