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How can we, future ancestors, align ourselves with the most resilient practices of emergence as a species?

— Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown

How do we turn our collective full-bodied intelligence towards collaboration, if that is the way we will survive?

— Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown

And what about the rest of us? Most people I know are anxious about what's happening around them, but silently so; they think less about the collapse of civilizations than with finding work, or feeding their kids. But they-we-feel less and less secure.

— How to Thrive in the Next Economy by John Thackara

The words we choose are important as we try to make sense of these new times. One man's energy descent is another woman's energy transition. Talk of an impending crisis is scary; realizing that the crisis is already underway, less so. The end of growth sounds grim but it is not the end of life. The collapse of civilization is a terrifying prospect, the birth of a new one puts things in a different light.

— How to Thrive in the Next Economy by John Thackara