Category: Culture and Survival

Blah, Blah, Blah: An Open Letter to the Global Media by Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate

November 9, 2021

Either way, history will judge you in Climate Change — by Greta Thunberg — 31/10/2021 TITLE PHOTO: Vanessa Nakate (R) cries after her speech as Greta Thunberg comforts her during the opening plenary session of the Youth4Climate pre-COP 26 event. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 26, is being held in the city of Glasgow, Scotland … More Blah, Blah, Blah: An Open Letter to the Global Media by Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate

Why the Extinction Rebellion is Needed, and So Much More

November 3, 2021

My enthusiasm and hope for the prospects for the growing Extinction Rebellion to raise awareness of the converging Earth Systems crises got me to read its founder Roger Hallam’s book, Common Sense for the 21st Century. I had been studying what I call “The New Great Transformation” for my own book, At the Edge of … More Why the Extinction Rebellion is Needed, and So Much More

Mark Milley and Me: Saving the Nation from an Autocratic Attempt

September 23, 2021

I didn’t know much about General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint ‘Chiefs of Staff, appointed by Trump. I saw him marching from the White House in his fatigues with the Fake President and a number of his lackeys on their way to St. John’s church where Trump would hold a bible upside … More Mark Milley and Me: Saving the Nation from an Autocratic Attempt

Rethinking Modern Infrastructure: The Vulnerability of Complex Systems

September 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is not so much about the characteristics of a virus as it is about the organization of modern societies. The modern infrastructure of hyper-mobility allowed the virus to move rapidly all over the world. Without that infrastructure, the pandemic could not have happened. The Black Plague in the Middle Ages, when mobility … More Rethinking Modern Infrastructure: The Vulnerability of Complex Systems

No More Time to Kid Ourselves: The Climate Emergency is Now

August 27, 2021

Brian Tokar has written an excellent synopsis of the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report (AR6) on the state of Earth’s climate. The latest findings of climate science clearly delineate the worsening conditions that are forcing us into today’s generally unacknowledged deep human predicament. The report just released is the first of three parts. The IPCC has … More No More Time to Kid Ourselves: The Climate Emergency is Now

On Who’s Authority? Perverse Personal Politics and the Autocratic Attempt

August 20, 2021

I just do not know where these state governors get the idea that they can “ban” municipal and other local authorities from helping their people. What gives the Texas governor the right to prevent the Lina Hidalgo, the County Judge who oversees Harris County, which includes Texas’ biggest city, Houston, from establishing procedures to improve … More On Who’s Authority? Perverse Personal Politics and the Autocratic Attempt