This is a translation and update of the original post from Nov 14, 2020. Last time I stopped with the question:, “How can we organize society so it encourages us to maximize not profit, but reciprocity, cooperation, and care? I assume there is more than one way, and that the starting point I …
Original post from Nov 7, 2020 We are a fairly brilliant species. I have no doubt that if we direct our efforts correctly, we can find effective and humane solutions (more on that term later) to the climate crisis and the massive extinction of biodiversity taking place. Instead, we direct our collective efforts primarily …
Without everything we don’t measure, neither the economy nor life could exist.
Post from Oct 17, 2020 If there is indeed a broad consensus that “we have broken the Holocene”, as I wrote last week, and that it is truly disastrous, how is it that we are not taking far-reaching steps to fix what we still can? The general assumption is that the main obstacle is …
From Oct 10, 2020 The reaction to Covid proved that we are capable of making huge changes instantaneously. That’s fortunate, because we need to. Huge changes will be made, whether by our own initiative or not. And it is far, far better for us that we (that is, the humans and not, say, the …
This was a reflection on the lessons and gifts of Covid times, from October 3, 2020. At a time like this, when so much is changing, it makes sense to personally and collectively take stock, and re-examine our order of priorities. It seems obvious to me that our standards should be solidarity and care – …
Two years ago, at the beginning of the Hebrew year, I decided to start uploading weekly posts to present ideas accessible to me thanks to my native English. I kept it up for most of the year. Now I want to blog them here on my site, followed and interspersed with current thoughts. Here is …
