Launching the Climate Meme Project!
This project is a joint effort of Cognitive Policy Works and DarwinSF. The Climate Meme Project is a crowd funded, open collaboration initiative to reveal the meme landscape for climate action. You can...
View ArticleWant to Solve the Climate Crisis? Study Meme Science!
This article is co-authored by Joe Brewer and Lazlo Karafiath It’s almost the end of 2012 and a leadership vacuum continues to plague the nations of the world on our single biggest global threat. Our...
View ArticleApplying Meme Science to Global Warming
This article is co-authored by Joe Brewer and Lazlo Karafiath. They are co-founders of DarwinSF, a social impact company whose mission is to help good memes spread. We all want to live in a world that...
View ArticleApplying Complexity Science to Social Systems
Many people reach out to me because they want to learn about the science of complexity. They ask what it is, how it works, and — most importantly — how they can apply it to global challenges...
View ArticleToward a Rigorous Science of Cultural Evolution
Addressing global challenges in the 21st Century will require a fundamental rethinking of what it means to be human. We can no longer embrace the false doctrine of human separateness from the natural...
View ArticleWill the Surveillance Meme Keep Us From Global Democracy?
Thanks to the ubiquity of mobile phones and digital infrastructure, it is now possible to achieve direct democracy at the global scale. We are already seeing inklings of its emergence in the rise of...
View ArticleA Great Threat to TED.com
I have long been a fan of TED Talks. They have inspired me to laugh out loud, to weep at the grand beauty of the cosmos, and to scratch my head and ponder deep assumptions that I once held dear. And...
View ArticleThe 4 Step Path to Human Thriving
This article is co-authored with Michel de Kemmeter and published concurrently on his blog at Uhdr UniverseCity. It is time to state clearly what is needed to live in a sustainable world. “Be the...
View ArticleCan Culture Really Be Studied Scientifically?
It is worth pausing to reflect on the fact that cultural studies have historically been separated from science. Yes, it makes sense to apply the tools of science to the movement of planets, properties...
View ArticleThe Power Politics of Ignorance
Did you know there are “product defense” firms whose primary mission is to confuse the public for financial gain? These companies spread doubt about scientific findings so that tobacco companies can...
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