INSIGHTS

By Adam Dorr For over four decades, the obesity epidemic in the United States seemed intractable. Despite massive public health campaigns, endless lifestyle advice, and increasingly strident moral condemnation of overweight individuals, obesity rates climbed relentlessly upward for 40 years. […]

Originally posted here. Sarah Savory Between Thought and Action: The Power Lies in Our Decisions A Journey from Reductionism to Holism Humans, along with all other tool-using animals, share an inherited decision-making process that predisposes us to decide our actions in a simple context. […]

Courtesy of Savory Global Every day the news includes stories about the massive loss of biodiversity occurring globally and of the destruction related to climate change. Most people view these as separate problems, but they are not. As I will explain […]

By Adam Dorr, Rethink X “AI is not going to replace human beings. It will never replace human beings.” “AI is just a productivity tool. It increases the productivity of the worker.” “AI will create more jobs than it destroys.” […]

Musings on Physics and Education By Chiara Marletto At birth, we set out on a journey to understand the Universe. As we orbit around the sun, we sense, feel, taste, and observe the vast collection of phenomena around us. In […]

We are on the cusp of the most profound disruption of information, communications and the ways we share our stories. By Michael Caporale Private: SORA AI puts the Writer in the Driver’s Seat of Filmmaking Michael Caporale has spent an […]

Globalization, in theory, means the free flow of goods, money, and ideas around the world. In practice, its rules are set to benefit powerful nations like the United States. Over the last 75 years, the United States has rigged the […]

After 50 years of failed environmental diplomacy, we need to ask the obvious question: “Who owns the world?”   Half a century ago, 122 countries met in Stockholm for the first UN Conference on the Environment. Last June, the Swedish […]

Living Under the Law of Unintended consequences Bob is a legendary music producer. He’s worked with the likes of Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Andrea Bocelli, who actually helped produce his very first album, Lou Reed, and Kiss. In addition to […]

Where the MAGA Movement and the Progressive Left Coincide Courtesy of Pressenza Too Far Left To Be Part of the Left In 2020 I wrote articles and did a lot of social media promotion for the Bernie Sanders campaign. As […]

From the Publisher: Mobilized is apolitical.  While we do our very best to remain neutral, there are times when the insights of wisdom are too important not to share. Story by Michael Caporale Hope died yesterday, and I cannot shrink […]

PLEASE NOTE:  Mobilized is apolitical.  We do not endorse any political party or candidate. However, in these divisive times, we recognize that open discussion is necessary for the resolution of divergent opinions.  Consequently, we have added a new section called […]

From the Right Livelihood Award Forensic Architecture is a pioneering research agency dedicated to uncovering and documenting the truth about environmental and human rights violations using cutting-edge open-source investigation and digital modelling techniques. Based at Goldsmiths, University of London, Forensic […]