Colony to Collapse: Part 4 – The Atomized Self: Loneliness and the Rise of the Authoritarian Right
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Connecting the neurobiology of social pain to the political ascent of the "killer clowns."
Sustainability
Colony to Collapse: Part 3 – The Great Tollbooth: Turning Public Goods into Private Rents
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Analyzing how privatization and "rent-seeking" hollowed out the welfare state and concentrated global wealth.
Colony to Collapse: Part 2 - The Engineering of Consent: Building the Neoliberal International
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Tracing the rise of corporate-funded think tanks and the deliberate dismantling of the social contract.
Colony to Collapse: Part 1 - The Anonymity of Power: How a Nameless Ideology Conquered the World
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Investigating the origins of neoliberalism and its foundations in the "fairy tale" of colonial extraction.
The Unnatural Economy - Part 5: The Corporate Jungle: The High Cost of the "Not Invented Here" Syndrome
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Overcoming institutional barriers to biomimicry adoption—from NIH syndrome to patient capital requirements.
The Unnatural Economy - Part 4: The Zero-Waste Blueprint: Fungi, Mussels, and Green Chemistry
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Nature's zero-waste systems—from fungal networks to mussel adhesives—offer blueprints for sustainable manufacturing and remediation.
The Unnatural Economy - Part 3: Dragging the Past: From Sharkskin to Supersonic Efficiency
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Biomimetic solutions from marine life—sharks, whales, and fish—offer counterintuitive efficiencies in drag reduction and propulsion.
The Unnatural Economy - Part 2: The Spiral Mandate: Why Nature Never Uses a Straight Line
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From Bishop's crooks to energy-saving curves, this post explores why nature's spiral geometry holds the key to efficient flow and energy use.
The Unnatural Economy: Biomimicry as a Path to Sustainable Innovation
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Humanity's industrial paradigm is failing. This series explores how biomimicry—learning from nature's 3.8 billion years of R&D—offers a path to sustainable innovation and economic transformation.
The Unnatural Economy - Part 1: The One Percent Solution: Why 3.8 Billion Years of R&D Matters
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Most young ladies sunning by the pool aren't thinking about a hippopotamus, but its perspiration reveals nature's superior engineering. This post explores why 3.8 billion years of natural R&D matters for human innovation.