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Tag Archives: Evolution
Peering Into the Crystal Ball, We See… Instability Leading to Collapse
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds We can only choose one: open, dynamic stability (evolution) or autocracy (instability and collapse). When the fundamentals of life change, every organism must evolve or die. This is equally true of human organizations, societies … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Collapse, dynamic equilibrium, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Evolution, evolutionary churn, financial crisis, Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, stability
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Consider the Chickens
Intelligence, ethics, and the inner lives of animals By Rafia Zakaria Source: The Baffler I OWE CHICKENS AN APOLOGY. Not only have I been eating them until very recently, but I have refused to even consider the possibility of a … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Technocracy
Tagged animal rights, cognitive science, Consciousness, culture, environment, Ethics, Evolution, Intelligence Community, Justin Gregg, Nietzsche Were a Narwhal, Philosophy, science, society
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Why We’re Doomed: Our Delusional Faith in Incremental Change
By Charles Hugh Smith Source: Of Two Minds Better not to risk any radical evolution that might fail, and so failure is thus assured. When times are good, modest reforms are all that’s needed to maintain the ship’s course. By “good … Continue reading
True Revolution
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com A radical change in human behavior away from its patterns of oppression, exploitation, war and ecocide will necessarily involve a drastic transformation in humanity’s relationship with thought. I’ve been saying this over and over again … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Psychology, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime
Tagged activism, Adyashanti, Awakening, capitalism, Consciousness, Eckhart Tolle, Economics, elites, Evolution, Olicharchy, Paradigm Shift, Philosophy, politics, Power Structures, psychology, Rebellion, Revolution, Sociology, spirituality
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Saturday Matinee: The Selfish Ledger
“The Selfish Ledger” (2016) is a leaked internal Google video by Nick Foster, the head of design at Google’s research-and-development division, X. It draws on theories of evolutionary biology to explain how the collective data history of all devices could … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Film, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged AI, Dystopia, Evolution, Google, Nick Foster, Social Engineering, Technocracy, technology, The Selfish Ledger
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The Complexity of Cultural Evolution
By Joe Brewer Source: Resilience What does the ecological crisis have in common with global poverty? How does politics relate to economics? The study of history? The changing landscape of technology, arts, and culture? Why is there not a coherent School … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Biological Systems, Biology, complexity science, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Cultural Transformation, culture, Culture Design, Ecological Crisis, environment, Evolution, evolutionary studies, Mind, politics
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