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What Kind of Country? CODA

Yet every childIs cast from paradise —Into growth and new community,Into vast, ongoingChange. Octavia Butler Let’s do a quick reminder of where our civilization is heading. Globally, the natural support systems of the planet are faltering (in case you don’t quite believe this, and need a confirmation from online, the source of all wisdom, a quick Google AI return reads, “Earth’s natural support systems are … Continue reading What Kind of Country? CODA

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The Next Axial Age: Salvaging a workable future from metacollapse

2500 years is long enough for us to have learned that escape from community, and from the earth, is not a solution, but a root cause of our troubles. John Zerzan In 1949, in his book The Origin and Goal of History, the German philosopher Karl Japsers coined the term “Axial Age,”. In Jaspers’ view, similar ways of interpreting the world emerged in different civilizational … Continue reading The Next Axial Age: Salvaging a workable future from metacollapse

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