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G7 2023: The Real Threat To The World Order Is Hypocrisy.
When assessing people’s achievements or situations, it’s crucial to consider the unique challenges they’ve faced. This could be…
2023-05-27
The Best Places to Survive Societal Collapse
Conventional wisdom might identify a lonely island as the best place to survive the apocalypse. A new scientific…
2021-08-05
How COVID-19 Is Shaping Our Cities And Communities
The emergence of COVID-19 in early 2020 turned our world upside down, forcing the global population indoors and…
2020-09-23
7 Expert Perspectives On What COVID-19 Means For The Planet
Experts agree that the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us for years, even after the…
2020-09-23
Social Issues: What A Student Should Know To Make Difference
Students are a special group of people who are able to normally live while everything around seems to…
2020-08-17
After Coronavirus The World Will Never Be The Same. But Maybe, It Can Be Better
Life has changed a lot in the past few days, weeks, or months, depending where you live. As…
2020-04-07
Coronavirus: Three Ways The Crisis May Permanently Change Our Lives
The realisation that life is going to change for a good while is starting to take hold. To…
2020-03-24
The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Humans Inc.
Depending on the state of the planet and society, the world will reach one of four possible, highly…
2020-03-23
The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Extinction Express
Arup’s recently published white paper, 2050 Scenarios: four plausible futures, discussed how certain choices of humanity at present…
2020-03-20
The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Greentocracy
In 2050, the world will be in one of four scenarios, according to Arup. This is the main…
2020-03-19
The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Post Anthropocene
The world is in a state of rapid change. Depending on our collective priorities and choices, there are…
2020-03-18
Will Thirst For Innovation Drive Humankind To Extinction?
Humans are constantly innovating. So far, most of these creations have positively impacted society. Has it ever crossed…
2020-02-08
The Countries With The Highest Social Mobility
Social mobility is the ability of a child to have a better life than their parents, simply put. …
2020-02-04
Here Are 6 Lessons Social Entrepreneurs Learned About Creating Systems Change
Systems change, is “on a large scale, changing the way a majority of relevant players solve a big…
2020-01-25
What A Society Designed For Well-Being Looks Like
In early June last 2018, the back-to-back suicides of celebrities Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, coupled with a…
2019-11-19
The Infantilization Of Western Culture
If you regularly watch TV, you’ve probably seen a cartoon bear pitching you toilet paper, a gecko with…
2019-08-16
Violent Crime Is Like Infectious Disease – And We Know How To Stop It Spreading
Headlines scream about “epidemics” of shootings and stabbings – but what if we took that literally? From Chicago…
2019-06-23
Did European Colonisation Precipitate The Little Ice Age?
Many of us think that rapid environmental change is a quintessentially modern crisis. Today, temperatures are soaring, topsoil…
2019-04-12
Power And Powerlessness In Global Cities
How does today’s globalization transform our perceptions of urban inequality and how do we respond to it? Inequality…
2019-04-09
Slavery Was Never Abolished – It Affects Millions, And You May Be Funding It
When we think of slavery, many of us think of historical or so-called “traditional forms” of slavery –…
2018-10-19
Why Diversity Is Vital For A Healthy Democracy
Democracy demands a robust contest of ideas to thrive, and diversity is the best way of protecting the…
2018-09-13
Planning Our Connection To The Natural Landscape
Have we become too detached from our landscapes and our sense of place within the natural world? Is…
2018-03-02
Why The Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone
A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you, says His Holiness…
2018-01-15
Planning Cities For Migration
Migration is a natural human phenomenon, but not one that organisations in the built environment are that focused…
2017-09-14
The Global Bike Sharing Boom : Why Cities Love A Cycling Scheme
As urbanisation and modernisation reach unprecedented levels, road congestion has become a modern day menace. Heavy traffic is…
2016-03-03
51 Breakthrough Technologies To Defeat Poverty
Simple technologies like Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money system can have a huge impact in the developing world. Offering…
2015-05-30
City People, NYC
[A few years ago] Mayor Bloomberg left office, ending an era that radically changed New York City,…
2015-05-06
The Silent Rise Of The Smart City
As Google hits the headlines for changes to its privacy rules across Europe, it is worth noting…
2015-05-04
James A. White Sr. : The Little Problem I Had Renting A House
Fifty-three years ago, James A. White Sr. joined the US Air Force. But as an African American man,…
2015-04-20
Jared Diamond: Why Do Societies Collapse?
Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day…
2015-02-18
Robert Muggah: How To Protect Fast-Growing Cities From Failing
Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like…
2015-02-14
Are You Willing To Trade Privacy For Efficiency?
Data science may be helping cities get ‘smarter’, but questions remain over how long urban populations will tolerate…
2015-01-31
The 8 to 80 Problem: Designing Cities for Young and Old
How can cities create neighborhoods that work well for all generations? When he worked as the parks commissioner…
2015-01-28