Endowing The Future is a new propositional paper co-authored by CIVIC SQUARE + Dark Matter Labs, calling philanthropy to meet the moment by endowing its resources + imagination not only to avert the worst but seed just, regenerative, distributive futures bit.ly/EndowingTheFut…

This work with CIVIC SQUARE reflects so much learning of how constraints and climate breakdown impacts will require a micro massive transformation of our cities, neighborhoods and places, if we are to avoid accelerating structural injustice with runaway futures for the very few…

3ºC Neighbourhood is a new piece of research co-authored by CIVIC SQUARE Dark Matter Labs on the risks UK urban neighbourhoods face due to climate + ecological breakdown under a high emissions scenario, likely resulting in +3ºC average global temperature. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

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🚀 Join ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴡɪᴛᴛ in a thought-provoking chat with the engaging Indy Johar of Dark Matter Labs, as they discuss ownership, theories of governance, and ennobling frameworks.
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The reality is we are living in mal-developed economies and the transition will be challenging

What are the limits of biological computation? Can we engineer living computers (Beyond Turing) using synthetic biology? Check this cool paper by Angel Goñi-Moreno in Communications of the ACM Martyn Amos Víctor de Lorenzo Harold Fellermann Jessica Flack Michael Levin Gemma De les Coves twitter.com/AngelGMoreno/s…

How Japanese have produced wood for 700 years, without cutting down trees.

Daisugi is an ancient Japanese forestry technique developed in the 14th century originally used by people living in the Kitayama region, because the territory was extremely poor in saplings.

They…

2. People don't understand science is still (happily) a medieval institution.

It's entirely about apprenticeship.

To become a scientist, your first goal is to become a useful apprentice. Here's my guide (and tour of how science actually works): theintrinsicperspective.com/p/how-to-becom…

Interesting study of Chinese and Russian views of national competitiveness, emphasising: national ambition & will, unified national identity, & an active state (plus unique culture). Now a more influential imaginary globally than neoliberalism etc. rand.org/pubs/research_…

While political attention is elsewhere, a radical little programme of work has slipped out largely under the radar by Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, with quite big implications for how the centre might shift towards place-based working.

A 🧵 on Partnerships for People & Place… gov.uk/government/pub…

Our new blog on applying innovative methods to place-based policymaking!

Key aspects include working across the system and organisational boundaries, and understanding how local issues are experienced from multiple perspectives

openpolicy.blog.gov.uk/2022/09/28/wha…

#PlaceBased #PSILabs

I’ve read through the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK report on the economic impacts of climate change.
The results are eye-watering, but also very, very important. Everyone working in economics or finance - not just climate people - really needs to understand this.
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pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…

Issue #1 of the new Future Observatory Journal - on the theme of #bioregioning - just arrived. Justin McGuirk and & colleagues have done a wonderful job. fojournal.org Rebecca Madgin Swati Janu edwin heathcote Alastair Parvin Places Journal Arts and Humanities Research Council Bioregional Learning Centre

this paper on collective intelligence by Michael Levin is one of the most mind-blowing things I've read in a while

it's full of examples of the under-appreciated intelligence of biological systems, with some deep perspective shifts on our understanding of ourselves

thread:

In string theory, six extra dimensions curl up at every point in our 4D universe, and their configuration determines the macroscopic laws of physics. The game plan for string theory, then, boils down to searching for the specific manifold that would describe the microstructure of…

Designing 'policy operations rooms' for risk vs uncertainity sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Insights from 3 experiments with the city of Helsinki ht Milica Begovic cc Geoff Mulgan Vaughn Tan

The Sunmao Preservation and Innovation Lab - 'Lego blocks follow a 2-dimensional assembly logic based on x- & y-axes. Sunmao incorporates a 3-dimensional element by including the z-axis.. perfectly fits the philosophy of yin & yang” sixthtone.com/news/1015021/

'Robots: Signs of Disruption'
My contribution to the newly published 'Beauty and Monstrosity in Art and Culture' Routledge Books Edited by Chara Kokkiou and Angeliki Malakasioti.
routledge.com/Beauty-and-Mon…

Deeply honoured to invited to give this talk tonight, I think it will be interesting! Thank you to the London Society & Royal Institute of British Architects

This is a truly incredible speech by the great Tony Benn that I’d recommend everyone watch.

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