Daniel Pinchbeck's blog

The breakdown of our financial system presents an opportunity to make a new start. We could develop a different intention for what we are supposed to be doing together on this swiftly tilting planet, and institute new social and economic infrastructure to support that intent. (more)

Capitalism meshed the world together through networks of trade and communication, while maintaining monstrous inequities and irrational misuse of resources. The question that faces us now is: what comes after capitalism, and how do we get there? (more)

Witnessing the unraveling of the global financial system, I find myself gripped by contrasting emotions. (more)

The global financial system is done. (more)

Dmitry Orlov proposes that the US is entering into a rapid decline similar to the one experienced by Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1989. In this podcast, Orlov and I discuss the current state of disrepair. (more)

We are facing a difficult transition that needs to occur at a rapid pace if we don't want to experience dire consequences. The English "Transition Town" movement prepares local communities for the changes that are coming. (more)

What's coming down the pike. (more)

What kind of policies would offer a meaningful response to our current situation? Unfortunately, the changes we need seem so far beyond the limits of current political discourse that it might be laughable if it weren't tragic. (more)

Nonviolence can only succeed when peace is converted from a passive wish to a constant activity. A well-organized nonviolent movement poses a greater threat to an oppressive power than any other form of resistance. (more)

The Evolver Exchange website will connect users with goods and services that express the skills and loving care of a larger community of culture workers. We hope that you – the community that cares about and supports Reality Sandwich – will boldly step forward and contribute your works and ideas to this site. (more)

What if the current crisis in the financial markets was not just a typical economic meltdown, but the beginning of a shift from an economy of quantitive exchanges to one based on qualitative values? (more)

The financial crisis is an opening for a deeper discussion on how money functions in our society. We tend to forget that money is, fundamentally, a social agreement, not something natural or elemental. (more)