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Final call for the last ‘Leading Through Collapse’ online courses
As the New Year begins, I plan to reduce my role as an advocate scholar on societal disruption. I’ll focus on my remaining courses while maintaining occasional writings on relevant topics. I’ll adopt a less scholarly communication style, as I share on various topics. The deadline for the last ever courses on ‘Leading Through Collapse’… Read more
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Christianity and Hope – when the Pope does hopium, what do the mystics do?
The post reflects on the Pope’s message of hope, exploring its implications within Christianity and contemporary culture. It critiques the belief that unconditional love equates to an inherent hope for a better world, arguing that love can exist independently of positive outcomes. The author highlights distortions caused by privilege and patriarchal narratives, urging for authentic… Read more
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Aspirations for Life
Expectations reduce joy. Aspirations attract it. Sometimes the pain of observing the news, or anxieties as our situations worsen, or just the heaviness of knowing the wider suffering to come, can stifle our ability to feel joy and aspire to what’s wonderful. That isn’t always the case, as collapse acceptance can be very liberating. But Read more
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Have you ever seen a relaxing X/Twitter thread?
Have you ever seen a relaxing X/Twitter thread? No, me neither. I hardly ever write them. And when I do, it’s usually about bad news. But I recently tried to transmute some upset into celebration… here is the text of that x/twitter thread. 1/29 A surprise to end the year was @JustCollapse founders Tristan and Read more
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Some reasonable essays on collapse
In my annual personal update (not the Deep Adaptation Review), I included a summary of the essays I wrote in 2024. I thought it useful also to post these to my blog. I group the essays by topics of: integrating collapse awareness into your working life, the broad trends in Deep Adaptation, the political implications Read more
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Collapse-relevant publications in 2024
The Deep Adaptation Review is an independently produced look back at the year on the topic of collapse readiness. There are a few sections in it, with one of them covering interesting new publications. I want to share with you that part, below. The full review is available here, where you can also subscribe to… Read more
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