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  1. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    ‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the #CommonGood

    Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world

    Fiona Harvey Environment editor
    Fri 26 Jun 2026

    "But while Mazzucato is horrified at what Starmer’s government has become, her aim is global. In her new book, The Common Good Economy: A New Compass, she wants nothing less than a remaking of economic theory and government practice, around a new set of purposes that would tackle the global scourge of inequality and the existential threat of the climate and nature crises. Current economic models have failed us. She argues that the world needs to rediscover the idea of the common good, our shared fate that depends on equitably nurturing the bounty of our only planet."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #SolarPunkSunday #Earth4All #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #NatureCrisis #SharingEconomy #PlanetAndPeople

    #commongood #solarpunksunday #earth4all #climatechange #climatecrisis #naturecrisis
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Technology and dominance in the recent
    First Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas, 15 May 2026

    * Chapter 3: TECHNOLOGY AND DOMINANCE
    Some of the topics discussed are:
    Automation, dignity of work
    Protecting freedom against dependencies and commercialization
    Breaking the chains of new forms of slavery
    The normalization of war
    Force without limits
    The military-industrial complex
    Weapons and artificial intelligence
    The crisis of multilateralism
    The need to disarm words
    Justice >>
    vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/

    * Existential risk from artificial intelligence >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existent

    * Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology, 1954 >>
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ques
    #humanism #human #performance #enhancement #RemainingHuman #transhumanism #PostHumanism #AI #algorithms #machines #governance #regulation #humanity #fallibility #automation #commercialisation #transformation #dehumanisation #slavery #CommonGood #war #multilateralism #justice #TechnologyAssessment #TA #TechnologicalWorldview #techne #technologies #ScientificConsensus #PublicSphere #FLI #risks #existence #nature #RawMaterials

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