Thread by @leashless

I find myself wondering this morning how many people actually get my work - here we are, 20 years in to me continually writing, teaching, communicating, building - and I can't tell if a lot of people get it and are mostly quiet or if very few people actually got it.

Which is it?

It probably helps if I define it: here is my best short summary.

1) The human race is currently running the world like a death camp for poor humans, and particularly for the other species we farm or drive into extinction.

2) Fixing this situation is possible, but requires will.

That's the core thesis. Then,

3) It is possible, by mass collaboration using any available mechanism (open source, markets, new religious movements etc.) to live without this continuous catastrophic violence.

4) Most of the violence is well hidden from us by the machinery of the supply chain: capitalism is a direct continuation of colonialism.

is my book specifically on embedded violence in supply chains. See also a broader critiquethefutureofstuff.store

5) Systematic mapping of our dependency graphs leads to a clear and precise understanding of not only who we are harming, but how we are vulnerable to harm because of our long logistical tails.

provides logistical mapping tools (in "Dealing in Security")resiliencemaps.org

6) Existing political structures perform extremely poorly because they can't handle technically complex long duration multi-actor conflicts - government as we know it was designed for winning land wars in Europe pre-WW2 and can't handle nukes and climate vinay.howtolivewiki.com/blog/bigdeal/t…

7) It is possible to dramatically increase our psychological resilience through meditation with a specific emphasis on handling difficult emotions like fear and helplessness. Trained people turn away from the difficult situations less, and cope more.

files.howtolivewiki.com/.meditation_20…

There are also some specific technologies which I've developed and prototyped which can support us in this general mission.

8) and particularly the Quad Dome (by @gelada, a mathematician buddy of mine) as autonomous buildings.hexayurt.com
gallery.burningman.org/asset/661030d0…

@Gelada 9) can also be used to map our critical infrastructure, so that our homes are nearly entirely self-sufficient for energy and for water purification, and potentially we could do a lot of our small manufacturing hyperlocally too.

resiliencemaps.org
shareable.net/the-unplugged/

@Gelada 10) My company, @Mattereum is a system for handling accurate information about physical goods: we pay the bills through anticounterfieting work, but have also deployed systems for bundling CO2 offsets with gold bar NFTs to cover their production costs.

passport.mattereum.com/ntfa.20210319.…

@Gelada @mattereum 11) Finally, on a broader philosophical note, I am convinced that we need new human rights far beyond the rights we currently have. I believe the best place to define and implement those rights is by dramatically expanding the human rights of children.

medium.com/@vinay_12336/a…

@Gelada And here's an interior shot of the Quad Dome gallery.burningman.org/asset/8b995a36…

These two podcasts together do a fairly good job of tearing the mask off the western lifestyle - capitalist, socialist, or other - and showing people the real cost of living this way.

Serious business. Listen at your own risk.anchor.fm/emerge/episode…
anchor.fm/emerge/episode…

12) Extremely deep embedded psychological defense mechanisms prevent us seeing the simple truth that industrial overproduction (and shortage of time) are poisoning our planet and our lives.

People say "polycrisis" to describe this systemic breakdown.

https://twitter.com/leashless/status/1586759630482464769

Some more practical suggestions based on affordable risk mitigation in this thread here.

https://twitter.com/leashless/status/1573457528813387777