kuumba lynx on transformative spaces

lately i’ve been feeling the pull to do more and more healing and trauma work. i know in some ways it feels like the hot thing, but i think it’s for really good reasons. in fact, i would say necessary reasons. i’m beginning to believe that a system’s capacity to deal with trauma and heal is (or is at least directly proportional to) its capacity to grow. more on that in other posts…

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tk coleman: the distinction between political and social philosophy

tk coleman, a brilliant systems thinker and cofounder of praxis, made a clarification that i’ve never heard before and it makes me want to read everything he writes.

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liberation and freedom are a lot of work

yesterday, i had an excellent breakfast with mike leyba. near the end of our convo, i started talking through a theory that has been developing for me this week. i certainly don’t mean that this is a unique theory as i probably have read about it somewhere before but it’s landing for me in a new way this week and so it feels important to write down:

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alternative futures: the countdown clock

as i put my jack in the coatroom i took a peek at sam’s number: 238. damn. i was really hoping to see 0. he and his partner went on a long date last night and he had high hopes for how the evening would end.

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tk coleman and thomas sowell on oppression and intent versus outcome

i’m still working my way through the humancurrent when i’m all caught up on my other podcasts. i’m about halfway through all the episodes. sometimes it’s pretty painful to listen to because it’s soooooo white but the subject matter is so interesting to me.

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