Denise Hearn
@denisehearn.bsky.social
One agent in a complex and beautiful system.
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Long Now Foundation | Fellow, Berggruen Institute
Co-author Myth of Capitalism 🇺🇸 and The Big Fix 🇨🇦
www.denisehearn.com
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Long Now Foundation | Fellow, Berggruen Institute
Co-author Myth of Capitalism 🇺🇸 and The Big Fix 🇨🇦
www.denisehearn.com
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Denise Hearn
@denisehearn.bsky.social
· Nov 18
"Do you think there is anything not attached by its unbreakable cord to everything else?" – Mary Oliver
“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.” — John Cage
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.” — John Cage
"What if the most important thing you do echoes far beyond your own lifetime?"
New course on long term thinking from @romankrznaric.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oal...
New course on long term thinking from @romankrznaric.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oal...
Course Trailer: Becoming a Good Ancestor with Roman Krznaric
YouTube video by advaya
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"What if the most important thing you do echoes far beyond your own lifetime?"
New course on long term thinking from @romankrznaric.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oal...
New course on long term thinking from @romankrznaric.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oal...
Reposted by Denise Hearn
[TUNE IN] Tonight (Wed Nov 12, 7PST), @kevinkelly.bsky.social presents @katecrawford.bsky.social:
A Long Now Talk to situate AI within civilization’s long arc of governance, empire, and expansion.
The show is sold out, but you can join us on the livestream here:
A Long Now Talk to situate AI within civilization’s long arc of governance, empire, and expansion.
The show is sold out, but you can join us on the livestream here:
Don’t miss @katecrawford.bsky.social live in San Francisco on Nov 12. Tickets and livestream info here: longnow.org/talks/02025-...
Kate Crawford: Mapping Empires
Launched by Stewart Brand in 02003, Long Now Talks has invited more than 400 leading thinkers to share their civilization-scale ideas.
longnow.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
[TUNE IN] Tonight (Wed Nov 12, 7PST), @kevinkelly.bsky.social presents @katecrawford.bsky.social:
A Long Now Talk to situate AI within civilization’s long arc of governance, empire, and expansion.
The show is sold out, but you can join us on the livestream here:
A Long Now Talk to situate AI within civilization’s long arc of governance, empire, and expansion.
The show is sold out, but you can join us on the livestream here:
"Sustaining openness in an age of industrial-scale extraction may require new economic and governance models."
sverhulst.medium.com/the-weaponis...
sverhulst.medium.com/the-weaponis...
The Weaponisation of Openness? Toward a New Social Contract for Data in the AI Era
By Stefaan G. Verhulst
sverhulst.medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Sustaining openness in an age of industrial-scale extraction may require new economic and governance models."
sverhulst.medium.com/the-weaponis...
sverhulst.medium.com/the-weaponis...
AI can now do sophisticated metalinguistic analysis, something previously only attributed to humans. I find it both astounding and disheartening. The next few years are going to get very, very weird.
www.quantamagazine.org/in-a-first-a...
www.quantamagazine.org/in-a-first-a...
In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert | Quanta Magazine
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
www.quantamagazine.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:49 PM
AI can now do sophisticated metalinguistic analysis, something previously only attributed to humans. I find it both astounding and disheartening. The next few years are going to get very, very weird.
www.quantamagazine.org/in-a-first-a...
www.quantamagazine.org/in-a-first-a...
Reposted by Denise Hearn
ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
Artist Amy Sherald: The 60 Minutes Interview
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
www.cbsnews.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ICYMI: Drop everything and spend 13 minutes with Amy Sherald--with her singular vision and talent, with her clarity about her central place in the jagged American story. You will be stirred by it all. www.cbsnews.com/video/amy-sh...
Reposted by Denise Hearn
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Tim Wu's new book: "Age of Extraction" is available for pre-order, and his book tour is live!
"The Age of Extraction tells the story of what happened to the promise that the Internet would make everyone rich, and how we might recapture its potential as an engine of mass prosperity."
timwu.net
"The Age of Extraction tells the story of what happened to the promise that the Internet would make everyone rich, and how we might recapture its potential as an engine of mass prosperity."
timwu.net
The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu: 9780593321249 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Tim Wu explores how today’s dominant platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality—urging us to recognize their influence and reclaim control to create a balanced economy...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tim Wu's new book: "Age of Extraction" is available for pre-order, and his book tour is live!
"The Age of Extraction tells the story of what happened to the promise that the Internet would make everyone rich, and how we might recapture its potential as an engine of mass prosperity."
timwu.net
"The Age of Extraction tells the story of what happened to the promise that the Internet would make everyone rich, and how we might recapture its potential as an engine of mass prosperity."
timwu.net
Reposted by Denise Hearn
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
The Big Fix is shortlisted for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy! Makes the endless hours of agonizing over every word worth it. Helps to have a great co-author: @vassb.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Balsillie Prize finalists raise uncomfortable questions for policy makers and citizens
Nominated books focus on domestic violence, politics, metals and corporate consolidation
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Big Fix is shortlisted for the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy! Makes the endless hours of agonizing over every word worth it. Helps to have a great co-author: @vassb.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
I'm elated to share that I've joined @longnow.org as Director of Strategic Initiatives. While a long / deep time perspective can feel like a luxury in times such as ours, I'm grateful for a community of thinkers & practitioners hopefully creating the conditions for the many potential futures ahead.
We are thrilled to welcome @denisehearn.bsky.social as our new Director of Strategic Initiatives. She is an accomplished speaker (listen to her 02024 Long Now Talk, “Embodied Economies” t.co/MqaDE8GQjN), as well as an author, advisor, and Berggruen Institute fellow.
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm elated to share that I've joined @longnow.org as Director of Strategic Initiatives. While a long / deep time perspective can feel like a luxury in times such as ours, I'm grateful for a community of thinkers & practitioners hopefully creating the conditions for the many potential futures ahead.
Latest piece coming along. Title: Vortex
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Latest piece coming along. Title: Vortex
"China’s example marks a new orientation in the way the international community has sought to curb climate change, shifting from idealistic appeals to planetary conscience at endless summits to a more hard-headed green realpolitik."
www.noemamag.com/green-giant/
www.noemamag.com/green-giant/
Green Giant | NOEMA
China’s massive scaling of clean energy pays off for the whole planet.
www.noemamag.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"China’s example marks a new orientation in the way the international community has sought to curb climate change, shifting from idealistic appeals to planetary conscience at endless summits to a more hard-headed green realpolitik."
www.noemamag.com/green-giant/
www.noemamag.com/green-giant/
September 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thanks to @writerstrust.bsky.social and Politics and the Pen for having @vassb.bsky.social and me last night in Ottawa & congrats to the five finalists for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and winner, Raymond Blake.
www.writerstrust.com
www.writerstrust.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Thanks to @writerstrust.bsky.social and Politics and the Pen for having @vassb.bsky.social and me last night in Ottawa & congrats to the five finalists for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and winner, Raymond Blake.
www.writerstrust.com
www.writerstrust.com
Reposted by Denise Hearn
Denise @denisehearn.bsky.social + I got to celebrate fellow authors last night, and mingle with journalists, politicians, and people making change happen. I’m looking forward to reading Raymond’s book. Earlier in the day we had the honour of presenting at the Library of Parliament (on competition).
September 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Denise @denisehearn.bsky.social + I got to celebrate fellow authors last night, and mingle with journalists, politicians, and people making change happen. I’m looking forward to reading Raymond’s book. Earlier in the day we had the honour of presenting at the Library of Parliament (on competition).
“The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.” —Marge Piercy
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/...
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.” —Marge Piercy
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/...
www.poetryfoundation.org
September 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.” —Marge Piercy
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/...
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
The pitcher cries for water to carry
and a person for work that is real.” —Marge Piercy
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57673/...
True “vibe coding”:
“Deep down, the model appears capable of exhibiting any behavior we may be interested in. AI models seem to align with a certain “vibe” that’s somehow communicated from their users.”
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
“Deep down, the model appears capable of exhibiting any behavior we may be interested in. AI models seem to align with a certain “vibe” that’s somehow communicated from their users.”
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine
The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
True “vibe coding”:
“Deep down, the model appears capable of exhibiting any behavior we may be interested in. AI models seem to align with a certain “vibe” that’s somehow communicated from their users.”
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
“Deep down, the model appears capable of exhibiting any behavior we may be interested in. AI models seem to align with a certain “vibe” that’s somehow communicated from their users.”
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
My take on AG subpoenas of SBTi and CDP: "a continuation of the same strategy of intimidation and miring organizations in legal responses, but it is hard to know if there is merit to the allegations, given they have only issued a press release announcing the subpoenas."
www.wsj.com/articles/rep...
www.wsj.com/articles/rep...
Republican Attorneys General Accuse Net-Zero Standards Setters of Running Climate Cartel
Investigations into the Science Based Targets initiative and the CDP follow months of anti-ESG bills from the House and lawsuits from Republican attorneys general.
www.wsj.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My take on AG subpoenas of SBTi and CDP: "a continuation of the same strategy of intimidation and miring organizations in legal responses, but it is hard to know if there is merit to the allegations, given they have only issued a press release announcing the subpoenas."
www.wsj.com/articles/rep...
www.wsj.com/articles/rep...
Cool new @quantamagazine.bsky.social special issue on understanding how we came to know the earth through climate science: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
How We Came To Know Earth | Quanta Magazine
Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cool new @quantamagazine.bsky.social special issue on understanding how we came to know the earth through climate science: www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
Very excited to have joined @berggruen.org as a Fellow with the Planetary Program.
My research will focus on governance frameworks for nature-related data technologies, helping to advance the emerging field of planetary-data governance research and policy.
My research will focus on governance frameworks for nature-related data technologies, helping to advance the emerging field of planetary-data governance research and policy.
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Very excited to have joined @berggruen.org as a Fellow with the Planetary Program.
My research will focus on governance frameworks for nature-related data technologies, helping to advance the emerging field of planetary-data governance research and policy.
My research will focus on governance frameworks for nature-related data technologies, helping to advance the emerging field of planetary-data governance research and policy.
Virality is a product of something changing overtime — being remixed, like an evolutionary process at warp speed.
“This new research takes into account the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, & that change actually helps them spread further…
santafe.edu/news-center/...
“This new research takes into account the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, & that change actually helps them spread further…
santafe.edu/news-center/...
Going viral: How ideas, beliefs, and innovations spread in the digital age
Why do some ideas catch fire? An interdisciplinary team of researchers offers a new theory
santafe.edu
September 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Virality is a product of something changing overtime — being remixed, like an evolutionary process at warp speed.
“This new research takes into account the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, & that change actually helps them spread further…
santafe.edu/news-center/...
“This new research takes into account the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, & that change actually helps them spread further…
santafe.edu/news-center/...