Urgent Futures Podcast

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🔎 {signals} in noise Dialogues to clarify the chaos, from culture to the cosmos. Hosted by journalist, curator, & professor @jessedamiani.bsky.social. Subscribe⤵️ youtube.com/@UrgentFutures

The ongoing devastation of the biosphere & the current trajectory of AI are rooted in the same phenomenon: anthropocentrism. In her latest book, the legendary N. Katherine Hayles proposes a new theory of cognition that seeks to decenter the human. More via the latest @urgentfutures.bsky.social:

N. Katherine Hayles: A New Theory of Mind, from 'Bacteria to AI' | #46

A conversation with intellectual hero N. Katherine Hayles about her new book 'Bacteria to AI,' machine cognition, ecological relationality, posthumanism, chatbots, AI aesthetics & poetry, & more.

realitystudies.co

Psychological resilience is critical given *gestures at everything* And importantly, psychological resilience is something that can be developed. This @realitystudies.bsky.social primer explains strategies for building resilience & points to the potential benefits of resilience counseling.

Psychological Resilience and the Benefits of Resilience Counseling

Understanding the meaning of mental resilience, strategies individuals can use to improve psychological resilience, and the role of resilience counseling.

realitystudies.co

“Let nobody think there is any spectator sport here, this is a fully participatory engagement and endeavour; our future.” I joined @jessedamiani.bsky.social on his podcast to talk about transformative adaptation and how we can ALL be involved. Watch now.

How Bad Will it Get? Thrutopias and the Need for Transformative Adaptation - Rupert Read | #41

My guest today is Rupert Read (@RupertReadClimate)EPISODE PAGE + TRANSCRIPT:https://www.realitystudies.co/p/rupert-read-transformative-adaptation-thrutopias-...

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As more and more terrible things happen, it’s critical to remember that we do have agency (it’s something I keep reminding myself). Transformative adaptation is a framework that allows us to imagine and realize ‘thrutopias’ in which we continue to live meaningful lives amid collapse.

Rupert Read@rupertread.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Let nobody think there is any spectator sport here, this is a fully participatory engagement and endeavour; our future.” I joined @jessedamiani.bsky.social on his podcast to talk about transformative adaptation and how we can ALL be involved. Watch now.

"If you’re paying attention, you recognize that all of this—the unprecedented “hurricanes” of fire, our inability to prepare for them, the systemic failures of our government, the exploitation for political disinformation—are symptoms of collapse in polycrisis." www.realitystudies.co/p/los-angele...

The Los Angeles Fires, Polycrisis, & How to Live in Collapse | Urgent Futures Rapid Response #2

Time to get real about our futures—which are "already here, just not evenly distributed."

realitystudies.co

"[M]ost democracies nowadays...don’t fail because of a coup d’état ... What usually happens is that an elected, legitimate leader enters office w a goal of taking over the state, of changing the nature of its institutions...so that he doesn’t lose the election next time" - @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Opinion | Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails

Anne Applebaum on how to think about autocracy and authoritarianism in a second Trump term.

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