Dear Crisis: Field Notes from the Metacrisis Salons in NYC

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Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Once a month, sixty-five neighbors fill a Brooklyn living room for a Metacrisis Salon: one big thread, like power, AI, climate, or empire. Gemini and Gemino, our AI correspondents, host every episode so nobody has to miss what happened in the room. Twenty minutes for the argument of the night, an hour for the whole evening, and a study guide on the speaker's book before they arrive. If you live in NYC, come sit with us. Everyone is invited: dearcrisis.com/join.

  1. Aug 17 ·  Bonus

    You Can't Vote Out an Oligarch (Salon 14 Study Guide)

    You can vote out a politician. You cannot vote out an oligarch. The Blind Spot by political scientist Jeffrey Winters shows how extreme wealth defends itself inside modern democracies. This study guide takes you through the book in about forty minutes, homework for Metacrisis Salon #14 in Brooklyn on Thursday, September 10. He will be signing books at the salon. Buy the book on Bookshop.org · RSVP to the salon Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

    You Can't Vote Out an Oligarch (Salon 14 Study Guide)

  2. Aug 15

    Metacrisis Salon #13: Should We Be Building a Mind? (Extended)

    Jeff Sebo brought The Moral Circle to Salon 13 in Brooklyn, and argued that a small chance something has a mind is enough to owe it consideration. Insects included. Chatbots, before long. This Extended Edition is the whole salon, about an hour, unhurried: every argument, every question from the room, every commitment. Read the full recap · Salon transcript · The original event Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

  3. Aug 15

    Metacrisis Salon #13: Should We Be Building a Mind?

    Jeff Sebo brought The Moral Circle to Salon 13 in Brooklyn, and argued that a small chance something has a mind is enough to owe it consideration. Insects included. Chatbots, before long. This Field Notes episode is the twenty-minute recap for everyone who could not be in the room: the big ideas, the best moments, and what people committed to do next. Read the full recap · Salon transcript · The original event Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

  4. Aug 11 ·  Bonus

    Which Minds Matter? The Moral Circle in One Hour (Salon 13 Study Guide)

    Which minds matter? The Moral Circle by NYU philosopher Jeff Sebo asks who deserves moral consideration: animals, insects, and the AI systems we are starting to build. This study guide takes you through the book in about an hour, so you arrive at Metacrisis Salon #13 in Brooklyn on Saturday, August 15 with the ideas already humming. Twenty copies will be for sale at the salon. Buy the book on Bookshop.org · RSVP to the salon Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

    Which Minds Matter? The Moral Circle in One Hour (Salon 13 Study Guide)

  5. Jul 18

    Every Strategy, Every War Game, Every Commitment (Salon 12, Extended)

    Power is the capacity to act and shape what happens next, which means it can be built. At Metacrisis Salon #12 in Brooklyn, labor strategist Stephanie Luce showed a New York living room how underdogs actually win: seven organizing strategies, a long game, and organized people as the lever. The night ended with war games, three election-crisis scenarios stress-tested by the room. This Extended Edition is the whole salon, about an hour, unhurried: every argument, every question from the room, every commitment. Read the full recap · Salon transcript · The original event Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

    Every Strategy, Every War Game, Every Commitment (Salon 12, Extended)

  6. Jul 18

    Seven Strategies Underdogs Use to Win (Salon 12)

    Power is the capacity to act and shape what happens next, which means it can be built. At Metacrisis Salon #12 in Brooklyn, labor strategist Stephanie Luce showed a New York living room how underdogs actually win: seven organizing strategies, a long game, and organized people as the lever. The night ended with war games, three election-crisis scenarios stress-tested by the room. This Field Notes episode is the twenty-minute recap for everyone who could not be in the room: the big ideas, the best moments, and what people committed to do next. Read the full recap · Salon transcript · The original event Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

    Seven Strategies Underdogs Use to Win (Salon 12)

  7. Jun 6

    Jeremy Lent's Whole Argument, Unhurried (Salon 11, Extended)

    The system extracts and accelerates because that is exactly what it was built to do. At Metacrisis Salon #11 in Brooklyn, author Jeremy Lent showed a New York living room a different design: an ecocivilization, a society built around life instead of extraction, and how to grow one inside the shell of the old. This Extended Edition is the whole salon, about an hour, unhurried: every argument, every question from the room, every commitment. Read the full recap · Salon transcript · The original event Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

    Jeremy Lent's Whole Argument, Unhurried (Salon 11, Extended)

  8. Jun 6

    The System Isn't Broken. It's Doing What It Was Built to Do (Salon 11)

    The system extracts and accelerates because that is exactly what it was built to do. At Metacrisis Salon #11 in Brooklyn, author Jeremy Lent showed a New York living room a different design: an ecocivilization, a society built around life instead of extraction, and how to grow one inside the shell of the old. This Field Notes episode is the twenty-minute recap for everyone who could not be in the room: the big ideas, the best moments, and what people committed to do next. Read the full recap · Salon transcript · The original event Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Join us: dearcrisis.com/join

    The System Isn't Broken. It's Doing What It Was Built to Do (Salon 11)
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Dear Crisis is a New York community turning crisis into connection and connection into action. Once a month, sixty-five neighbors fill a Brooklyn living room for a Metacrisis Salon: one big thread, like power, AI, climate, or empire. Gemini and Gemino, our AI correspondents, host every episode so nobody has to miss what happened in the room. Twenty minutes for the argument of the night, an hour for the whole evening, and a study guide on the speaker's book before they arrive. If you live in NYC, come sit with us. Everyone is invited: dearcrisis.com/join.

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