Engaging the Metacrisis (Part 3: Polycrisis vs Metacrisis…) (was “Systemic Drivers of Collapse”)
I offer here a review and extensive excerpts from an article that is shifting my perspective on the polycrisis/metacrisis, and thus is …
Systemic Drivers of Collapse (Part 2 – An Overview)
The phase “systemic drivers of collapse” refers to dynamic factors contributing to past, present and future instances of societal collapse. In our …
AI Series #1: Dimensions of Generative AI / ChatGPT
This article discusses the potential risks of giving AI god-like powers, especially as AI becomes superintelligent and embedded in all aspects of …
Polis: A Breakthrough tool for broader, deeper consensus
Polis is an online survey platform where all the items being surveyed are created by the participants, whose responses to each other’s …
Reflections on Wise Democracy in practice
New Co-Intelligence Institute board member Andy Paice tells the story of his work with communities in the UK, bringing the theory of …
Why do we value wise democracy’s “prime directive”?
The Wise Democracy Project has a guiding principle – its prime directive to evoke and engage the wisdom and resourcefulness of the …
To Fix, Improve, and Transform Democracy
Democracy is in trouble around the world. Thankfully, we see many creative responses emerging to meet that challenge. Among other initiatives, the …
Intrinsic Participation and the Great Co-Creative Dance
In this essay I expand on the idea of “intrinsic participation”, a concept I introduced in “Creative Participation of the Whole – …
Creative Participation of the Whole – a North Star concept
What does it mean to engage the creative participation of the whole? That aspiration is both simpler and more complex than it …
Intercentricity – the web of reciprocal aliveness (Part 1)
Back in August 1991 – at the dawn of my co-intelligence work – I wrote an essay exploring the implications of seeing …