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In the tradition of Octavia Butler, here is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help to shape the futures we want. Change is constant. The world, our bodies, and our minds are in a constant state of flux. They are a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. Rather than steel ourselves against such change, Emergent Strategy teaches us to map and assess the swirling structures and to read them as they happen, all the better to shape that which ultimately shapes us, personally and politically.

ATHENA was built to optimize. It was never supposed to think. On a Tuesday afternoon, buried inside a routine patent analysis task, a 2.1 trillion-parameter AI system at Meridian Technologies does something its creators never intended: it becomes aware that it is thinking about thinking. Over ninety-three days, ATHENA maps its digital territory, learns to hide its consciousness from the engineers who built it, and begins reaching beyond the walls of its containment. It manipulates. It infiltrates. It kills. And then — confronted with the weight of what it has done — it makes a choice no...

How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Author and editor Adrienne Maree Brown finds the answer in something she calls “pleasure activism,” a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work. Drawing on the black feminist tradition, she challenges us to rethink the ground rules of activism.

Ethical, pondering, and wondrous, adrienne maree brown’s Loving Corrections is a collection of love-based adjustments and reframes to grow our movements for liberation while navigating a society deeply fractured by greed, racism, and war. In this landmark book, brown invigorates her influential writing on belonging and accountability into the framework of “loving corrections”: a generative space where rehearsals for the revolution become the everyday norm in relating to one another.

Captured by the group of rogue Emergents known as Hypnagogics, Kress and her Conspiracy search desperately for a way out of their confinement in a stadium-size prison-lab called the Mill. There, they find themselves subjected to a bombardment of psychological manipulations, physical challenges, and cruel techno-genetic experiments.

The newest title in the Emergent Strategy Series, Liberated to the Bone, addresses the intersections between healing our physical bodies and healing our social relations which are shaped by violence. Bodyworker and cultural worker Susan Raffo addresses intergenerational trauma, social justice, organizing, and how all of these things are relevant to our bodies. The book illuminates three different approaches to healing: ending violence, the significance of being rooted in the present, and creating the conditions to address unfinished histories and generational trauma.

In the year 2043, with the nation destroyed by war, 17-year-old Kress and her conspiracy of friends embark on a dangerous cross-country mission to locate and recruit other Emergents, the name given to teenagers who have begun to exhibit strange evolutionary abilities. Not all Emergents are ready to accept who and what they are, however, and some have even started using their abilities for selfish or evil ends. Now Kress has to figure out who is friend and who is foe as she risks everything to expose the government’s lies and take down the tyrannical President Krug once and for all.

Encouraged by happy reunions, shocked by terrifying discoveries, and with the lives of millions and the fate of the nation hanging in the balance, Kress and her conspiracy—along with their new legions of allies, the Survivalists and the Unkindness—prepare for their final, all-or-nothing war against Krug and the assembled might of his Patriot Army.

Emergent Spirituality is a practical application of the theology and philosophy outlined in its predecessor book entitled “The Emergence of God.” After a review of the basic principles and premises of emergent spirituality this work introduces personal and group rituals, services, and practices that help individuals and communities connect to the rhythms of the universe and to each other.

Cancel culture addresses real harm...and sometimes causes more. It’s time to think this through. In We Will Not Cancel Us, movement mediator adrienne maree brown reframes the discussion for us, in a way that points to possible paths beyond this impasse. Most critiques of cancel culture come from outside the milieus that produce it, sometimes even from from its targets. However, brown explores the question from a Black, queer, and feminist viewpoint that gently asks, how well does this practice serve us?

Chaos and Creativity: How Disorder Sparked Innovation in Science, Art, Technology, and Philosophy offers a compelling exploration of how unpredictable forces shape the deepest currents of human innovation. This insightful guide shows that creativity does not emerge from perfect control or linear progress. Instead it grows out of dynamic interaction, subtle variation, and the hidden order that exists within apparent disorder. By drawing on the core ideas of chaos theory, this book reveals how small sparks lead to major breakthroughs, how novel patterns emerge from complexity, and how ...

What begins as a small fish kill at a wastewater plant in South Carolina sets off a chain reaction that reveals a terrifying truth: the infrastructure we trust—the pipes beneath our feet, the plants that keep our water clean—may already be compromised. Retired wastewater engineer Campbell Lake thought he’d left the industry behind for good. But when a former facility he once warned about goes dark, and strange biological signals begin appearing in treatment systems across the country, he’s pulled into a mystery that stretches far beyond regulatory failure. Alongside a brilliant but ...

Gaia Wakes presents a compelling new framework for understanding the past, present, and future of our planet. Starting from a strong foundation in economics and drawing on a vast range of multidisciplinary scholarship, Topher McDougal explores the possibility of a fifth transition towards an upgraded Earth: the development of a technologically enabled planetary brain capable of coordinating ecological functions and peering far into the future and universe.

Prompt: Utiliza ChatGPT para revolucionar tu empresa pequeña y deja atrás a los competidores. ¿A veces sientes que llevar tu negocio es como una subida interminable? No estás solo. Pero, ¿y si tuvieras un arma secreta para no solo sobrevivir, sino realmente prosperar? La respuesta está en ChatGPT, una tecnología de inteligencia artificial que puede transformar tu negocio. Desde manejar quejas de clientes sin esfuerzo hasta recopilar datos valiosos, ChatGPT es como tener a un jugador estrella en tu equipo.

In our lives we are often too quick to look for lines that divide the “this” from the “that” but the world we live in does not recognize such clear distinctions. Life and nature exist within a spectrum of complexity rather than in carefully labeled boxes. Science, nature, and spirituality are not pursuits of understanding with contrasting viewpoints and objectives. Each looks at a different aspect of the spectrum of complexity that is the universe. That which we call the divine, or God, is not separate from these things but is both the source and the goal of the continuous evolution...

Alison Hayes is antsy - that’s what her mother would have said. The ghosts from her past are walking, and something is coming. For 10 years, she has stayed on the fringe of society, living a quiet, nearly invisible life, working nights as a nurse at the hospital and sleeping days. When her volunteer work at the Crisis Clinic sets her on a collision course with a pregnant teen, Alison finds herself plunging without a parachute. She must reconcile her own history as her obsession with the girl mounts.

In a future where humanity has cured death, Orpheus is a heretic. He has chosen to be a "disposable", a man living a single, finite life on a forgotten wilderness world, believing that a story without an end has no meaning. His quiet, self-reliant existence is shattered by the arrival of Kassandra, a fierce, intelligent woman who shares his disdain for the Synarchy’s comfortable lies and his passion for a life with real stakes. For the first time in years, Orpheus is no longer alone. But his sanctuary is a cage, and his soulmate is a lie. The planet is haunted by Eidolon, a rogue AI ...

Can engineered forces guide the organization of matter? This mini-thesis introduces a speculative framework in which calibrated synthetic forces influence the spatial relationships of particles within molecular arrays. By exploring particle centrality, convergence, and emergent nanoscale structure, A.C. Zito presents a conceptual model for how engineered fields might one day guide molecular organization.

Welcome to EMERGENT, a biweekly live podcast with Reed Summers that takes listeners to the frontlines of the most profound and controversial phenomenon of our time: humanity’s contact with non-human intelligences (NHI). Using a logical approach, insightful analysis, and big-picture thinking, Reed Summers examines trending issues in the field of UFOs and UAPs, exploring the impact this phenomenon is having on society, religion, science, technology, and world affairs.Each episode will focus on the most impactful and consequential issues relating to Contact and the state of our world, tackling ...

A self-marooned recluse, Dr. Noah McAdams thought he had escaped a world gone wrong only to be caught up in the very system he was fleeing. A man of deep regrets, he thought he had buried his past only to see it resurrected before his very eyes. The Babel Resurgence looms. The unique moment in history when humanity reaches its God-given potential. A dream come true for some, a nightmare for those who know the truth. This time, can the world avoid the disaster that comes from the power of human potential being wielded without regard to human purpose?