Tension above As someone who has studied anthropology over the course of human history, it is very difficult to tell. Is our human environment on this planet worse than before? From an evidence basis, I'm unclear. I am clear that for me - internally and in relationship with others and our planet - it feels worse and uncomfortable. I help others work through the tensions of today's pull and push. We CAN hold two important and opposing ideas together long enough to learn from t

We praise adaptability as if it is always a virtue. But capable people can keep incoherent systems functioning for a remarkably long time. What are we asking people to adapt to—and what does their adaptation allow the system to avoid learning?

The World Economic Forum says the financial system is “rebooting” into a more contested, more regionally divided world*…following the Carney Davos speech. Leaders still need growth and stability for sustainable business. There’s still a quiet assumption underneath many strategies: that we can absorb this shift and continue optimizing for global scale as usual. That assumption is starting to break. For decades, the dominant logic was clear: optimize for efficiency, integration

There is a tension I have been trying to understand for years now. Not solve.Not escape.Not transcend through purity or certainty. Just understand more honestly. We are both beneficiaries and casualties of modern fragmentation. This is not a “holier than thou” series about returning to some idealized version of wholeness. Nor is it an argument against technology, progress, ambition, or modern life itself. It is an inquiry into how our lives become separated into pieces that n