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"the world economy is heading for a crash, no matter what."
https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/the-persian-polycrisis

The Persian Polycrisis
What can we do now, that the damage has been done?

Listening to this podcast series, it occurs to me that the US oil industry's ambition to pump every last barrel of fossil hydrocarbon meshes very well with the #Maga millennialist yearning for the apocalypse. After all, if it is your religious duty to bring about the end of the world, what does it matter if you burn down all of God's creation?

The Polycrisis
The Polycrisis is a newsletter on geopolitics and climate, by Tim Sahay and Kate Mackenzie.

"Ist der soziale Boden erschöpft, kann keine noch so ausgefeilte Strukturierung dies kompensieren. Strukturen werden hohl. Die Koordination bricht zusammen. Konflikte und Kriege nehmen zu. Das System zerstört seine eigenen Grundlagen."
Otto #Scharmer
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We May Be Entering A Second Axial Age
The transition from small hunter-gatherer societies into complex civilizations gave rise to the first Axial Age. Today, the planetary polycrisis of climate chaos, mass migration, increasing warfare and transformative AI represents a rupture of comparable magnitude.

An optimistic strategy to addressing the mess we find ourselves in - the polycrisis where climate, biodiversity and social crises are recognized as interacting.
Encouraging - if we can mobilize for it.
"At its core is the concept of sufficiency – the idea that people can enjoy a prosperous, healthy life without constantly striving to consume or accumulate more material possessions that degrade the natural world on which all life depends."
"The key, Piketty a…

An optimistic strategy to addressing the mess we find ourselves in - the polycrisis where climate, biodiversity and social crises are recognized as interacting.
Encouraging - if we can mobilize for it.
"At its core is the concept of sufficiency – the idea that people can enjoy a prosperous, healthy life without constantly striving to consume or accumulate more material possessions that degrade the natural world on which all life depends."
"The key, Piketty a…

Creativity and Praxis: The Politics of Aesthetics in an Age of Polycrisis
https://ift.tt/tsOd8EJ
updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - 8:09pmfull name / name of organization: J.M. Coetzee Centre for…
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I really do think the "AI crisis" is actually mostly a cover for the democracy polycrisis underneath. (And, I actually think it is a useful foil for people wanting to distract from that.)

Creativity and Praxis: The Politics of Aesthetics in an Age of Polycrisis
https://ift.tt/tsOd8EJ
updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - 8:09pmfull name / name of organization: J.M. Coetzee Centre for…
via Input 4 RELCFP …

“American art is suffering a polycrisis that combines a lack of belief in and support for its artists born after 1975, the structural de-centering of artists in the art industry, and the subsequent stagnation and possible breakdown of formal innovation in art. In other words, meaningful art, relevant for society and our time, may not be sustainable under the current conditions here.”
Fantastic essay on the economic problems making our cultural landscape more shallow because of the economic constraints placed on fine arts.
#art #contemporaryArt #AmericanArt #AmericanCulture #NYC #artMarket #ArtIndustry