Claude A. Garcia
@claudegarcia.bsky.social
Scientist, Thinker, Writer, Player.
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Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), vol. 1, ch. 7, note 4.
September 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), vol. 1, ch. 7, note 4.
One planet, different worlds.
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One planet, different worlds.
September 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Éclipse de lune
September 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Éclipse de lune
La mar decide. Manda ella.
July 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
La mar decide. Manda ella.
"Fungi are never favored to signal dishonestly [...] because this would reduce the quality of their trade partners"
#FungiforPresident #VoteFungi
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#FungiforPresident #VoteFungi
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Fungi are never favored to signal dishonestly [...] because this would reduce the quality of their trade partners"
#FungiforPresident #VoteFungi
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#FungiforPresident #VoteFungi
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We have a choice.
To cut fast, and unleash demons.
Or to take time to understand, connect and mend.
To cut fast, and unleash demons.
Or to take time to understand, connect and mend.
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We have a choice.
To cut fast, and unleash demons.
Or to take time to understand, connect and mend.
To cut fast, and unleash demons.
Or to take time to understand, connect and mend.
I took a breath, exhaling my frustration.
I observed the tangle to find where to apply force.
The knot finally unraveled.
Without violence.
Patience.
I think of that moment every time I see a charlatan wave a chainsaw.
I observed the tangle to find where to apply force.
The knot finally unraveled.
Without violence.
Patience.
I think of that moment every time I see a charlatan wave a chainsaw.
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I took a breath, exhaling my frustration.
I observed the tangle to find where to apply force.
The knot finally unraveled.
Without violence.
Patience.
I think of that moment every time I see a charlatan wave a chainsaw.
I observed the tangle to find where to apply force.
The knot finally unraveled.
Without violence.
Patience.
I think of that moment every time I see a charlatan wave a chainsaw.
I learned another way.
One day, as a child, I was frustrated with a tangled fishing line.
My father put his hand on my shoulder.
Raised a finger.
And said simply:
"Piensa."
(Think.)
One day, as a child, I was frustrated with a tangled fishing line.
My father put his hand on my shoulder.
Raised a finger.
And said simply:
"Piensa."
(Think.)
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I learned another way.
One day, as a child, I was frustrated with a tangled fishing line.
My father put his hand on my shoulder.
Raised a finger.
And said simply:
"Piensa."
(Think.)
One day, as a child, I was frustrated with a tangled fishing line.
My father put his hand on my shoulder.
Raised a finger.
And said simply:
"Piensa."
(Think.)
What’s the most famous example of a leader facing an complex system?
Alexander the Great, before the Gordian Knot.
His answer?
To cut it.
Quick. Efficient. Brutal.
Alexander the Great, before the Gordian Knot.
His answer?
To cut it.
Quick. Efficient. Brutal.
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What’s the most famous example of a leader facing an complex system?
Alexander the Great, before the Gordian Knot.
His answer?
To cut it.
Quick. Efficient. Brutal.
Alexander the Great, before the Gordian Knot.
His answer?
To cut it.
Quick. Efficient. Brutal.
Bound.
Enslaved.
We are prisoners of our human condition.
And thus, bound to the fate of our planet.
The error is to think that Nature is the slave.
Enslaved.
We are prisoners of our human condition.
And thus, bound to the fate of our planet.
The error is to think that Nature is the slave.
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bound.
Enslaved.
We are prisoners of our human condition.
And thus, bound to the fate of our planet.
The error is to think that Nature is the slave.
Enslaved.
We are prisoners of our human condition.
And thus, bound to the fate of our planet.
The error is to think that Nature is the slave.
From Latin necto — to bind, to tie… but also to shackle.
Two meanings.
One speaks of interconnection.
The other, of bondage.
In Roman law, a nexus was a debtor turned slave to their creditor.
Two meanings.
One speaks of interconnection.
The other, of bondage.
In Roman law, a nexus was a debtor turned slave to their creditor.
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From Latin necto — to bind, to tie… but also to shackle.
Two meanings.
One speaks of interconnection.
The other, of bondage.
In Roman law, a nexus was a debtor turned slave to their creditor.
Two meanings.
One speaks of interconnection.
The other, of bondage.
In Roman law, a nexus was a debtor turned slave to their creditor.
🌀 Governing the Nexus
"Nexus." The word is everywhere now.
But where does it come from?
And what does it really say about us?
🧵
"Nexus." The word is everywhere now.
But where does it come from?
And what does it really say about us?
🧵
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🌀 Governing the Nexus
"Nexus." The word is everywhere now.
But where does it come from?
And what does it really say about us?
🧵
"Nexus." The word is everywhere now.
But where does it come from?
And what does it really say about us?
🧵
Venice. Power and responsibility.
June 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Venice. Power and responsibility.
2/4
This blind spot can be addressed.
Enter the Theory of the 4 Gates—a generic model of how humans perceive, believe, value, and act.
📄 Waeber et al. (2021)
“Choices we make in times of crisis”.
👉 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13...
#4gates
This blind spot can be addressed.
Enter the Theory of the 4 Gates—a generic model of how humans perceive, believe, value, and act.
📄 Waeber et al. (2021)
“Choices we make in times of crisis”.
👉 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13...
#4gates
June 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
2/4
This blind spot can be addressed.
Enter the Theory of the 4 Gates—a generic model of how humans perceive, believe, value, and act.
📄 Waeber et al. (2021)
“Choices we make in times of crisis”.
👉 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13...
#4gates
This blind spot can be addressed.
Enter the Theory of the 4 Gates—a generic model of how humans perceive, believe, value, and act.
📄 Waeber et al. (2021)
“Choices we make in times of crisis”.
👉 www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13...
#4gates
1/4
We have a blind spot when tackling deforestation and biodiversity loss:
Human agency.
We model land, trees, and carbon—but not (well) people.
📄 Garcia et al. (2020)
“The global forest transition as a human affair”
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We have a blind spot when tackling deforestation and biodiversity loss:
Human agency.
We model land, trees, and carbon—but not (well) people.
📄 Garcia et al. (2020)
“The global forest transition as a human affair”
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
1/4
We have a blind spot when tackling deforestation and biodiversity loss:
Human agency.
We model land, trees, and carbon—but not (well) people.
📄 Garcia et al. (2020)
“The global forest transition as a human affair”
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We have a blind spot when tackling deforestation and biodiversity loss:
Human agency.
We model land, trees, and carbon—but not (well) people.
📄 Garcia et al. (2020)
“The global forest transition as a human affair”
👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
« Qui ne connaît la vérité n’est qu’un imbécile.
Mais qui, la connaissant, la nomme mensonge, celui-là est un criminel. ».
Paris - Laurent Fabius cite Bertol Brecht dans Galilée. Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser à notre cadre théorique des 4 Portes.
Mais qui, la connaissant, la nomme mensonge, celui-là est un criminel. ».
Paris - Laurent Fabius cite Bertol Brecht dans Galilée. Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser à notre cadre théorique des 4 Portes.
June 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
« Qui ne connaît la vérité n’est qu’un imbécile.
Mais qui, la connaissant, la nomme mensonge, celui-là est un criminel. ».
Paris - Laurent Fabius cite Bertol Brecht dans Galilée. Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser à notre cadre théorique des 4 Portes.
Mais qui, la connaissant, la nomme mensonge, celui-là est un criminel. ».
Paris - Laurent Fabius cite Bertol Brecht dans Galilée. Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser à notre cadre théorique des 4 Portes.
Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation.
June 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Arnstein's Ladder of Citizen Participation.
And you? Where are you?
😶🌫️👽🥸😱🥳😎
😶🌫️👽🥸😱🥳😎
June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
And you? Where are you?
😶🌫️👽🥸😱🥳😎
😶🌫️👽🥸😱🥳😎
🥳 There's people - more than a 1000 now - that have tried, have been surprised, confused, amazed and that tell us it was well worth it - to take a step back, to question many assumptions we all have about ourselves and about the others, and to go home with a renewed clarity about what to do next.
June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🥳 There's people - more than a 1000 now - that have tried, have been surprised, confused, amazed and that tell us it was well worth it - to take a step back, to question many assumptions we all have about ourselves and about the others, and to go home with a renewed clarity about what to do next.
🥸 There's people too busy to spend 3 hours having fun, cracking a puzzle and discussing with their peers how to change society for the better.
June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🥸 There's people too busy to spend 3 hours having fun, cracking a puzzle and discussing with their peers how to change society for the better.
👽There's people convinced that #PlanetC has been designed by #Trisolarians trying to take over #Earth
June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
👽There's people convinced that #PlanetC has been designed by #Trisolarians trying to take over #Earth
June 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM