Society

Mayor McCheese & Modern Medicine: the Good & Bad of High Energy Modernity (Episode 23 of Crazy Town)

By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, originally published by Resilience.org

April 23, 2020

modern life

Asher Miller

Asher became the Executive Director of Post Carbon Institute in October 2008, after having served as the manager of our former Relocalization Network program. He’s worked in the nonprofit sector since 1996 in various capacities. Prior to joining Post Carbon Institute, Asher founded Climate Changers, an organization that inspires people to reduce their impact on the climate by focusing on simple and achievable actions anyone can take.

Tags: building resilient societies, Crazy Town

No Kings Since 1776

To King or Not to King… Are We Seriously Asking this Question?

By Alex Leff, Human Nature Odyssey

After the more than two centuries since the American and French Revolutions, the kings are back — or at least, trying to be. But we don’t have to be stuck in this strange cycle.

June 13, 2025

Black History Saturdays

Educators Fight Suppression to Teach America’s Real History

By Marianne Dhenin, YES! magazine

Now, some history advocacy organizations are leaning into community-based education programs to continue teaching a more diverse and comprehensive picture of the nation’s past.

June 12, 2025

AI on computer chip

AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality

By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org

AI seems to present a spectacular new slate of opportunities and threats. But, in essence, much of what was true before AI remains so now.

June 12, 2025