Defending the Commons
“Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation. Civilization, like intelligence, may serve well, […]
Category Archives: Archetypes
Covert Rebellion
Humanity finds itself in the throes of the conditions for social upheaval and revolution once again, following a roughly 50 year cycle. We are all living in exciting times! Here is a monthly guide to get you in gear.
Dystopia
Greetings Space Cadets! Happy Roman New Year. Welcome to our dystopia. In honor of the January 1st Mars conjunction with Neptune in Aquarius, the January 7th Sun conjunction with Pluto […]
Godds of Anarchy
“When central government collapses, people must fend for themselves. This can be a disaster for everyone—or a precious opportunity.” –Christopher Scott Thompson, Pagan Anarchism Greetings Space Cadets! There is a […]
Election Uprising
“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” -Alan Moore, V for Vendetta There is an exhausted adage that politics is a great deal […]
Prometheus Engine
Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we dither. -James Hansen Greetings Space […]
The Second Manhattan Project
Greetings Space Cadets!! Apocalypse is simple and it is also intellectually lazy. It is seductive and also simple to imagine catastrophic finality. It is easy to default to histrionics […]
Interstellar
Astrology Disclaimer: Astrology isn’t a religion. We’re not sure it’s a science, either. It’s magic, maybe. (likely it is a form of vague agnostic mysticism) But, as with feng shui, […]
Radical Departure
In The Descent of Man, [Charles Darwin] gave some powerful pages to illustrate its proper, wide sense. He pointed out how, in numberless animal societies, the struggle between separate individuals […]
Binary Stars
Greetings Space Cadets! nBinary Stars is this month’s theme and given that it belongs to the twins it is very appropriate. Binary stars are a type of star system in […]
