Tom Murphy
Tom Murphy
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Metastatic Modernity #18: What Can I Do?
This is the final episode in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the globe (metastasizing) and initiating a sixth mass extinction. Humans are not the cancer, but the infected organ within the community of life where the cancer took root. This final video attempts to offer useful advice on how to respond to the inevitable end of modernity, getting out in front o...
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Metastatic Modernity #17: Being Human
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This is the seventeenth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of ...
Metastatic Modernity #16: Recap & Mythology
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.4 месяца назад
This is the sixteenth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of th...
Metastatic Modernity #15: What Now?
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This is the fifteenth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of th...
Metastatic Modernity #14: Cancer Diagnosis
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This is the fourteenth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of t...
Metastatic Modernity #13: A Species out of Context
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This is the thirteenth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of t...
Metastatic Modernity #12: Human Supremacy
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This is the twelfth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the ...
Metastatic Modernity #11: Renewable Salvation?
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This is the eleventh in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the...
Metastatic Modernity #10: Ditch the Bad?
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This is the tenth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the gl...
Metastatic Modernity #9: Recipe for Disaster
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This is the ninth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the gl...
Metastatic Modernity #8: Timeline
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This is the eighth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the g...
Metastatic Modernity #7: Ecological Nosedive
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This is the seventh in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the ...
Metastatic Modernity #6: Accidental Tourists
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This is the sixth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the gl...
Metastatic Modernity #5: Bio-Inheritance
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This is the fifth in a series of 18 short videos aiming to put modernity (another word for civilization) in perspective. In terms of cosmology, evolution, biology, ecology, and time, modernity is highly unusual and inherently self-terminating (i.e., fated to collapse). Eventually, a cancer metaphor is used to describe the tumor we witness growing out of control, spreading to all parts of the gl...
Metastatic Modernity #4: Evolution
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Metastatic Modernity #4: Evolution
Metastatic Modernity #3: Early Life
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Metastatic Modernity #3: Early Life
Metastatic Modernity #2: Cosmology
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Metastatic Modernity #2: Cosmology
Metastatic Modernity #1: Stage IV
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Metastatic Modernity #1: Stage IV
Civilization's Peak Power in 10 to 20 Years?
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Civilization's Peak Power in 10 to 20 Years?
How Soon Might Human Population Peak?
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How Soon Might Human Population Peak?
Tom Murphy: Planetary Limits Perspectives; UCSD Physics Colloquium 2023.05.18
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Tom Murphy: Planetary Limits Perspectives; UCSD Physics Colloquium 2023.05.18
Here We Are, by Tom Murphy
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Here We Are, by Tom Murphy