Seen many times against Hamas and Hezbollah over the years, disproportionate retaliation was notably formalized as the Dahiya doctrine. What is the rationale behind it?
Change the Goal
Conventional economics has no goal except one by default: indefinite growth. In nature, this is the principle of cancer. To get back to health, it is time to give the economy a more meaningful purpose.
Secrets of the Good Life
Can growth be equated to progress? Data show that GDP growth alone does not improve people’s lives; rather, it depends on how money is distributed, especially through investment in public infrastructure.
Finish What You Started
As important as non-violent discipline, unity, and planning are, knowing when to finish what you started is key to a movement’s success. Then the patient, unglamorous work of building lasting foundations for justice can begin.
Democracy’s Perversion
The United States tends to equate being “the greatest power in the world” with being a democracy. But which is it? How and why would a constitutionally limited government turn into a superpower?
Systems Thinking: From narrow goals to stewardship
The predominant paradigm that has shaped contemporary economies, education and the narrative of progress is that of efficiency and optimization. How can we broaden our perspective and treat progress not as a linear optimization problem, but as a constant dynamic interaction with the systems around us?