“A disproportionate share of people in charge of national #policies are #economists, #lawyers and #techno-optimists … who rarely think about the biosphere’s indispensability for the #survival of #human #societies.” - #VaclavSmil, #Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities

Wait Till You’ve Been Anointed (1797–99) by Francisco de Goya.

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/218a29f4-c9e9-4c07-bb3a-2b5b5e8198bb

#anthropomorphism #satire #dogs #societies #dreams #proverbs #spain #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: @hab_wf

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/03ed0692-a716-4698-b584-8011d5f041a7

#water #societies #fish #nobility #buildings #floral #signatures #friendship #art #publicdomain

Sharing this here makes more sense than IG:

#Anarchism & the #Built #Environment Guest #Lecture, Alex Head for #Oppressed #Fantasies - #Liberatory Constructions MA Seminar, Anna Kostreva - TU Darmstadt

Discussing phase transitions between the organizational density of hunter-gatherers, early agricultural and #urban #societies are explored for clues to the day-to-day roles #anarchistic thinking and behaviors play in some of the most cherished aspects of #modern #life.

Drawing upon the work of Emma Goldman, #Wikipedia, the members of the autonomous nation state #Frestonia, #London, and the intentional anarchist commune #Christiana, #Copenhagen.

Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May #Surprise You.

Artwork: Alex Head

Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: @hab_wf

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/baf879cc-03dd-43d9-b636-72f3b5d0fe8a

#societies #scrollwork #nobility #gold #signatures #friendship #heraldry #eagles #art #publicdomain

On META SPECIES ... Let us posit that "politicians", perhaps other _occupations_ can be thought of, possibly understood better, in terms of evolution. #biology #evolution #meta #societies #errtlings #politics #politicians #law #survival #instinct #science www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX7P...

Simulating The Strange Way Lif...

🇩🇪 Was zum Henker stimmt mit den #Gesellschaften dieser #Welt nicht❓️
🤦‍♂️🧠💩

Nur noch #Vollversager in den #Regierungen dieser Welt❗️🤬🤬🤬

🇺🇲 What the heck is wrong with #societies around the world? ❓️

🤦‍♂️🧠💩

There are nothing but #complete #failures in the #governments of this world! 🤬🤬🤬

Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: @hab_wf

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3b3cd423-7b63-43b1-a921-b89a47251ace

#societies #nobility #symbolism #signatures #friendship #heraldry #eagles #shields #scrolls #art #publicdomain

If you value other perspectives, insights about #systems and #societies and #ecologies, and #humility, I recommend "Sand Talk" by Tyson Yunkaporta.

#systemthinking #wisdom #indigenous #ecology #sociology #Thanksgiving #indigenouspeoplesday

At least we can safely say that #war destroys #societies deeply. The longer it goes on - the deeper the impact.

Even if it's actually fought far away.

🙁

Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: @hab_wf

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/0269f863-4f2d-41d7-9910-439df9337007

#royalty #societies #nobility #signatures #landscapes #friendship #art #publicdomain

America's Proud Pour Hundred and Europe's Haughty Nobility and the Ancestors They Are Always Boasting Of (1893) by Frederick Burr Opper, from Puck, v. 34, no. 865.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f7cf3c1b-f227-4ea5-851e-bb203af6f321

#woden #satire #caricatures #societies #genealogy #odin #vikings #scandina #art #publicdomain

“But overdramatizing the situation was a tactical mistake. It rarely works in #democratic #societies. On the contrary, it tends to breed mistrust, fatigue, and defiance. #Citizens want to show they have choices” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...

France’s Manufactured Debt and...

Levels of Society (1907) by Paul Krafft, from Capital and Labor.

Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/09fff71e-9933-4c3d-b002-dcb4483ebc0f

#capitalism #ascent #societies #work #socialism #climbing #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Philipp Hainhofer, from Große Stammbuch (1596–1633).

Source: @hab_wf

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3c080be4-e905-4801-babb-7cfae687e3fb

#ribbons #societies #decorative #nobility #floral #fruit #signatures #friendship #heraldry #art #publicdomain

We are all disabled relative to what could be #Individuals #Teams #Organizations #Societies #World #SharedFacts #HumanReasoning #CausalityCrisis #CollectiveAction

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g7xd2fa6n7e7yqyvh6c3iexy/post/3lwhrms7iz22s

Self-termination is most likely

Analysis of 5,000 years of #civilisation argues that global collapse is coming unless #inequality is vanquished

Dr. Kemp’s new book covers rise & collapse of over 400 #societies over 5k years

Today’s civilisation is deeply interconnected, unequal & could lead to worst collapse yet

Threat from leaders who are versions of a dark triad - #narcissism, #psychopathy, #Machiavellianism – world menaced by #ClimateCrisis, #nuclear weapons, #AI

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/02/self-termination-history-and-future-of-societal-collapse

What a nice way to finish the first day of the Konstanz School of Collective Behaviour 2025 (#KSCB2025) with a great #talk and #tutorial by #GiordanoDeMarzo

Emergent #behaviors in #AI agents #societies

@cbehav.bsky.social

https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/kscb/

Now, this sounds like a really fascinating cross-cultural study on the role #alcohol (and its consumption) may have had on the evolution of complex human #societies:

🍺🏺 https://www.mpg.de/25055517/0715-evan-alcohol-and-the-rise-of-complex-societies-150495-x via @maxplanckgesellschaft

#DYK Did you know one of the first Online Dispute Resolution #ODR system incorporated into a public justice system is the Civil Resolution Tribunal #CRT in #BritishColumbia, #Canada? It was implemented in 2015, and its jurisdiction has been enlarged in small increments. It now adjudicates for 6 statutes, and lists others on its website.

#Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Resolution_Tribunal

https://civilresolutionbc.ca/

#LawFedi #BCPoli #CdnPoli #strata #SPA #societies #SA #cooperative #CAA