Recommended by SUE Speaks
This Substack knocks me out with the eloquence of the writing. It's the best I've found where, whatever the subject, the way the phrases are turned out are worth slow reads so as not to miss any of the deliciousness. And Mark, being deeply knowledgable about the workings of the world, is the Substack writer who best informs me.
Here's someone saying original things. And so smart. I've given this a big shout out in my Substack: Getting serious about saving ourselves A fundamental realization we need https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/getting-serious-about-saving-ourselves
In the middle of a lot of passionate noise, this is the spot for quieter rage that's fed by such satisfying insight into the nightmare we are in. This is mature intelligence about being human that you could substitute for reading The NYT or any other well-known media..
When the human potential movement was bustling in my L.A. salon, Peter Russell was the best helping us understand the thinking layer of humanity. I hadn’t seen anything from him for a long time before this hourlong Zoom he did for The Scientific and Medical Network, and I was just as taken with what he said now, as overshoot threatens us, as I'd been decades ago. My post with that video: https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/getting-us-out-of-the-mess-we-are
Theres a lot of dealing with surface realities but not that much that goes deeper into what creates our morass, and John Fullerton, who is newly on Substack, is the go-to person for that from the economics world. Here's a podcast I did with him in 2020: https://suespeakspodcast.com/13-john-fullerton/
With most pundits writing solely about the trouble we are, James Fallows is an old school journalist who always impresses me with his purview so we understand things from a broader perspective that includes considerations of what we could do to get ourselves on a better path.
Thom Hartmann keeps you tuned into the world as it is, setting current events in historical contexts and being a stomping ground for the outrage we feel. With a manageable number or responses to his posts, engaging here feels more like family than most.
