I received the following email from a young woman, a student at an elite law school. I want to quote it in full, because it cuts so deep to core issues so many change agents face.
Psychedelics and Systems Change
Many arguments for the legalization of cannabis and psychedelics draw on their relative harmlessness. Countering the rationale of prohibition, we can point out that compared to legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco, psychedelics are extremely safe.
Many arguments for the legalization of cannabis and psychedelics draw on their relative harmlessness. Countering the rationale of prohibition, we can point out that compared to legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco, psychedelics are extremely safe.
Mutiny of the Soul Revisited
Over the years, I’ve probably received more mail about Mutiny of the Soul than any other essay I’ve written.
Over the years, I’ve probably received more mail about Mutiny of the Soul than any other essay I’ve written.
Scaling Down
Let me present a logic that has immersed me ever since I became aware of the state of the planet as a teenager: The world has some big problems right now.
Let me present a logic that has immersed me ever since I became aware of the state of the planet as a teenager: The world has some big problems right now.
Fear of a Living Planet
Does the concept of a living planet uplift and inspire you, or is it a disturbing example of woo-woo nonsense that distracts us from practical, science-based policies?
Does the concept of a living planet uplift and inspire you, or is it a disturbing example of woo-woo nonsense that distracts us from practical, science-based policies?
Gateway Drug, to What?
Our basic biology is not to be trusted
Our basic biology is not to be trusted
The Fertile Ground of Bewilderment
The other day I was speaking to a small audience at a music festival and thought to allude to Brexit to make a point. Some in the circle looked a bit mystified, so I asked, “Everyone knows what Brexit is, right?” It turned out that quite a few of them did not.
The other day I was speaking to a small audience at a music festival and thought to allude to Brexit to make a point. Some in the circle looked a bit mystified, so I asked, “Everyone knows what Brexit is, right?” It turned out that quite a few of them did not.
Imperialism and Ceremony in Bali
After participating in a fire ceremony in Ubud, Bali, I had a few conversations with local people to clarify my feelings about rituals, tourism, and cultural imperialism.
After participating in a fire ceremony in Ubud, Bali, I had a few conversations with local people to clarify my feelings about rituals, tourism, and cultural imperialism.
The Amazon: How Do We Heal a Burning Heart?
What's been happening in the Amazon in 2019.
What’s been happening in the Amazon in 2019.
The EcoSexual Awakening
What is sex?
What is sex?
Gateway Drug, to What?
The rat addiction studies also seem to validate the main features of the War on Drugs.
The rat addiction studies also seem to validate the main features of the War on Drugs.
Living in the Gift
What about all those things that did come to you through hard effort?
What about all those things that did come to you through hard effort?
Building a Peace Narrative
War thinking permeates the public psyche. To build a peace narrative, we need to identify the existing foundational war narrative.
War thinking permeates the public psyche. To build a peace narrative, we need to identify the existing foundational war narrative.
Synchronicity, Myth, and the New World Order
When you look at the horrid ruin we seem to have made of the planet, in spite of kind hearts and good intentions of most human beings, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that some nefarious force has hijacked civilization, driving it towards ends that serve almost no one.
When you look at the horrid ruin we seem to have made of the planet, in spite of kind hearts and good intentions of most human beings, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that some nefarious force has hijacked civilization, driving it towards ends that serve almost no one.
Xylella: Supervillain or Symptom
Of Almonds and Olives.
Of Almonds and Olives.
How Can I Help Heal Our Planet?
I hesitate to go too much into data about how much carbon can be stored through regenerative practices, etc. These numbers can be helpful to give permission to the inner bean counter that wants to do these things anyway
I hesitate to go too much into data about how much carbon can be stored through regenerative practices, etc. These numbers can be helpful to give permission to the inner bean counter that wants to do these things anyway