The New Modality Issue 1
The New Modality Issue 1
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The New Modality is a new publication and community exploring the edges and asking: what is a meaningful life in this rapidly changing world, and how can we all show up to create that?
This gorgeously printed and designed magazine covers art, culture, business, tech, science and spirituality, relationships, governance, and beyond, because change is occurring at all levels: the individual, family, community, city, nation, and the world.
Contains over 35 essays, articles, and features, including:
- Art, Culture, and Spirit
- Business, Philanthropy, and Society
- How Do We Combat Polarization Online?
- Concrete Co-Living Processes: Resources For Building Better Intentional Communities
- Science and Technology
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Full Contents
Art, Culture, and Spirit
- “Untitled Conversation With God,” by PH Lee
- “Game: The Unsighted Art Tour,” by Laika Young
- "Weddings Outside Tradition: How To Get Married Without Selling Out," by Jessica Carew Kraft
- "The Great Showdown of Hierarchical Polyamory vs. Relationship Anarchy: Why People Are Passionate About the Differences Between Two Models of Non-Monogamy," by Kat Jercich
- "Psychedelics and Society, Part 1: The NewMo Psychedelic Resource List," by Lydia Laurenson
- "Hosting Safer Psychedelic House Parties," by Annie Oak, with original illustrations by Pol Morton
- "What It Takes To Get Your Art Banned At A Giant Psychedelic Party," edited by Lydia Laurenson, with original illustrations by Stephen Lim
- "Book Review: The Philosophy and Impact of Burning Man — The Scene That Became Cities, published 2020 by Caveat Magister," by P Segal, with photographs by Tom Stahl
- "What’s The Return on the House of Eternal Return?: Plucky Anarchist Art Collective Meow Wolf Turns Corporate and Goes Global," by Lydia Laurenson, with photographs by Jane Hu
- "Can We Pass Our Species IQ Test?: An Interview with Deborah Parrish Snyder of Synergia Ranch,” by Sarah Henry
- "The American Seekers Who Found Santería: Notes On A Grassroots Spiritual Tradition From Cuba," by Rebecca Bodenheimer
- "Senongo Akpem’s African Storytelling Diaspora: Cross-Cultural Design and Art on the Internet," by Lydia Laurenson
- “Immerse Yourself in New York City Online — Excerpt from A Game Lover’s Tour of New York City: A City Guide to Inspire the Love of Game Creation & Playing (2020),” edited by Michael T. Middleton
Science and Technology
- "Optimism In The Age of Climate Change: Climate Collapsers Command a Cult Following Around The World — But Should They?" by Michael J. Coren
- "Promised Land: Religious Ideology and Solarpunk Science Fiction," by Rob Cameron, with illustrations by Maxime Schilde
- “Baboon, Brain, Brick: A Speculative Fiction Story," by Louis Evans
- "Modern Magical Realism on Twitter: The Exquisite Modalities and #invisiblenetworks of @ctrlcreep," by Jonathan Stray and Lydia Laurenson
- "The Mega-Diverse Coral Reef Future of Humanity: Interview with Anders Sandberg," by Lydia Laurenson
- "The Ideology of Transhumanism: The Ethics of Transcending the Physical Body," by Anna Lewis, with an original illustration by Visual Scientist a.k.a. СЛАВА СЕМЕНЮТА
- "The Future of Lunar Exploration and Settlement: Actual Scenarios For Planning Governance and Policy on The Moon," by Jessy Kate Schingler
- "Can Humans Be Hacked?: A Semi-Technical Investigation Into Whether Artificial Intelligence Can Control Our Minds (Yet)," by Stacey Svetlichnaya, guest edited by Jonathan Stray, with an original illustration by Christina Lastovska
- "A Citizen Science Dinner Party at the Social Observatory," by Grant Currin
- "Innovation in an Ebola Epidemic: Interview with Ka-Ping Yee," by Lydia Laurenson
Business, Philanthropy, and Society
- "Climate Change Heroism In The Insurance Industry: How Insurance Can Help Us All Build Climate Resilience," by Shanna McIntyre, with paintings by Suelyn Yu
- "The Economics of Culture, Values, and Meaning: Interview with Tyler Cowen," by Lydia Laurenson
- "How Do We Combat Polarization Online?" by Helena Puig Larrauri and Maude Morrison
- "What Does It Even Mean To Innovatively Give Money Away?: Interview with Colleen Gregerson," by Lydia Laurenson
- "Book Review: The Metamodernist Movement — The Listening Society (2017) and Nordic Ideology (2019), books by ‘Hanzi Freinacht,’" by Aurora Quinn-Elmore
- "The Bard Takes Minutes: What Professional Workplace Teams Can Learn From Roleplaying Games," by Terry Johnson and Hakan Seyalioglu, with original illustrations by Raul Higuera
- "The Nitty-Gritty: Sexual Violence and Transformative Justice in Alternative Communities — How The Radical Justice Systems of BIPOC and Activist Communities Are Influencing the Counterculture," by Mischa Byruck, with original illustrations by Amandine DeLauney
- “Concrete Co-Living Processes: Resources For Building Better Intentional Communities," by Lydia Laurenson
- "An Actual Co-Parenting Contract: How An Asexual Man Figured Out Parenthood With a Heterosexual Couple," by Lydia Laurenson
Plus!
"Is The New Modality Really New?" by Caveat Magister, a.k.a. Benjamin Wachs
Catalyst Spotlights and Tiny Reviews:
- Future Fossils (ongoing podcast), created by Michael Garfield
- Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies (2019 roleplaying game), created by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu
- The OA (2016 Netflix series), reviewed by Abigayel Bryce
- The Untethered Soul (2007 book by Michael A. Singer), reviewed by Fang Yuan
- The Inclusive Economy: How to Bring Wealth to America’s Poor (2018 book by Michael Tanner), reviewed by Cathy Reisenwitz