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Author of three recent books, Better Ways to Live: Honoring Social Inventors, Exploring New Challenges (2017); Enlarging Our Comfort Zones: A Life of Unexpected Destinations (2016); and Gift of Darkness:Growing Up[ in Occupied Amsterdam (2015);producer and host of "Like Wow," a TV interview show about "people doing something admirable," with many episodes archived on Vimeo; frequent contributor to Huffington Post and other websites; former foundation director and book creation coach; co-author of Sanctions for Evil (with psychologist Nevitt Sanford, published by Beacon Press) and of a pair of books, Citizen Summitry and Securing Our Planet (both with entrepreneur and philanthropist Don Carlson, published by Tarcher)
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
Investing in Psychoactives The documentary, "Neurons to Nirvana," tells why to invest in psychedelics and related molecules
Sunday, April 6, 2014Investing in Psychoactives The documentary, "Neurons to Nirvana," tells why to invest in psychedelics and related molecules
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Sunday, January 19, 2014
Mindful Molecules A new book from MAPS describes some of the positive uses of classic psychedelics and substances such as marijuana and MDMA
Sunday, January 19, 2014Mindful Molecules A new book from MAPS describes some of the positive uses of classic psychedelics and substances such as marijuana and MDMA
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Remaining calm about climate change Why human-caused climate change is so hard to take seriously
Wednesday, May 9, 2018Remaining calm about climate change Why human-caused climate change is so hard to take seriously
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
Cuban Missile Crisis in Reverse? Is NATO risking, in Ukraine, a Cuban Missile Crisis in rev erse?
Thursday, August 20, 2015Cuban Missile Crisis in Reverse? Is NATO risking, in Ukraine, a Cuban Missile Crisis in rev erse?
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Sunday, December 9, 2018
What Do Psychedelics Offer? Can a psychedelic occasion the gift of experiencing the mind as if there were no self?
Sunday, December 9, 2018What Do Psychedelics Offer? Can a psychedelic occasion the gift of experiencing the mind as if there were no self?
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016
TV Madness A template for the articulation of rage on TV was shown as early as 1976 in "Network," a film written by Paddy Chayefsky. Now we have an angry TV star as a major party's candidate for President.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016TV Madness A template for the articulation of rage on TV was shown as early as 1976 in "Network," a film written by Paddy Chayefsky. Now we have an angry TV star as a major party's candidate for President.
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Friday, September 7, 2018
What Makes Global Warming Such a Hard Issue? Given that at least three decades have passed since the public was decisively warned about global warming, what can we learn by reviewing the factors that make this such a hard issue?
Friday, September 7, 2018What Makes Global Warming Such a Hard Issue? Given that at least three decades have passed since the public was decisively warned about global warming, what can we learn by reviewing the factors that make this such a hard issue?
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Monday, November 3, 2014
Taking PTSD Seriously PTSD is being taken seriously by communities and by artists. Examples include a welcome home ceremony, a play, a potential movie. The syndrome is tough to deal with, but some methods show promise.
Monday, November 3, 2014Taking PTSD Seriously PTSD is being taken seriously by communities and by artists. Examples include a welcome home ceremony, a play, a potential movie. The syndrome is tough to deal with, but some methods show promise.
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Monday, March 18, 2019
Yang on Jobs Lost to Automation A candidate for the Democratic nomination, Andrew Yang brilliantly shows how automation will jumble our economy and offers ideas about how to respond
Monday, March 18, 2019Yang on Jobs Lost to Automation A candidate for the Democratic nomination, Andrew Yang brilliantly shows how automation will jumble our economy and offers ideas about how to respond
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Monday, December 3, 2018
Shocked, shocked! What will it mean when they announce they are "shocked, shocked"?
Monday, December 3, 2018Shocked, shocked! What will it mean when they announce they are "shocked, shocked"?
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Saturday, November 17, 2018
Enabling Lies to Dominate the News How can the media stop Trump and his surrogates from gaming them? Compiling lists of lies and false accusations is far from enough.
Saturday, November 17, 2018Enabling Lies to Dominate the News How can the media stop Trump and his surrogates from gaming them? Compiling lists of lies and false accusations is far from enough.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Counter-intuitive Thinking about Climate Change How can we get some action on climate change? It's counter-intuitive to consider the viewpoint of people who fear they might be hurt by a transition to green energy, but it may be valuable.
Sunday, December 30, 2018Counter-intuitive Thinking about Climate Change How can we get some action on climate change? It's counter-intuitive to consider the viewpoint of people who fear they might be hurt by a transition to green energy, but it may be valuable.
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Saturday, March 8, 2014
A Gift from the Collapseniks Writers aware of the possibility of collapse are challenging us to imagine the worst. Surprisingly, this exercise can enhance life and even direct energy to progressive causes. We look at the diversity of approaches, specify possible values of the exercise, and give many examples of collapsenik writers.
Saturday, March 8, 2014A Gift from the Collapseniks Writers aware of the possibility of collapse are challenging us to imagine the worst. Surprisingly, this exercise can enhance life and even direct energy to progressive causes. We look at the diversity of approaches, specify possible values of the exercise, and give many examples of collapsenik writers.
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Monday, December 17, 2018
Hope Springs Eternal With regard to global warming we are reduced to hoping for what one observer calls "deep adaptation" including personal resilience plus new social forms and values.
Monday, December 17, 2018Hope Springs Eternal With regard to global warming we are reduced to hoping for what one observer calls "deep adaptation" including personal resilience plus new social forms and values.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
The Emperor's New Syria Policy A college student asks a series of questions about US policy toward Syria, and the author is reminded of the story of the emperor's new clothes.
Thursday, October 13, 2016The Emperor's New Syria Policy A college student asks a series of questions about US policy toward Syria, and the author is reminded of the story of the emperor's new clothes.
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Sunday, March 11, 2018
Much Safer Means of Nuclear Deterrence "Minimal sufficient deterrence" would provide huge advantages over the present nuclear system, by relying not on easily destroyed weapons but on elusive means of "delivery, imposing lower costs, allowing due deliberation, eliminating false warnings.
Sunday, March 11, 2018Much Safer Means of Nuclear Deterrence "Minimal sufficient deterrence" would provide huge advantages over the present nuclear system, by relying not on easily destroyed weapons but on elusive means of "delivery, imposing lower costs, allowing due deliberation, eliminating false warnings.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
When the Nuclear Arms Race Became a Thing The last time the danger of a nuclear arms race became a thing in diplomacy was 30 years ago at the Reykjavik summit between Gorbachev and Reagan. Instead of an arms race they talked about solutions. Isn't it time to do that again?
Wednesday, December 28, 2016When the Nuclear Arms Race Became a Thing The last time the danger of a nuclear arms race became a thing in diplomacy was 30 years ago at the Reykjavik summit between Gorbachev and Reagan. Instead of an arms race they talked about solutions. Isn't it time to do that again?
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Thursday, November 15, 2018
Securing Our Planet Daniel Ellsberg on nuclear policy is now available not only in his recent book, The Doomsday Machine, but also in a brilliant series of video interviews
Thursday, November 15, 2018Securing Our Planet Daniel Ellsberg on nuclear policy is now available not only in his recent book, The Doomsday Machine, but also in a brilliant series of video interviews
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Saturday, May 16, 2015
Collective Action Makes the "Impossible" Possible The difference between individual initiative and collective action illuminated with a historical example, then applied to the challenge of global warming, as a crucial meeting in Paris draws closer
Saturday, May 16, 2015Collective Action Makes the "Impossible" Possible The difference between individual initiative and collective action illuminated with a historical example, then applied to the challenge of global warming, as a crucial meeting in Paris draws closer
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019
How Can We Minimize Climate Disruption? Wallace-Wells' new book, The Uninhabitable Earth, offers an occasion for considering mobilization against the causes of climate disruotion.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019How Can We Minimize Climate Disruption? Wallace-Wells' new book, The Uninhabitable Earth, offers an occasion for considering mobilization against the causes of climate disruotion.
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Friday, February 1, 2019
Desperate to Disappear How I started thinking about the plight of people who can't stay home.
Friday, February 1, 2019Desperate to Disappear How I started thinking about the plight of people who can't stay home.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Launch on What? In two parts, this article proposes creating a retaliatory system that does not include "launch on warning" and a nuclear-devices policy that does not allow bullying. These changes would lead to a much safer world and a scaling back of the imperial presidency.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018Launch on What? In two parts, this article proposes creating a retaliatory system that does not include "launch on warning" and a nuclear-devices policy that does not allow bullying. These changes would lead to a much safer world and a scaling back of the imperial presidency.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Social Inventions in Moscow The power of social inventions, or new ways of bringing people together, was illustrated by a meeting in Moscow not many years before the end of the Cold War, a meeting transformed by a single question
Tuesday, January 17, 2017Social Inventions in Moscow The power of social inventions, or new ways of bringing people together, was illustrated by a meeting in Moscow not many years before the end of the Cold War, a meeting transformed by a single question
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Not Quite Enough Both major candidates have failed to give an adequate response (or any response) to the major challenges of our time. Hillary is preferable to Trump, but it is neo-liberalism that has created some of the conditions exploited by Trump, conditions that could worsen in four years. Where is the detailed vision of a renewable energy system? Of a global security system not dependent on the threat of nuclear retaliation?
Monday, August 1, 2016Not Quite Enough Both major candidates have failed to give an adequate response (or any response) to the major challenges of our time. Hillary is preferable to Trump, but it is neo-liberalism that has created some of the conditions exploited by Trump, conditions that could worsen in four years. Where is the detailed vision of a renewable energy system? Of a global security system not dependent on the threat of nuclear retaliation?
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Monday, October 22, 2018
What Are the Saudis Liable For? The Saudis are involved not only in the death of Mr. Khashoggi, but also, with weapons bought in the U.S., in mass deaths in Yemen and, given some time, in the greenhouse-gas mayhem of the future.
Monday, October 22, 2018What Are the Saudis Liable For? The Saudis are involved not only in the death of Mr. Khashoggi, but also, with weapons bought in the U.S., in mass deaths in Yemen and, given some time, in the greenhouse-gas mayhem of the future.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Great Again Dialogue with a visiting German about the rise of fascism in his father's generation, in particular the conditions under which that happened
Tuesday, February 19, 2019Great Again Dialogue with a visiting German about the rise of fascism in his father's generation, in particular the conditions under which that happened
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
A Marshall Plan for Us The U.S. needs a new Marshall Plan like the one that helped rebuild Europe after World Wart Two. This time the beneficiary would be our own public infrastructure, which is both deteriorating and incomplete. This would provide good jobs and the groundwork for future prosperity. This infrastructure for the 21st century would include a rapid transition to renewable carbon-free energy.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018A Marshall Plan for Us The U.S. needs a new Marshall Plan like the one that helped rebuild Europe after World Wart Two. This time the beneficiary would be our own public infrastructure, which is both deteriorating and incomplete. This would provide good jobs and the groundwork for future prosperity. This infrastructure for the 21st century would include a rapid transition to renewable carbon-free energy.
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Friday, August 5, 2016
No Loser Here Trump hates losers so what if he loses or faces the prospect of losing? Show the guy some empathy: what would he do?
Friday, August 5, 2016No Loser Here Trump hates losers so what if he loses or faces the prospect of losing? Show the guy some empathy: what would he do?
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Sunday, January 6, 2019
Converting the Fleet Quickly How can our fleet or cars and other vehicles be quickly converted to green energy without sacrificing our investment in the vehicles?
Sunday, January 6, 2019Converting the Fleet Quickly How can our fleet or cars and other vehicles be quickly converted to green energy without sacrificing our investment in the vehicles?
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Friday, June 19, 2015
The grace of social inventions Here are seven examples of social inventions from a single town.A social invention is way of eliciting and guiding human energy, often started by a "champion" and staffed by volunteers. A rich network of social inventions lifts an okay town into an exciting one.
Friday, June 19, 2015The grace of social inventions Here are seven examples of social inventions from a single town.A social invention is way of eliciting and guiding human energy, often started by a "champion" and staffed by volunteers. A rich network of social inventions lifts an okay town into an exciting one.
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Monday, January 23, 2017
Fierce Urgency The most dangerous situations of our time are receiving little action or even official attention, in contrast to the phrase of MLK,"the fierce urgency of now."
Monday, January 23, 2017Fierce Urgency The most dangerous situations of our time are receiving little action or even official attention, in contrast to the phrase of MLK,"the fierce urgency of now."
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Bringing Back Jobs and Giving Them to Robots Regardless of the problems the administration may have in fulfilling its promise to bring back jobs sent to foreign countries,our society has a challenge in dealing constructively with automation,a challenge not yet being met
Thursday, February 9, 2017Bringing Back Jobs and Giving Them to Robots Regardless of the problems the administration may have in fulfilling its promise to bring back jobs sent to foreign countries,our society has a challenge in dealing constructively with automation,a challenge not yet being met
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Hog Waste Lagoons Like lying, euphemistic language has become the new normal, at a huge but nearly invisible cost
Wednesday, September 26, 2018Hog Waste Lagoons Like lying, euphemistic language has become the new normal, at a huge but nearly invisible cost
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Remembering My Lai's Lessons It's the anniversary of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, an icon for U.S. wars that, however bravely fought, are unnecessary, notably cruel, or foolish, or more than one of the above. Presidents may enter such conflicts in order, in part, to "unify the contry."
Wednesday, March 15, 2017Remembering My Lai's Lessons It's the anniversary of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, an icon for U.S. wars that, however bravely fought, are unnecessary, notably cruel, or foolish, or more than one of the above. Presidents may enter such conflicts in order, in part, to "unify the contry."
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
The Resentment Factor People humiliated and left behind in school and afterward resent the smart kids who tell them how to live and seek a champion who seems to share their resentment.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016The Resentment Factor People humiliated and left behind in school and afterward resent the smart kids who tell them how to live and seek a champion who seems to share their resentment.
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
Put America to Work Again What if the Democratic candidates honored climate change but put jobs up front, jobs created by an energy transition?
Thursday, March 7, 2019Put America to Work Again What if the Democratic candidates honored climate change but put jobs up front, jobs created by an energy transition?
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
A Different Sort of Hot What's "hot"? A different take comes from Stuart Sovatsky, author of Advanced Spiritual Intimacy, psychotherapist, yogi, co-President of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology
Wednesday, June 4, 2014A Different Sort of Hot What's "hot"? A different take comes from Stuart Sovatsky, author of Advanced Spiritual Intimacy, psychotherapist, yogi, co-President of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology
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Monday, June 22, 2015
It's not terrorism, it's racism "Terrorism" has replaced "communist" as a universal term of abuse, but the label obscures an ideology of racism, even in the Charlestown shooting.
Monday, June 22, 2015It's not terrorism, it's racism "Terrorism" has replaced "communist" as a universal term of abuse, but the label obscures an ideology of racism, even in the Charlestown shooting.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
From Loss to Joy Almost everyone suffers loss, but our culture lacks rituals of mourning. Francis Weller shows the advantages of expressing grief in a group rather than trying, self-reliantly, to "put it behind us." His new book is a manual for turning loss into joy.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016From Loss to Joy Almost everyone suffers loss, but our culture lacks rituals of mourning. Francis Weller shows the advantages of expressing grief in a group rather than trying, self-reliantly, to "put it behind us." His new book is a manual for turning loss into joy.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Responding to Killer Gas What's a President to do when confronted with killer gas? But let's say that the gas in question threatens the President's own country and that Tomahawk missiles are utterly irrelevant.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013Responding to Killer Gas What's a President to do when confronted with killer gas? But let's say that the gas in question threatens the President's own country and that Tomahawk missiles are utterly irrelevant.
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Thursday, August 16, 2018
In Place of Being a Nuclear Bully By abdicating its power to declare war, Congress has enabled an imperial presidency, but it can reclaim its constitutional power and thus produce a world that is more safe and fair.
Thursday, August 16, 2018In Place of Being a Nuclear Bully By abdicating its power to declare war, Congress has enabled an imperial presidency, but it can reclaim its constitutional power and thus produce a world that is more safe and fair.
