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Kevin Parker

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

The Great Entanglement: Navigating Humanity’s Polycrisis at the Dawn of the AI Age

The Age of Overwhelm The feeling is now familiar, a low-grade hum of anxiety that accompanies the morning scroll. A headline announces another record-shattering heatwave,...

The Architecture of Now: The Life, Philosophy, and Influence of Eckhart Tolle

Listen to our five-minute insights into the life and works of Eckhart Tolle, a philosopher and practitioner who many of us admire, to get...

From Oasis to Desert: The Environmental Catastrophe of the Aral Sea

Abstract A cautionary tale for our times, this essay examines the environmental catastrophe of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake, which has lost...

Transhumanism, Now: Humanity’s Bet on Its Own Future

The big idea Transhumanism is a bet that humanity can take charge of its own evolution. It is both a philosophy and a movement, resting...

The Continent’s Veins: A Diagnosis of Australian Rivers and Estuaries

The essay begins with the memory of two rivers: one pulsing with life, the other choked with death. The diagnosis for many of Australia’s...

Blockchain: The Transparent Revolution — Present Realities and Future Horizons

1. Introduction — The Genesis of a Trustless Architecture In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, trust in centralized intermediaries—banks, clearinghouses, rating agencies—shook to...

The Rudolf Steiner Waldorf Education Movement

In the landscape of modern education, the Rudolf Steiner or Waldorf system presents a compelling paradox. Born over a century ago from the esoteric...

The Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) Theory of Consciousness: A Multidisciplinary Analysis

Executive Summary The Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) theory represents one of the most ambitious and controversial scientific frameworks for consciousness ever proposed (1, 2). Developed...

The Silent Invasion: Reading the Ocean’s Genetic Fingerprints to Track a World on the Move

Abstract Climate change is forcing a global redistribution of marine life, yet tracking the vanguard of this migration is challenging with traditional visual surveys that...

The Quantum Activist: Consciousness, Creativity, and the Future of Social Change

Beyond Materialism—A New Framework for Activism The landscape of modern activism is marked by a profound and often disheartening paradox. On one hand, awareness of...

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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