Gestures in the Minor Key – Bayo Akomolafe (Emergence Network)
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Hmmm. What I got from this was that a modern animism can provide a more accurate model of our existence (although definitions of Nature seemed an unnecessary sidetrack: a useful measure of health at all detectable levels is surely the appropriate goal); interactions are more significant than treating crises in isolation (agreed, panic-buying and flight in pandemics being basic examples); Rights of Nature are insufficient (agreed, though I would have liked to hear more on this point).
I found the concept of clearing interesting (the Romans and Lairds did it; in computer game terms it is like preferring to play on the easiest level, certainly not survival mode). I’m reading a book on CIA interventions in Africa which should give me some needed perspective on that aspect of neocolonialism (already the author has mentioned white zoning).
I don’t know how much agency sugar (or sugarcane) can have. There may be some aspects of microbial collective intelligence demonstrated but it’s not a field I’m aware of. My musical knowledge is quite poor, so I cannot reliably comment on things like syncopation, but I did recognise the discussion about patterns which I agree is vital. If we had access to a multiverse we could have run that interview with different chairs and noted the differences.