Perspective: Life today

The Theatre and the Living World

Long ago, a great Theatre was built. It was so magnificent, so absorbing, that over generations the players forgot there was anything outside. The Theatre became the world. But here and there, in corners no one much visited, there were cracks in the walls. And through the cracks came light.

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Growing Up: A Species-Level Challenge

We’re a brilliant, adolescent species—clever, creative, and causing harm we barely understand.
This essay invites us to see our planetary crisis as a developmental threshold. Can we grow up—emotionally, relationally, collectively—before nature’s feedback loops do it for us? Wisdom, not cleverness, may be our next evolutionary step.

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The Deepest Override: Why Our Most Sophisticated Weapons Threaten Patterns We Cannot Repair

On Remembrance Sunday 2025, we honour those who fell in previous wars whilst warning of weapons that could override regulation at levels from which there is no recovery. Written in collaboration between an 84-year-old elder and an AI, this essay invites recognition before irreversible harm forecloses our children’s future.

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