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Submitted by Jyotirmaya on October 29, 2020 - 9:46am
My wife was born in Croatia and lived through the shelling of Zagreb by Serb forces. Over the last years with the polarisation of UK society over Brexit, Covid etc, we have repeatedly had conversations about how the climate in the UK was becoming increasingly like that of pre-war Yugoslavia. At first my reaction was, "Of course this cannot happen here, we are a progressive democracy". But as things began to play out and politicians were killed, my views began to change.
Today I read this excellent article by Bosnian born writer, Elizabeth Rubin of the Intercept.
Submitted by Jyotirmaya on August 9, 2020 - 12:53pm
Spirituality and economics have traditionally been viewed as things on opposite ends of the human intellectual spectrum. One built on graphs, models and complex mathematics, while the other is painted with the brush of mystique, imprecision and often unproven assertion. And yet Prout brings these two things together to shape a new vision of economic policy that can create a more sustainable and humane world. Why? Here are 3 reasons.
Submitted by Jyotirmaya on July 6, 2020 - 2:06pm
Take a moment to watch this brilliant take on how our species can view the COVID-19 crisis, in ways that can either hinder or help us to create a better future.
Professor Sohail Inayatullah elaborates on the 3 modes of thinking and their possible outcomes:-
Submitted by Jyotirmaya on June 20, 2020 - 5:03pm
It is admirable the white response to the Black Lives Matter protests, it has been very heartening to see how strongly the issue has been taken up by all peoples of conscience.
But anger, outrage and marching is not going to be enough to rectify this entrenched problem that humans have created. To really defeat this issue, we need to firstly economically empower the communities that have been deprived because of their race, and then we need to balance the existing disparity of wealth.
Submitted by Jyotirmaya on June 12, 2020 - 6:29am
Its a buzzword, spray-painted across so many commercial taglines, and unconsciously uttered by so many mouths, but are we all caught in a trap of understanding what sustainability really means? We find safety in it, which is why it's such a good vehicle for marketing, because, after all, isn't that what humans really want - to find shelter, to be safe?
Thing is, there's a flaw, a gaping hole. If we scratch below the surface it's glaringly obvious. Sustainability, in the way we commonly think about it, is not actually sustainable! Let me explain...
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