Or, The Many (Un)Happy Returns of History in Metamodernity

Gradual Disempowerment

Our global existential crisis affords an opportunity for civilizational metamorphosis

On how, by virtue of mental walls built and reinforced by society and civilization, most of us are alienated from nature and ourselves….

YouTube video by Jessica Denson

The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.

The universe is so immense that it is almost certainly rife with life that has spawned other civilizations. But where is everybody?

Opinion | In the wake of attacks on the research enterprise, scientists need to focus on protecting its fragile infrastructure.

It’s been over six decades since U.S. President John F. Kennedy launched a massive public investment in science and technology with his…

ALT: a dog with blue eyes is laying in an orange doghouse

Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.

Markets Do Not Lie

(Continuing from The Price We Pay for Human Consciousness is an Exceptional Proclivity for Self-Deception)

YouTube video by Association of American Universities

An excerpt from Chapter X: The Final Days (2024–2025)

On the what, why, where, when, and how of perpetual change.

YouTube video by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Vital information is being erased and disappeared, censored and swathed in secrecy

Every strong man that comes into power knows they have a short time to consolidate power. We are on week two of this administration, and…

How the two award-winning works of speculative fiction provide insight into development and evolution.

Whatever hope there is for the future of humanity lies in civilizational metamorphosis. What might that entail?

Farewell reflections from an American who has now lost his country: I quit the GOP 13 years ago. That wasn't enough

Why carrying on business as usual as though everything is going to be okay is part and parcel with civilizational collapse