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How to save the world's title: how to save the world | Dave Pollard's chronicle of civilization's collapse, creative works and essays on our culture. A trail of crumbs, runes and exclamations along my path in search of a better way to live and make a living, and a better understanding of how the world really works.

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image by AI; my own prompt — ‘me’ imagining worst-case scenarios

Every day, something happens that gets me anxious or upset. Technology failures, news about outrageous events, abuses and other horrors, meanness and unfairness by people I know or observe. Small worrisome physical or mental health issues. Dismay and shame at my own behaviours. Dread about som...


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This is a work of fiction.


image by AI; my own prompt

I had been blathering on about our lack of free will, in my usual annoying way, when my friend said to me:

“You keep insisting that we have no free will, and no ‘self’ even to have it. But at the same time you say that we are somehow able to become more ‘self-aware’, enough to recognize our condit...


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This is #54 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk and hike in my local community. 


my own photo, from a number of years ago

As I trace the path...


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Yes, this is a rant.


image by AI; my own prompt

Travel by Canadians to the US is down almost 50% from last year’s already drastically reduced levels. Part of this is a quiet Canadian protest against US imperiali...


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Screencap of Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s interview of Tim Minchin

The idea that asking good questions is the best way to contribute to learning and intellectual discussions is probably as old as civilization.

I’ve written about the value of questions often on th...


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