“People used to be born into communities, then found their individuality. Today people are born individuals, then find their communities.” Here comes the Post-Individual
The public needs input, and consensus, on how they should shape AI in their lives. Belgium’s Citizen Panel on AI promises much
Generation Z is veering away from alcohol and drunkenness. Cost, precarity and an acute sense of the demands of the future seem key
ACTION, YOUTH, PRACTICE, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INDIVIDUAL, FUTURES, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTpat kanealcohol, alcoholism, drinking, food, gen z
Transition Tooting is going to make their locality into a "Town Anywhere" - capable of imagining, and realising, positive futures
FUTURES, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIAN, POLITICAL CULTURE, LOCALISM, DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION, COMMUNITY, ARTISTS, BEHAVIOURpat kanetransition towns, transition network, transition tooting, tooting
The Climate Majority Project keeps on building - a new book, new mission and vision statements, and help for teachers
ENVIRONMENTALISTS, POLITICAL CULTURE, SOCIO-POLITICS, REGEN ECONOMIES, LEARNING, GLOBALISTS, FUTURES, ACTIONpat kaneclimate crisis, climate emergency, climate breakdown, Rupert read
Women favour climate actions that benefit future generations - like bearing current costs of mitigation - more than men
With the latest and coming wave of neurotech devices, the truth is that your brain may need a lawyer
What is the Fête of Britain? It's a four-day takeover in Manchester, curated by Brian Eno and Es Devlin's new cultural movement, Hard Art
"Just Transformations" shows grassroots movements for alternative futures arising across the planet
Here's a very good argument against space settlements on Mars or the Moon. But also for space research that saves the Earth
Thinking like Gaia is more than the sum of the cards, says planetary coach Tom Mansfield
PRACTICE, PLANETARIAN, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, LEARNING, INGENUITY, FUTURES, ARTISTSpat kanegames, cards, gaia, play
Every nuance of AI, awe and charisma anatomised, clean aircraft and hydrogen cells. Noema’s top ten 2023 stories are a ride
Cosmolocalism imagined in graphics, and as a route to putting "nature rights" at the heart of the Irish constitution
“Abolishing the rational, embracing the strange can create portals to other worlds”. Future Natures wants your vision of a weird nature
"Infrastructure is always an act of solidarity with people who aren’t born yet." Cory Doctorow on tech's role in the climate crisis
What the IPPC does for climate - gather data to guide policy, in crisis conditions - is what we need for artificial intelligence. Call it a GAIO
“Who would want the future to be the endless repetition of the past?” Some new level of machine-biology evolution is coming, suggests Karen Bakker and Mark C. Taylor
Hannah Ritchie asks: how do we become the First Generation to be truly sustainable - rather than worry about being the last?
ACTION, YOUTH, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, FEATURED, FUTURES, LEARNING, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, PLANETARIANpat kaneTED, big data, data, climate crisis, progress
On play, creativity and the new politics of imagination for Gen Z/Alpha. Pat Kane talks with Planet: Critical's Rachel Donald
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, NEW ENERGY SOURCES, INGENUITY, FUTURES, ALTERNATIVE UK, PLANETARIAN, POLITICAL CULTURE, ACTION, ARTISTSpat kaneplay, superplay, the play ethic, pat kane
Let us imagine an Ecological Intelligence Agency, suggests Superflux - a way for AI to help us be good stewards of nature