“ Systemic problems trace back in the end to worldviews, but worldviews themselves are in flux and flow. Our most creative opportunity of all may be to reshape those worldviews themselves .” — Antony Weston From a Buddhist perspective — and echoed in many other contemplative traditions — human beings have always carried an inherent potential for compassion and wisdom. Yet, it seems clear that this potential requires certain conditions in which to blossom and mature. Sadly, a

We often assume that politics fails because people lack information. But perhaps the problem isn’t so much about knowledge, but a trance state that the vast majority of us are living in. Everyday life in capitalist society functions like an unrecognised ritual. It trains us — without our knowing — to see ourselves as separate individuals in a world of scarcity, competing for status, security, and more. Capitalist materialism is therefore not just a type of economy; it is what

“Listen to this song,” I might say, “I wrote it.” But did I? Is it really mine ? What does I wrote it even mean? Let’s sit with this question for a moment or two.... Did I create the language it’s written in? No. Obviously, I inherited it — language is a system of communication passed on from generation to generation. Did I make the computer or the software it was recorded with? Not at all. I can’t even begin to explain how any of it works. Did I make the guitar it was writt

I think we are living in a very paradoxical age. The world seems simultaneously both better and worse than ever. By many measures, life has improved beyond anything our ancestors could imagine. As Rutger Bregman (2025) reminds us, child mortality has plummeted, slavery is almost universally condemned, and even the poor in much of the world enjoy comforts once reserved for kings. And yet - war, inequality, ecological collapse, and mental health issues hang heavy in the air. Th