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 …
Individualism, Collectivism, Metabolism (Hospicing Modernity, Part 1)
Shifting our fundamental identity from being separate individuals and groups to being facets of the dynamic metabolism of nature – as strange …
Raising children for a miraculous interconnected world
I offer videos from two of my most important teachers – Daniel Schmachtenberger and Nora Bateson. Their lessons are about the importance …
ChatGPT – A Partner in Wise Democracy? #3 – Storytelling (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 5)
In this post, I challenge ChatGPT 4o to imagine how the Community Catalyst Program it recommended (in my prior blog conversation on …
ChatGPT – A Partner in Wise Democracy? #2 – Strategy (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 3)
In this message, I explore ChatGPT’s adventure with me into strategizing how to utilize the great list it produced of existing approaches …
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 …
Big Caring
Caring can be shallow or deep, short or longterm, successful or failed. It can be individual or collective or even built into …
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 …
Pandemic Poetry
It seems that this pandemic has inspired some remarkable poetry. These seven poems have crossed my desk in the last two weeks. …
Giving the gift of gifting
I spend a lot of time consulting and collaborating with groups working to shift social systems and cultures in major ways. I …