#Bonus: The SYstem is dead.
Long live the (new) System!
Thoughts on the US election – and the self-terminating algorithm it reveals.
It occurs to me that we are now at an inflection point in the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and – notionally – Democratic) culture that has been so successful in destroying the ecosphere.
So where do we go from here?
#Bonus: Responding to the turning of the world: Thoughts on how the US election marks the inflection point of our times
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