We explore pathways through the crises of our time to civilizational renewal and a radically wiser world.
A scholarly inquiry and a living experiment. Open to anyone serious about these questions, following the standards of good scholarship.
How does a culture change its deepest views and values, and how could ours change in time? We work on the ideas behind Seeds of Renaissance: the metacrisis, how paradigms shift, and what a wiser, saner culture could look like.
We map what is not working and why, study the new ways of thinking that are emerging, and test ideas in practice. Out of it come papers, reports and a shared understanding we put into the world.
Anyone can come. Each week someone brings work in progress and we think it through together; the best of it is written up and published. Come and join in →
Paper 6 · 2026 Collective wisdom for a time of crisis and renewal
Paper 5 · 2026 The god-like authority of technology in the modern age, and what it means to set a wiser course
Paper 4 · 2025 Cultural incubators for a time of transformation
Paper 3 · 2024 A short introduction
Paper 2 · 2024 How paradigmatic change and a second renaissance can come about
Paper 1 · 2024 A time of civilizational crisis and awakening
Earlier reports
Open and rigorous. We take our cue from small groups that changed how a generation thought, from the Frankfurt School to the Bauhaus: people from many fields, working together on the questions that matter.
Anyone can come. Someone presents work in progress, then we think it through together.
Bring your own research, give talks, and start a study circle with others. Membership runs for a year; the stewards approve it. The charter sets out how it works.
Stewards Bob Bunge (lead), Rufus Pollock, Jonah Wilberg
Talks at the research calls, written up on our Substack.
Every week, online and free. Someone presents, then we talk it through. Come once, or come often.
Next call Friday 30 October16:00–17:30 CET · Spirit Tech
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