Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp
Why Civilizations Fall and What We Can Learn From It with Luke Kemp In this insightful conversation, researcher Luke Kemp explores the patterns and drivers behind the rise and fall of civilizations, drawing on historical and systems analysis to illuminate risks facing modern society. Rather than treating collapse as an anomaly, the discussion frames it […]
Unlearning Economics: Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, Kate Raworth | Reality Roundtable #3
Unlearning Economics: Jon Erickson, Josh Farley, Steve Keen, Kate Raworth | Reality Roundtable #3 On this Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by leading thinkers and educators in the field of heterodox economics. Each guest shares one fundamental aspect of what conventional economic theory gets wrong and how it could be improved in our education system. […]
Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann’s Project to Reimagine Economics Education
Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann’s Project to Reimagine Economics Education Shifting our exploitative, extractive, growth-addicted economic system to a regenerative economy is one of the most critical transitions we need to accelerate. But how? This Frontiers of Commoning podcast offers a brilliant and pragmatic blueprint. First, focus on enlightening youth BEFORE they are indoctrinated in classical (exploitative, extractive) […]
Intelligence Without a Brain
Intelligence Without a Brain This article highlights the cutting-edge scientific work of Dr. Michael Levin. Dr. Levin offers convincing evidence that intelligence extends to the level of cells and subcellular components. Of course, this skewers the notion that intelligence only arises in the brain and demands a broader definition of intelligence — a definition closer […]
Is Education the Key to Accelerating the Shift?
Is Education the Key to Accelerating the Shift? Just as our bodies require continuous regeneration at a cellular level, our culture renews itself with every generation. This blog from the Planet Project highlights the work of Dr. Zachary Stein who argues that our definition of the word education should be broadened to encompass the entire […]
Education Must Make History Again
Education Must Make History Again “Times between worlds—liminal epochs—always involve profound educational crises, which can rapidly cascade into total civilizational breakdowns. The ideal response has been to ‘reboot’ the social structure using an updated educational operating system. The best example from recent history — the last time this happened at scale — is the story […]
Education Is the Metacrisis
Education Is the Metacrisis In this powerful essay, philosopher and educator **Zachary Stein** reframes global challenges as rooted in a deeper educational and psychological crisis—the “metacrisis,” where our inability to understand ourselves and the world underlies our environmental, economic, and societal breakdowns. He argues we face not just ecological collapse but a crisis in perception, […]
Big History Project
Big History Project Big History Project (part of the OER Project) offers a free, multi‑disciplinary online curriculum that explores the 13.8‑billion‑year story of the Universe — from the Big Bang to the present — through science, history, and collective learning. Designed for lifelong learners of all ages, the course weaves together thresholds of complexity (e.g., […]