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Preparing for Civilization's End:
What Would Net-Zero Emissions Look Like?
Why Economic Collapse Will Precede Climate Collapse
Being Adaptable: A Reminder List
A Culture of Fear
What Will It Take?
A Future Without Us
Dean Walker Interview (video)
The Mushroom at the End of the World
What Would It Take To Live Sustainably?
The New Political Map (Poster)
Beyond Belief
Complexity and Collapse
Save the World Reading List
Civilization Disease
What a Desolated Earth Looks Like
Giving Up on Environmentalism
Going Vegan
The Dark & Gathering Sameness of the World
The End of Philosophy
The Boiling Frog
Our Culture:
What to Believe Now?
Rogue Primate
Conversation & Silence
The Language of Our Eyes
True Story
Cultural Acedia: When We Can No Longer Care
Useless Advice
Several Short Sentences About Learning
Why I Don't Want to Hear Your Story
A Harvest of Myths
The Qualities of a Great Story
The Trouble With Stories
A Model of Identity & Community
Not Ready to Do What's Needed
A Culture of Dependence
So What's Next
Ten Things to Do When You're Feeling Hopeless
No Use to the World Broken
Living in Another World
Does Language Restrict What We Can Think?
The Value of Conversation Manifesto Nobody Knows Anything
If I Only Had 37 Days
The Only Life We Know
A Long Way Down
No Noble Savages
Figments of Reality
Too Far Ahead
The Rogue Animal
How the World Really Works:
If You Wanted to Sabotage the Elections
Collective Intelligence & Complexity
Ten Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier
The Problem With Systems
Against Hope (Video)
The Admission of Necessary Ignorance
Several Short Sentences About Jellyfish
A Synopsis of 'Finding the Sweet Spot'
Learning from Indigenous Cultures
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Nothing On Offer Here
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Monthly Archives: September 2004
FOUR CRITERIA FOR NEW PRODUCT SUCCESS
If you’re wondering why you’ve seen so little original thought on these pages of late, it’s because I can’t seem to shake the post-vacation blues. ‘Til they’re gone, I’ll keep relaying good ideas and inspirations from others. It’s been said … Continue reading
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HOW EUROPE SEES THE US
A recent global survey carried out by Gallup with a consortium of other pollsters paints an interesting picture of the US, as seen by residents of ten European countries: Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, the UK, … Continue reading
Posted in How the World Really Works
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BUYER BEWARE: CONSUMER REPORTS’ TOP 10 SHOPPING TRAPS
Consumer Reports has a useful list of ‘shopping traps’ in its annual Buying Guide — a list of the ten most common scams perpetrated by disreputable corporations. Freebies and cheapies with strings attached: If you’re offered something for ‘zero dollars’ … Continue reading
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WHAT ARE THE CHANCES FOR OUR WORLD?
Recently I summarized my long analysis of How to Save the World in four bullet points: We need to communicate to everyone in the world a new story of our planet’s destiny, showing them a better way to live than … Continue reading
Posted in Preparing for Civilization's End
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IMPORTANT STUFF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
A test batch of Monsanto’s new genetically modified grass. A bunch of interesting news and links from the past week or so: Project Censored list — Project Censored lists the top events of 2003-04 that went unreported in the media. … Continue reading
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THE MEDICI EFFECT
Frans Johansson’s The Medici Effect offers an encouraging recipe for engendering innovation, but it saves its most compelling message for the final few pages. Beginning with a pragmatic definition of innovation (anything that is new, valuable and realized), Johannson argues … Continue reading
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HEALTH CARE: SIMPLE SOLUTIONS NO ONE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT
Canada has an enviable record of providing universal, quality health care at a reasonable price for the last half a century. But, as in every other country, our health care system is facing several strains: Soaring health care costs, driven … Continue reading
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A GLOBAL IDEA: TAXING ‘BADS’ THROUGH A SECOND CURRENCY
This is the first of a series of articles discussing some of the remarkable ideas in a new book called The Global Ideas Book. The book, with a forward by Charles Handy (pictured right) is the brainchild of the UK-based … Continue reading
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STIMULATING AND MEASURING CANADIAN INNOVATION — BADLY
It is a strange irony that the people who study innovation seem to be rather unimaginative at finding ways to stimulate it and measure it. Two new Canadian studies retread tired old ground in this regard. First, a Canadian federal … Continue reading
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Awfully Personal Question for September 18, 2004
Welcome to That’s Awfully Personal, an opportunity for blog writers and readers to reveal a little more about themselves than might normally happen during the daily blogging process, and hence get to know each other a bit better. It’s a … Continue reading
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