learning2unlearn

Heart: Intention & Feelings In 2016, I was sitting in a postgraduate International Relations Theory class at Stellenbosch University (SU). We were studying Aristotle and the passage in Politics where he defines the architecture of rational authority: "The slave is wholly lacking the deliberative element; the female has it, but it lacks authority; the child has it, but it is incomplete." — Aristotle, Politics, Book I, Chapter 13. (1260a10-14) My professor paraphrased this plainly, as if...

As 2026 comes into full swing, the battle for our future feels increasingly stark. Fear-based narratives are winning—not through superior ideas, but through masterful storytelling. A core part of my work has been finding ways for us to "love each other through our ugly," and I’ve learned we cannot counter narratives of fear with better data alone. We must counter them with narratives of love. We must build syntropic narrative infrastructure for systems change. Let me explain. "Syntropy" is...

This year, I attended my third P4NE annual gathering in Lyon, France, on October 1st and 2nd. Over 250 passionate individuals gathered under the theme "Hope in a Time of Collapse." The energy was palpable, a vibrant tapestry of possibility woven from shared dreams for a better future. As I immersed myself in the conversations, keynote addresses, and corridor dialogues, two vital truths emerged with clarity: (1) the new economy field cannot remain apolitical, for building new economies is...