There is a terrain where angels fear to tread. Over and over again it is discovered, and a small professional guild forms around it in the unfortunate field has arrived at the conclusion. The US military has called it VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) Social planners discovered it as wicked problems Later, the military [...]
Read more →When the world’s credit markets have no more money to lend the governments, because good money has been poured after bad, and soaking the taxpayers to the fourth generation wears thin, because nobody is quite sure that they will be any more able to pay than the current generation is, and we weep, and wail, [...]
Read more →So as you know, the hexayurt is basically what I’m about. It’s a deceptively simple shelter – the simplest one can be built for less than $100 and house a family of five – far cheaper and more durable than a tent. The Hexayurt Project is an Free Hardware / Open Hardware project which embodies [...]
Read more →This may help to put the cuts in perspective. (my talk at the Dark Mountain festival in Wales)
Read more →Back in black elephant territory again today. 5 billion cell phones. Over time, much more 3G. What happens in a world where everybody has an internet-connected cell phone but billions live in absolute poverty? Collapse of previously first-world countries like Iceland, Greece, Ireland… and America? How does it feel for 20% of the population to [...]
Read more →It all started with a question on twitter Question of the day: Can #BigSociety take over functions from the Market as well as from Government? Answers to #BigSociety please!less than a minute ago via TweetDeckVinay Guptaleashless I’ve been asking this question over and over again, and no-one will touch it. Zero replies on twitter, when [...]
Read more →Monbiot is so keen on allotments that he has seven of his own. But it never occurs to him there might be six other people out there. Have you heard his thing, “the Land is Ours”? Yes, the land is yours: you fuckin’ own it, you cunt!
Read more →Question of the day: Can #BigSociety take over functions from the Market as well as from Government? Answers to #BigSociety please!less than a minute ago via TweetDeckVinay Guptaleashless
Read more →Until I was 31 all I really did was study meditation and write enough software to half-pay the bills. I wasn’t aiming to be a guru or a teacher, but it was generally expected that when I matured I would teach. Then 9/11 happened and put an end to all that. The lineage of teachers [...]
Read more →These are the cores of the pieces I’m writing for The Future We Deserve. The five thorns Climate Technological risk including small group destructive power and monsanto Poverty Political violence including genocide and economic violence The big one: governance The four seeds Population stops growing as infant mortality drops Cheap solar panels, wind energy and [...]
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