Politics doesn’t have the answers, it is the problem
greta et al
To all well-meaning organisations, groups, and individuals: you cannot reason with the system that knowingly created the problems you are trying to resolve.
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sport & war
Society's emphasis on sport is a divisive contrivance to preoccupy us with an intellectually undemanding activity, one that normalises competition , aggression, and taking sides - the ingredients of war, all at the expense of us developing our sophisticated, nature-given, potentials of compassion, collaboration, and care. The latter being essential for our survival, whereas war simply generates profits the ruling elite, while we suffer the consequences.
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free to be better
As contradictory as it sounds, if we are to liberate ourselves and be in a position to do better, we need to let go of the idea that we have free-will.
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consciousness?
As our understanding of life, of brain function, and the mechanistic nature of the human organism continues to dilute our misplaced sense of superiority, consciousness has become the last vestige for us to indulge in the notion that we are special.
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extinct rebellion
The system you're trying to change will only do so if it can profit from it.
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they knew...
The United Nations convened for an emergency climate crisis summit in 1972, agreeing to fifty urgent measures - none of which have been realised.
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authority!
Anyone who assumes a position of authority should do so only if they have the interests of the whole community and the preservation of life as their objective.
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meritocracy
Nobody can personally take credit for their own achievements.
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the i-con
Thinking that we are each an independent, autonomous self, is equally as prohibitive as believing in god.
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ai
The issue with Artificial Intelligence isn't about what it can do, but what we're going to do with it.
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