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Building Back Together
“The world is confronting three great ruptures: the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital revolution, and climate change. Unfortunately, it is confronting them with the nation-state, which is no longer fit for purpose” (Joschka Ficher, 2021).
Why Mars Matters
“The successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars is about far more than scientific curiosity or national prestige. For the sake of humanity's long-term survival, it is imperative that we embrace our technological know-how to establish life beyond planet Earth” (Christopher E. Mason, 2021).
A Radical Proposal for True Democracy
“You’ve heard people say, “We’re a republic, not a democracy.” Landemore’s challenge is this: What if we were a democracy? We honor those who came before us for radically reimagining who could govern, and how politics could work. But did they really discover the terminal state of democracy? Or are there bold steps left for us to take?” (Ezra Klein, 2021).
Community Power: The Evidence
This report draws out six benefits from community power – and presents four shifts and four recommendations we need for it to flourish. It also explores the ‘evidence paradox’ that is holding back community power – looking at how to overhaul the way we measure success.
Why Does the Pandemic Seem to Be Hitting Some Countries Harder Than Others?
“While the virus has ravaged rich nations, reported death rates in poorer ones remain relatively low. What probing this epidemiological mystery can tell us about global health” (Siddhartha Mukherjee, 2021).
A pandemic of abuses': human rights under attack during Covid, says UN head
“The world is facing a “pandemic of human rights abuses”, the UN secretary general António Guterres has said. Authoritarian regimes had imposed drastic curbs on rights and freedoms and had used the virus as a pretext to restrict free speech and stifle dissent” (Kelly and Pattisson, 2021).
Growth Is Not Enough
“With an abundance of important and sometimes surprising findings from studies of socioeconomic interventions in recent decades, it is clear that development in the absence of evidence-based policymaking is a fool's errand. The small details matter as much as – and sometimes more than – the economic big picture” (Dhaliwal and Friedlander, 2021).
No Time to Waste
“Saving the planet from catastrophic climate change will require not only a dramatic increase in funding for clean-energy research and development. We need innovation in policy just as much as in technology” (Bill Gates interviewed by Connir Hedegaard).
Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us
“A decade ago, the consensus was that the digital revolution would give effective voice to millions of previously unheard citizens. Now... the consensus has shifted to anxiety that online behemoths... have created a crisis of knowledge — confounding what is true and what is untrue — eroding the foundations of democracy” (Thomas B. Edsall, 2021).
Is Democracy in Myanmar Dead?
“Democracy advocates must quickly rally to develop a strategy to foil the Tatmadaw’s. Rather than making rhetorical demands...or demands that the military simply won’t accede to at this point...they must use the current protests as leverage to obtain, via international negotiators, that the Tatmadaw won’t disband or otherwise sideline the N.L.D.” (Min Zin, 2021).
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