Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) stands at a pivotal juncture, poised for a decade of unprecedented evolution. This report reflects on AI's projected trajectory by 2035, exploring the profound roles and functions it is anticipated to fulfill across industries, from augmenting human capabilities in the workforce and revolutionizing healthcare to driving sustainability initiatives. While AI's achievements promise remarkable efficiencies and innovations, this analysis also critically examines the inherent shortfalls and dangers, including the potential for job displacement, the erosion of human...
A personal reflection on my meditation practice and experience in relation to the insights of neuroscience- no claim to expertise, as still struggling to...
Introduction: The Radical Act of Stillness
In an age defined by perpetual connectivity and information overload, the search for silence has become a radical act....
GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 12
Shanghai is sinking. The city centre has subsided more than three metres since the late nineteenth century, while the...
The Living Marsh
Feature · The Living World
The world’s remaining wetlands, the work they do for the planet, and the intelligence of water
At first light,...
Clean energy is booming, yet emissions keep breaking records. A clear-eyed 2026 look at climate action—what's working, what's failing, and what it will take.
GREEN CITIES SERIES | ARTICLE 9
For fifty years, urban planners have travelled to Curitiba to study what happened when a young architect-mayor decided that...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The aurochs' last bellow echoed through Poland's Jaktorów Forest in 1627, marking Europe's first recorded megafaunal extinction.¹ This wild...
This essay introduces a comprehensive series exploring four of the world's major religious traditions and their enduring impact on human spirituality.
The human quest for...
The nature of reality and its relationship to information has emerged as one of the most profound questions in contemporary physics and philosophy. John...
I have long had a fascination with the concept of reincarnation and past lives reinforced by exploration via my shamanic training and other exploratory...
The Enduring Significance of Labyrinths: Myth, Psychology, and Modern Practice
The labyrinth stands as one of humanity's most enduring and universal symbols, appearing across diverse...
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I. Introduction: Defining the Invasive Threat
The global ecosystem faces a...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The jaguar padded through continuous forest from Mexico's Yucatan to Colombia's Darién Gap, never leaving tree cover across 2,000 kilometers.¹ Central America's narrow isthmus—never more...
The African philosophical concept of Ubuntu—"I am because we are"—captures this relational dimension of human flourishing. Desmond Tutu explained Ubuntu as opposite to Descartes' "I think, therefore I am,"...
Listen to the 7-minute podcast about the subject matter if time is of the essence. A bit of irreverent topic for some no doubt, but as a believer in...