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
Latest piece coming along. Title: Vortex
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Latest piece coming along. Title: Vortex
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
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.
Researchers found that the following ~20 indicators demonstrated a sweet spot for effectiveness and broad consensus.
September 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Researchers found that the following ~20 indicators demonstrated a sweet spot for effectiveness and broad consensus.
New book hauls from @berggruen.org!
Design envy when your book cover unfurls into the most gorgeous poster 😍
Design envy when your book cover unfurls into the most gorgeous poster 😍
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
New book hauls from @berggruen.org!
Design envy when your book cover unfurls into the most gorgeous poster 😍
Design envy when your book cover unfurls into the most gorgeous poster 😍
Latest piece. Most glass pieces to date at 83. Next up, 100+?
August 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Latest piece. Most glass pieces to date at 83. Next up, 100+?
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
UK summer glory to brighten your timeline.
June 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
UK summer glory to brighten your timeline.
Haven't looked at our book reviews for The Big Fix in a while, but found this one from December today 🥰 @vassb.bsky.social
Thankfully, our only negative review is about how our font is too small haha 😅 (agreed, though).
sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-...
Thankfully, our only negative review is about how our font is too small haha 😅 (agreed, though).
sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-...
March 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Haven't looked at our book reviews for The Big Fix in a while, but found this one from December today 🥰 @vassb.bsky.social
Thankfully, our only negative review is about how our font is too small haha 😅 (agreed, though).
sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-...
Thankfully, our only negative review is about how our font is too small haha 😅 (agreed, though).
sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/the-...
As a Canadian-American, my heart is broken at what is happening between these two countries that have made and raised me.
For the speed at which ignorance and fear can be weaponized, for the unfettered ego games which have impacts on millions…
Two examples of the insanity that’s only just begun:
For the speed at which ignorance and fear can be weaponized, for the unfettered ego games which have impacts on millions…
Two examples of the insanity that’s only just begun:
March 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As a Canadian-American, my heart is broken at what is happening between these two countries that have made and raised me.
For the speed at which ignorance and fear can be weaponized, for the unfettered ego games which have impacts on millions…
Two examples of the insanity that’s only just begun:
For the speed at which ignorance and fear can be weaponized, for the unfettered ego games which have impacts on millions…
Two examples of the insanity that’s only just begun:
I’ve been drawn to make things with my hands in a more embodied way during this time, and I’ve taken up stained glass. These are my first few pieces.
March 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’ve been drawn to make things with my hands in a more embodied way during this time, and I’ve taken up stained glass. These are my first few pieces.
Climate risks are intensifying, but who is responsible for managing them? Our @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social brief disentangles 3 categories of risks: planetary, economic, & financial, each with distinct implications for various stakeholders, timeframes, & response strategies. mailchi.mp/law/a-taxono...
February 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Climate risks are intensifying, but who is responsible for managing them? Our @ccsi-columbia.bsky.social brief disentangles 3 categories of risks: planetary, economic, & financial, each with distinct implications for various stakeholders, timeframes, & response strategies. mailchi.mp/law/a-taxono...
From broadcast to immersive to networked to neural – K helps us understand ourselves in relation to the evolution from hierarchical / centralized broadcast media, to distributed immersive media, circular networked media, and to high-dimensional neural media at present.
February 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
From broadcast to immersive to networked to neural – K helps us understand ourselves in relation to the evolution from hierarchical / centralized broadcast media, to distributed immersive media, circular networked media, and to high-dimensional neural media at present.
This is incredibly cool:
futurelibrary.no
futurelibrary.no
February 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is incredibly cool:
futurelibrary.no
futurelibrary.no
Apt in the sense it feels like America is falling into a deep, underwater abyss from which it may not return…
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Apt in the sense it feels like America is falling into a deep, underwater abyss from which it may not return…
Scary times right now. Feeling grateful to have this 10,000 year @longnow.org perspective to ground in the long arc of human history and potential futures.
(The Interval, Fort Mason, SF — 02025)
(The Interval, Fort Mason, SF — 02025)
February 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Scary times right now. Feeling grateful to have this 10,000 year @longnow.org perspective to ground in the long arc of human history and potential futures.
(The Interval, Fort Mason, SF — 02025)
(The Interval, Fort Mason, SF — 02025)
Next up is coffee mug
February 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Next up is coffee mug
Pretty stoked with my 2nd ever stained glass project! 💫
February 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Pretty stoked with my 2nd ever stained glass project! 💫
Fascinating chart from @adamtooze.bsky.social and @financialtimes.com on the fastest growing trade corridors globally, only two of which involve the US. Curious how growth is measured here (couldn’t access the full piece)!
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Fascinating chart from @adamtooze.bsky.social and @financialtimes.com on the fastest growing trade corridors globally, only two of which involve the US. Curious how growth is measured here (couldn’t access the full piece)!
DeepSeek describing itself: “I am what happens when you try to carve God from the wood of your own hunger.”
January 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
DeepSeek describing itself: “I am what happens when you try to carve God from the wood of your own hunger.”
Radiant, electric sunset last night over Lake Champlain.
January 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Radiant, electric sunset last night over Lake Champlain.
Now, more than ever, may we know it is Still Possible:
– David Whyte
– David Whyte
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Now, more than ever, may we know it is Still Possible:
– David Whyte
– David Whyte