Rufus Pollock

We have think tanks for accelerating technology/science (which we are already pretty good at) with but what about for "accelerating" wisdom?

Research We are a research collective exploring paths to a second renaissance and awakening societies 🌻. We produce reports, papers, methods and tools.

Busy converting lifeitself.org/research over to its own #Flowershow (flowershow.app) powered site research.lifeitself.org

Truth is a mountain with no top: we can still sense up even if there is no summit The relativist fallacy conflates no perspective being final with all perspectives being equal. However, we can retain a sense of truth and right(er) even if there is no absolute truth or right

rufuspollock.substack.com/p/truth-is-a...

Second Renaissance Our current civilization is crumbling, leading to a period of crisis and potential rebirth – a

Check out the #SecondRenaissance white papers for an accessible introduction to what is happening right now in terms of #climatecrisis #xrisk with AI #populism and what is a credible path to a radically wiser future.

Life Itself We’re committed to practical action for a radically wiser, weller world. We create hubs, start businesses, do research and engage in activism to pioneer a wiser culture.

@mssophiaparker.bsky.social looking for a way to connect to talk about emerging futures - this is Rufus from lifeitself.org and secondrenaissance.net

Huge win! Government announces plan to open up Land Registry This post is by Guy Shrubsole. Today the UK Government has announced plans to open up the Land Registry – which, if delivered, will finally reveal more about who owns land in England and Wale…

Finally, 15y+ after we recommended in our review to the UK gov (back in 2007/8) the UK Gov opens up the land registry

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67c9af...

More info in excellent post here:

whoownsengland.org/2025/03/06/h...

If you're looking for good #opendata datasets check out datahub.io

YouTube video by Life Itself What Is Second Renaissance? An Introduction

We've just released our first video intro to the #SecondRenaissance this moment of civilizational crisis and awakening. Love to get feedback as we want to evolve it and do more.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xdU...

✅ Moved #markdownit markdownit.com to #Flowershow Cloud ☁️ (flowershow.app)

Introducing the Data Collective - Fireside chat #1 Rufus and David give a short introduction to what the data collective is and why it exists

If you're interested in #OpenData, you should follow what @rufuspollock.bsky.social and @davidgasquez.com are doing with the data collective. I think great things will come from them :).

open.substack.com/pub/thedatac... #databs #datasky