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 …
What is the practice of co-intelligence? Part 5 – Ten Qualities
This is the fifth of six posts seeking to describe what it means to practice co-intelligence. (You can read the first post here, …
What is the practice of co-intelligence? Part 3
This is the third of six posts seeking to describe what it means to practice co-intelligence. (You can find the first post …
Seeding co-intelligent transformation into the electoral rapids
The increasing challenges and unpredictability of electoral activities – and society in general – in the US and elsewhere generate opportunities for moving towards fundamental transformation. …
The prospect of wise public policy (AI – A Partner in Wise Democracy? #7)
I had a conversation with Claude, one of my AI colleagues, which I share here. Starting with a prompt about wise public …
An ecosystem of participatory worldviews
(NOTE: I’m not really happy with the title of this post, but am having trouble thinking of a different one to describe what the …
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 …
A Q&A on Wisdom
For several years I’ve used the Q&A site Quora as a forum to articulate some of my thoughts about wisdom. I’ve chosen …
Truth and the dance of fact and story (Sense-Making Part 7)
Facts ground us in reality. Stories ground us in meaning. The two together can produce powerful guidance, what we call “truth”. But …
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 …