resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: For Swedish speakers- Swedish EPA interviews Carl Folke about ecosystem services. Podcast from @Miljodep: http://t.co/vPzNAlolN6 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Rate of zoonotic disease emergence is closely tied to ag-environmental interactions, but limited ability to predict http://t.co/3eagecRaGH May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Impact of 2008 crisis on inequality across OECD: Income inequality rose but taxes & transfers mitigated impact http://t.co/RQBOEurjQT May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Impact of 2008 crisis on poverty across OECD: Poorer households did worse than rich, children worse than elderly http://t.co/RQBOEurjQT May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Diverse & strong PNAS special feature on agricultural innovation to protect environment - papers are open access http://t.co/MCSZIfQm60 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @EcologyLetters: Response diversity to land use occurs but does not consistently stabilise ecosystem services provided by native po... h… May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Bridging cultural divide between qual & quant methods in social sciences http://t.co/i82qoWOnIg Expect useful for Social-ecological science May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: Interesting lit review of trans-disciplinary environmental research from group @Leuphana_Uni http:/dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.008 May 22, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: Water in the #anthropocene: a global overview. New video via collaborative project Welcome to the Anthropocene: https:… May 21, 2013
- resilienceSci: Reading "Happiness is greater in natural environments" paper using phone app monitoring of subjective wellbeing http://t.co/2xb2nMikRs May 21, 2013
Tag Archives: Future
Scenarios have to be plausible, but reality is under no such constraints
Following up on my comments on William Gibson‘s discuss of his science fiction where I wrote that “Scenarios have to be plausible, but reality is under no such constraints” Futurist, scenario planner, and co-founder of WorldChanging, Jamais Cascio writes on his weblog Open … Continue reading
Murakami on fiction for an unreal world
One of the problems with scenario planning is that it requires plausible scenarios, but that reality is behaves in ways that are implausible. This is another way of describing what Nassim Taleb named Black Swans, significant unexpected events, that change … Continue reading
Need for new utopian stories
Following up on the previous post’s William Gibson quote, another science fiction writer with interesting ideas about the future is Scottish writer Charlie Stross. On his weblog Charlie’s Diary, he writes about something I think is important, the need for … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Stross, Future, narratives, positive futures, science fiction, utopia
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Kim Stanley Robinson on Post-Capitalism
In the consulting company McKinsey’s magazine What Matters, science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson writes about climate change and post-capitalism in an article Time to end the multigenerational Ponzi scheme: Capitalism evolved out of feudalism. Although the basis of power … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Future, kim stanley robinson, Post-Capitalism
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The 21st century a FAQ
From Scottish Science Fiction writer Charlie Stross, Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the 21st century: Q: What can we expect? A: Pretty much what you read about in New Scientist every week. Climate change, dust bowls caused by over-cultivation … Continue reading
Social science and science fiction
Crooked Timber is hosting an online seminar on the innovative science fiction author Charlie Stross. Their discussants include economists Paul Krugman, Brad DeLong, and John Quiggin , as well as a response from Charlie Stross (pt 1 and 2): … … Continue reading
Brian Walker’s Research Areas for Resilience Science
Brian Walker, the former director of the Resilience Alliance reflected on the future of resilience science in his introductory talk at Resilience 2008. In his talk Probing the boundaries of resilience science and practice, he identified seven important research areas … Continue reading