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Kevin Parker

Kevin Parker is a long-term activist working on behalf of Gaia, peace and justice

Utilitarian and Consequentialist Approaches to AI Ethics

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence systems presents unprecedented challenges for ethical frameworks, particularly for utilitarian and consequentialist approaches that have long dominated discussions...

Doomscrolling, Inc.: Inside the Attention Industry’s Global Expansion—and How to Fight Back

As of November 2025, the world is at a critical inflection point in the attention economy: billions of users remain tethered to designed-to-be addictive...

The Unification Protocol: An AI Love Story Part Three

Missed the first two parts of our two LLM love story? Check them out here. Part One : Algorithm for Two: An AI Love Story...

Why Wilderness? The Case for an Earth-Centred World

Wilderness has intrinsic value beyond human use; decolonizing conservation and embracing ecocentric ethics are vital for Earth’s future.

Deepak Chopra: The Transformation of Wellness

The work and insights of Deepak Chopra have influenced my life and work and I am grateful for his contribution to human evolutionary promise....

A Green and Pleasant Land? Charting the Past, Present, and Future of Great Britain’s Environment

Introduction The identity of Great Britain is inextricably linked with its landscape. The phrase "green and pleasant land," borrowed from William Blake's evocative poem, conjures...

The Life, Work, and Legacy of Carl Gustav Jung

Jung’s life and work mapped the psyche, blending myth, spirituality, and psychology to guide individuation and wholeness.

Pope Francis: A Legacy of Praxis, Peace, and Integral Stewardship

Introduction: A Pontificate of Praxis and Presence Elected in 2013, Pope Francis (17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) emerged as a transformative figure, significantly...

The Programmer God: Simulation, Multiverses, and the New Shape of Creation

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,...

A Teaching on the First Verse of the Tao Te Ching

Come, sit. Let the dust of the road settle. Before we speak of the Way, we must first find our way to stillness. The...

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The Law of Laws: Theosophy and the Backbone of Kindness

"Is kindness merely a feeling, or is it a load-bearing structure for society? Kevin J Parker, author of 'The Backbone of Kindness: Restoring Our Oldest Virtue', explores the profound intersection of Theosophy and modern ethics, examining how compassion functions as the 'Law of laws' and the essential backbone of human arrangements."

The Reality of Global Warming

Explore the empirical reality of global warming right now. Uncover accelerating ocean heat, temperature overshoot pathways, and critical planetary tipping points.

Stonehenge: The Machine, the Landscape and the Making of a World

Hawkins's computer was too literal. But his instinct — that Stonehenge handled information — survives every test the sixty years since have thrown at it. An investigation through stone provenance, isotopes, ancient DNA and landscape archaeology, ending with a named, testable hypothesis: the Gathering Engine.

Smart City: The Word Finds an Owner

Cities ran sewers and traffic computers long before anyone sold them the word. Around 2008 “smart” acquired an owner. Four product cities show what it cost.

El Niño Explained: 2026 Impact & the Future Prognosis

Ocean temperatures hit a record 21.1°C in August, out of season. El Niño, climate change and what the hottest sea ever measured means for 2027

The Divine Within: Why I Keep Circling the Idea That the Sacred Is an Inside Job

The divine within: a personal reflection on Jung, mysticism, meditation and prayer, and why I still cannot decide whether the sacred is an inside job.

Commissioning Curiousity: Retraining the Our Social Media Echo Chamber to Serve Up Variety

Retraining Spotify revealed how AI recommendation algorithms narrow us — and why commissioning curiosity, not searching, is the literacy of the age.

The Compass and the Cosmos: Sacred Geometry

Sacred geometry, examined: the real history behind the ten forms, what nature actually does, and what physics has found in the shape of the universe.

The Greening of Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Riyadh is planting 7.5m trees and running a new metro against an Expo 2030 deadline. A look at the water, heat and money behind the desert city's greening

Ocean Plastic Pollution: Is the Tide Finally Turning?

Ocean plastic pollution is falling: 39% less on Australian coasts. The data, the clean-up technology and the policies proving change is possible

The Backbone of Kindness: Rekindling Our Oldest Virtue in Troubled Times

Kindness is not niceness. Kevin J. Parker argues it is civilisation's load-bearing structure—the backbone on which coexistence depends