Posts tagged United States
The big players in AI want the state to regulate them (like nukes or bio-tech). Yet will open-source LLM's democratic potential also be part of the mix?
The short films of Drawdown’s Neighbourhoods see carbon being reduced project by project, locality by locality
The Mondragon model of living and producing together is inspirational - even as far away as the state of Utah
Duchamp's "Anemic Cinema", Residente's "This is Not America", and a moving father-son encounter. Audio-visual refresh!
Political campaigns are turning to Relational Organising - "80% conversations, 20% data". But is exploiting friendship for politics the right way?
Many things can be a commons - even an ageing commercial oldies radio station. How Radio Kingston (covering NY and the Hudson Valley) became its community's mirror
The authors of The Upswing identify a swing from “I” to “We”. We ask: are you considering how autonomous and localized it needs to be?
“For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it.” Amanda Gorman steals the Inauguration
If you want to dispel conspiracy and denial over elections, vaccines and COVID, start with close family/friends, and go in through the heart
Alternative Editorial: Who’s Smiling This New Year?
Alternative Editorial: Joe’s not sleepy, but he should wake up to American localism
If Donald Trump sent you thousands of emails over four years, what would it tell you about him? Uffe Elbæk reveals all
Jeremy Lent on the five genuine (and harmful) conspiracies that everyone should know about—and take action on
Here's our Elephant video of Creative Acts' Sabra Williams—on BLM, George Floyd, the power of the arts in US prisons and “doing the inner work”
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Ex-Presidential candidate Andrew Yang creates a new platform to "move humanity forward" - with basic income at the core
Two ways to "create the feel" for democratic innovation and activism, taken from hip hop and radio drama
"Political hobbyists" click, tweet and moan to their friends - instead of engaging widely with citizens. Which isn't doing politics
Healing Politics: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's journey into the heart of America's political epidemic
The "Green New Deal" may have begun in the UK - but it's seizing America, and encouraging new initiatives everywhere
The Joyful Economy: What happens when "the Next System" is based on localism & positive psychology