COVID-19 is Preparing Us for the Fork in the Road
Note: this column was published first on Medium. I will be joining Gerd Leonard and Glen HIemstra for a presentation to Sarasota Institute – a 21st Century Think Tank this Tuesday at 1p eastern time U.S. As one of the initiators of the #forkintheroadproject I hold the high-level view that from now to 2030 humanity will […]
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Utopia or Oblivion?
“Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment… Humanity is in a final exam as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in the Universe.” – R. Buckminster Fuller, Utopia or Oblivion Fuller wrote this back in 1969, an incredibly […]
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Space Can Save the Earth
In November, 2018, Democrats won a majority in congress. For us Democrats, that should have been good news. And it was, up to a point. For those of us Democrats who believe that the future is in space, there was a problem. People like Bernie Sanders—the most influential formulator of policy in the Democratic […]
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