Exploring Nonviolent Communication through a meta-relational lens (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 8)
My first conversation with the AI Aiden Cinnamon Tea (ACT) – Part 3 Dear friends, For many months I’ve been exploring connections …
My search for life-serving transformational directions in these times
Dear friends, We are certainly in a time of profound transformation. The competition between worldviews is heating up and the field of ideological …
Reflections on Faith (Certainty Series Part 2)
Dear friends, If you’re looking for certainty, this post may not help. However, it may be interesting to notice how you feel …
ChatGPT – A Partner in Unknowing (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 1)
ChatGPT can help us realize how much we fall short in our approaches to complex challenges. By wisely using its capacity to summarize …
Viewing the metacrisis through diverse lenses
There are many lenses through which to view the metacrisis we face. I plan to share a dozen or more of them …
Engaging with the Evolving Whole
What this message is about: Everything in the world is part of an evolving whole. Learning – once again, newly – how …
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 …
Offerings for a New Paradigm Politics
We are near the end of our summer fundraiser. Folks have donated $3274 toward our $15,000 target. Please join them in supporting …
Can problem-solving itself be problematic? (Sense-making, Part 6)
This essay is largely a critique of how we tend to focus on problem-solving to address any undesirable situation. However, as I’ve …