“In times of bleakness, it is useful to revive our ability to imagine a better future.” Adrian J. Ivakhiv This is the text of a lecture that the author gave on August 16 of this year at the seminar “From the Anthropocene to the Symbiocene or Paths to a Life-Supporting Civilization” (Toulcův dvůr, Prague Hostivař, August 12-18, 2024). It discusses the birth of the idea of the Symbiocene (ecological civilization) and presents two…
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Jeremy Lent: The Web of Meaning or The Future is Not a Sports Spectacle
“Patterns of meaning have been shaped by history. How will our own patterns shape the future?” Jeremy Lent Here is an excerpt from Jeremy Lent’s book The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe (New Society Publishers 2021), from the final thirteenth chapter, “Weaving a New Story,” which the author published under the title “The Future is Not…