Kakistocracy Comes to the Anthropocene
The Dream Is Over I recently dreamt that I was interacting with a group of women describing the incoming vice president as someone with “horrible” ideas, someone scary. But they couldn’t remember his name. They had it on the tip of their tongues, but it wouldn’t come out of their mouths. Of course, being as […]
Politics in the Anthropocene: Yes Virginia, All Politics Will Still Be Local in the Future, but the Definition of “Local” is Going to Change
2024 is shaping up to be a year of destiny for Planet Earth. Elections will be held in 64 countries plus the European Union. 49% of the world’s population will have the opportunity to cast ballots. None will be more important to the future than America’s where one candidate for the Presidency has declared that he intends […]
The Security and Sustainability Guide: A Compass for the Anthropocene
This video discusses the Anthropocene, the Age of Humanity, a new geological era that began about 200 years ago. Most geological eras last for tens of thousands, if not millions of years. Unfortunately, the Age of Humanity is auditioning to be very short-lived. Humanity is in charge, but it’s evident that, much of the time, […]
Action Skills for Radical Democratic Organizations: A Learning Agenda for the Metroville Artists Org
This is my doctoral dissertation. It’s long, but its saving grace is that it probes and describes the interwoven nature of interpersonal and political dynamics in organizational settings. It studies and details the evolution of a 900-member community arts organization in which every member had the chartered right to participate as equals in all decision-making […]
Let’s Talk About Guns
Columbine, Orlando, Sandy Hook, Parkland, Buffalo, Uvalde…where does it end? Will America’s “frontiersman” myth spread to other societies, especially those where democracy is in trouble? Currently, there is a gun for every resident of the United States, and that is unusable. However, the tensions between Rightists and Leftists are not limited to the United States. […]
Will Evil Triumph in The Anthropocene?
Will he or won’t he? Like Putin, Trump is unadulterated evil. Not to his supporters, of course, but to anyone who’s paying attention to his character, his policies and his crimes, he’s a slime ball. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that he — like Putin— isn’t and won’t have a significant impact on the future. He’s […]
Numbers Too Big To Ignore
The continued assault on Women’s Rights leaves many questions… Sexual behavior, in general, and the sexual behavior of women, in particular, is and will be a factor in all aspects of the Anthropocene. Will we see a overt suppression of the rights of women to have sex outside of agreed upon contexts, for example? Will […]
A Simple Twist of Fate
A multiplicity of alternative futures is wrapped up in every moment of the present. Strong trends create a sense of inevitability regarding the now. For example: Water occupies 70% of the Earth’s surface. The Earth revolves around the Sun. The Moon revolves around the Earth. The combined gravitational forces exerted by the Sun and Moon […]
“Look, The Reality Is…It’s Inevitable”
My mind tends to cringe when people say this to me. It is a statement that is usually/almost always delivered in conjunction with the “eye-lock,” a way of looking at people combined with a tone of voice that communicates “You know what I’m about to say is right” and/or “I’m the grown up in the […]
The Lonely Liar
In his defense of the British soldiers who fired on and killed eight colonists during “The Boston Massacre,” John Adams said: Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. Given the degree to which misinformation, conspiracy […]