The Ground
The Ground Contents I. Soil Is Alive II. The Underground Trade Network III. Where Rock Becomes Life and Life Becomes Rock IV. The Ground Beneath Civilisation V. The Sacred Earth VI. Cross-Links Soil, carbon, and the slow stone engine: the living skin of the planet. We treat the ground as the definition of dead, […]
The Ocean
The Ocean Contents I. The Sea We Came From II. The Great Reservoir III. The Water Cycle Runs Through You IV. The Largest Habitat on Earth V. The Body and the Sea VI. Cross-Links The medium that all life on the planet came from, and still depends on. We named the planet wrong. Seen […]
The Air
The Air Contents I. The Air is Made of Life II. What the Air Is Now III. The Ocean of Air, and Its Weight IV. The Great Heat Engine V. The Air and You VI. Cross-Links Temperature, weather, air currents, and pressure, and how the atmosphere itself was made by life. Of all the […]
Rethinking Humanity: Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifestyle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom
Rethinking Humanity Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifestyle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom Authors: James Arbib, Tony Seba Topics: Global disruption, systems thinking, and societal planning All information is attributed to the authors. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for […]
A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life Authors: Heather Heying & Bret Weinstein Topics: Anthropology, health, systems and complexity, societal development All information is attributed to the authors. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized it incorrectly. These notes are only for […]
Global Level Resources
Global Level Resources Coordination Without Capture: Governance Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the commons. Cambridge University Press; and Ostrom, E. (2010). Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change. Global Environmental Change, 20(4). The Nobel-laureate backbone of the whole level: shared problems can be governed by multiple overlapping, autonomous centres under shared rules, […]
Humans: A Brief History of How we F*cked it All Up
Humans: A Brief History of How we F*cked it All Up Author: Tom Phillips Topics: Anthropology, History, Heuristics, Biases All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original source. […]
Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
Antifragile Things That Gain From Disorder Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Topics: Economics, Systems Design, Mental Models All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always suggest reading from the original source. Contents II. The […]
Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind
Recapture the Rapture Rethinking God, Sex, and Death in a World That’s Lost Its Mind Author: Jamie Wheal Topics: Lifestyle design, Neuroscience, Theology, Societal systems All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized incorrectly. These notes are only for reference and we always […]
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons For the 21st Century Author: Yuval Noah Harari Topics: Civilization, Anthropology, and Technology All information is attributed to the author. Except in the case where we may have misunderstood a concept and summarized it incorrectly. These notes are only for reference, and we always suggest reading from the source. Contents The Technological Challenge […]