"My father did not force the harvest. He tended the soil. He trusted that if the soil was right, what needed to grow would grow"
Ronen Tamari
Sublime essay by Otto Scharmer - a "drop everything and read" moment for me “More than $2.5T is projected to flow into AI in 2026 alone, yet the human side ... — the cultivation of sensing, relating and sensemaking — receives almost none of it. This is soil depletion at a civilizational scale.”
Jun 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Relying on Others: An Essay in Epistemology
Abstract. This book concerns the role others play in our attempts to acquire knowledge of the world. Two main forms of this reliance are examined: testimon
The Ecology of Freedom: The Emergence and Dissolution o…
"The very notion of the domination of nature by man ste…
The Despair of the Professor in the Age of A.I.
“Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?”
The Garden, pt 2: Spoiled Soil | Paul Stephenson | Offprint
On platforms, community, and wankers down the pub.
The machine didn't take your craft. You gave it up. - David Abram
The machine didn't take your craft. You gave it up. by David Abram
Garden | The Paper Pilot
Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.
A quote by William H. Murray
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the...
Power/knowledge : selected interviews and other writings, 1972-1977 : Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
xi, 270 pages ; 22 cm
‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution
Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture
The brutal trade-off that will decide the future of food
A growing number of thinkers say factory farming can help save the planet. Are they right?
The Third Web
(This text is very long. Maybe too long. You can find a PDF and an EPUB of it below.The current version of this text will always live at https://web3.tante.ccSatya has created an audio version of this essay. Eine deutsche Version findet sich hier. Una versione italiana di questo testo è qui – grazie Nebbia! En […]
Why Should I Trust You?
News Commentary Podcast · Updated Weekly · Bold, unfiltered, and uncompromisingly honest, Why Should I Trust You? is a weekly podcast that looks at the breakdown in trust for science and public health. It drops every Thursday, with occasional…
Sustainability is not enough: we need regenerative cultures
By Daniel C. Wahl
The ATmosphere, however, is growing.
James Ball
I tend to get dogpiled every time I say this but: as someone *who likes bluesky and benefits from being here* we have a problem. The network is shrinking, not growing. It's shrinking a lot: only about 1.1m people a day even like a post. This time last year it was 1.6m.
