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How can I help? (part 1)
Finding Flow in turbulent times Jan 20, 2017 The world’s a mess. Democracy is in peril. The ice caps are melting. And the inmates have taken over the asylum. Suddenly, more and more people are waking up to alarm bells and wondering what can I do; how can I help? But that’s not an easy…
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Lifeboats — the Backstory
I have made it my personal mission to launch a Fleet of 100 Lifeboats in response to the multiple global crises we now face. Recently, a friend asked where this idea came from. As I was talking through a possible response with one of my collaborators, we realized it’s a challenging story to tell because it involves…
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So be it resolved…
From the edge of 2017 Rarely has a year been as hated as 2016. The poor thing; so unfairly accused. After all, all 2016 did was provide 365 days. It was up to us to fill them. Each day, we had a choice: to be resolved, to live our convictions or to let it slide.…
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Permission to be Seen
On barbs, bravery and belonging My dad turned 93 last week. He’s been sober for about sixty of those years, with a gap in the middle that started about the time I came along. The drinking hadn’t always been a problem. It came on in his thirties, the way these things sometimes do. Pressures started…
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Putting out fires vs. planting more trees
Every action you take has an energy signature. Some actions have a “buy now, pay later” quality; they leave you with an energy debt. They short-change what is necessary now and postpone it until later. Not only do they leave you with an energy debt, there is always, as it were, an interest charge. Taking…
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The Myth of the Bottleneck
Because patience isn’t passive Sometimes Monday afternoon feels like it should be Friday night. Thursday at least. Everything is over-scheduled. The calendar looks like a game of Tetris played by an anxious god: ferry runs, presentations, meetings, and the occasional spiritual ambush disguised as a “networking dinner.” You think the bottleneck is out there —…
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Fair Share Ethics
May 14, 2025 We’re all in this together. I am perpetually surprised at how hard it is to convey a simple idea to people who can only think in complicated ways. The idea at the core of the Lifeboat Academy is just such an idea. We think of it as the farmastery experience. Once you…
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Building the Lifeboat Is the Lifeboat
The pan-dimensional Möbius process As the reality of the polycrisis is dawning on more and more people, we keep hearing the same questions: What can I do? Where do I start? How can I get ready for something when I don’t even know what’s gonna happen? Next week, we’ll be hosting our next DIY Lifeboat…
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When we stop pretending – Part II
Learning to stand together Jan 27, 2026 Part 1 TL;DR Part 1 focused on a simple, direct question: What helps ordinary people stay grounded, capable, and connected when the ground beneath us starts to slip? I propose that our overwhelm in this moment of geopolitical history isn’t because of what’s happening out there so much as trying to…
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The Dusty Dimmer Switch
A Soft Apocalypse Survival Tool Nov 19, 2025 Some conversations start as small talk and end up accidentally telling the truth. This one began with me teasing Aiden about his strange workplace. We were just hanging out after we’d worked on a few “business items” together. When I looked around, I could see he lived…
