The four-day working week should be our new norm - and heading for even less
"Before you charge in to make things better, pay attention to the value of what’s already there". On Systems Thinking
"We are so much better and so much more than this", says new initiative Compassion In Politics
If robots and A.I. are replacing human jobs outright, should we tax them when they do?
Sister is a consultancy that is pushing us towards the "Feminine Economy"
AI should herald not an inhuman politics, but a “prohuman” politics. David Wood responds to Jon Cruddas
Alternative Editorial: Who and What Are We?
BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, GLOBALISTS, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICS, A/UK EDITORIALpat kanesolidarity, ancient wisdom, back to nature, festivals, individualism, collective
The Atlantic Project: Plymouth's 400th anniversary of the Mayflower triggers big thinking and global art
The Forgiveness Project's annual lecture: Shifting the burden of hate, by Sally Kohn
Alternative Editorial: We're Looking In The Wrong Place
A/UK EDITORIAL, BIG PICTURE, COMMUNITY, INGENUITY, LAB FOCUS, LOCALISM, NEW ECONOMICSpat kanesymptoms, causes, top down, bottom up, localism, transition network, doughnut economics, spirit level, futurism, collaboration, laboratories, municipalism
When the remaining 4 billion have access to superfast broadband... what will our world be like?
Democracy.Earth are constructing the basis of a more "liquid" and global democracy
When Apple started its journey to become the first $1 trillion dollar company... is when the planet began to burn
"How little we would need if we knew how much we already had." Richard Powers on how attending to trees might save us
You need to fight for the web you want. The Decentralised Web Summit is a rallying-ground
The head of the world's top tech lab says songs, mindfulness and eco-biology will help us "resist reduction"
Alternative Editorial: Democracy Come True
"How did we do that?" Transitions from one system to another can sometimes be rapid. Let's try it
Defending the human against the algorithm, making the city live at night - and more. New videos from FutureFest
FutureFest this year was a cascade of "Alternatives" - with A/UK at the heart of it