Murphy Mandel
@murphymandel.bsky.social
Complexity enthusiast dismantling old narratives to imagine better futures. Systems, stories, solutions.
For 99.97% of human history, natural famine was a real threat. Today, natural famine has been eradicated. The only famines that remain are political.
Today, 500,000 people in Gaza are facing famine.
Rest assured, it will not take us 300,000 years to eradicate political famine.
Today, 500,000 people in Gaza are facing famine.
Rest assured, it will not take us 300,000 years to eradicate political famine.
The Fragile Spiral: How Civilizations Collapse and How to Break the Cycle
Introduction: The Brief Life of Civilizations
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
For 99.97% of human history, natural famine was a real threat. Today, natural famine has been eradicated. The only famines that remain are political.
Today, 500,000 people in Gaza are facing famine.
Rest assured, it will not take us 300,000 years to eradicate political famine.
Today, 500,000 people in Gaza are facing famine.
Rest assured, it will not take us 300,000 years to eradicate political famine.
We didn’t crawl out of the caves, split atoms, and wire the world just to let a handful of billionaires burn it down for profit.
Luckily for us for the first time in history, you don’t need to be rich or powerful to make an impact.
Read my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
Luckily for us for the first time in history, you don’t need to be rich or powerful to make an impact.
Read my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
From Cave Paintings to Code: What Human Progress Got Wrong
A look at how acceleration shaped our world—and why we’re the first generation with the tools to change its direction.
open.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We didn’t crawl out of the caves, split atoms, and wire the world just to let a handful of billionaires burn it down for profit.
Luckily for us for the first time in history, you don’t need to be rich or powerful to make an impact.
Read my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
Luckily for us for the first time in history, you don’t need to be rich or powerful to make an impact.
Read my latest article: open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
Change spreads through trust, not titles.
People follow what they see—what’s lived, not declared.
We don’t need more roles. We need rituals.
Visible. Repeatable. Contagious.
Build systems where no one needs permission to begin.
#systemschange #emergence
People follow what they see—what’s lived, not declared.
We don’t need more roles. We need rituals.
Visible. Repeatable. Contagious.
Build systems where no one needs permission to begin.
#systemschange #emergence
May 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Change spreads through trust, not titles.
People follow what they see—what’s lived, not declared.
We don’t need more roles. We need rituals.
Visible. Repeatable. Contagious.
Build systems where no one needs permission to begin.
#systemschange #emergence
People follow what they see—what’s lived, not declared.
We don’t need more roles. We need rituals.
Visible. Repeatable. Contagious.
Build systems where no one needs permission to begin.
#systemschange #emergence
There's nothing beautiful about gutting Medicaid, stripping climate protections, and slashing oversight.
What passed is a symptom of the ruling class's last-ditch attempt at control.
But what does control mean when the systems themselves are collapsing?
open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
What passed is a symptom of the ruling class's last-ditch attempt at control.
But what does control mean when the systems themselves are collapsing?
open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
May 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
There's nothing beautiful about gutting Medicaid, stripping climate protections, and slashing oversight.
What passed is a symptom of the ruling class's last-ditch attempt at control.
But what does control mean when the systems themselves are collapsing?
open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...
What passed is a symptom of the ruling class's last-ditch attempt at control.
But what does control mean when the systems themselves are collapsing?
open.substack.com/pub/murphyma...