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New White Paper: In Tech We Trust
A new essay explores our late modern relationship with technology, and asks what kind of inner shift might help a future society to avoid…
 • Rufus Pollock, Rosie Bell, Sylvie Barbier, and Catherine Tran
New White Paper: Developmental Spaces – Cultural incubators for a time of transformation
A policy case for Developmental Spaces: collective settings for integrated inner development. Key to the inner-led system change and cultural renewal…
 • Rosie Bell, Rufus Pollock, Boaz Feldman, and Catherine Tran
From Polycrisis to Metacrisis: a short introduction
Our new white paper provides an accessible introduction to the concepts of polycrisis and metacrisis, clarifying how they are distinct yet related.
 • Rufus Pollock and Rosie Bell
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Announcing the Life Itself Sensemaking Studio
A new multidisciplinary consultancy in service of inner + outer systems transformation
 • Sylvie Barbier, Rosie Bell, Jamie Bristow, Boaz Feldman, John Oliver, Rufus Pollock, and Catherine Tran
Seeds of a Second Renaissance: a newsletter for the Second Renaissance ecosystem
We are launching a monthly newsletter of ideas and news from the emerging “Second Renaissance” ecosystem. Subscribe now.
 • Catherine Tran and Rufus Pollock
Launching the Second Renaissance project
An introduction to this moment of civilisational crisis and awakening - and the emerging ecosystem related to it
 • Rufus Pollock
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EP 336 Rufus Pollock on the Wisdom Gap and the Second Renaissance
Why open knowledge doesn't make open minds, what the metacrisis really is, pragmatic utopianism, and much more.
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February 2026 Newsletter - Life Itself
Welcome to our February 2026 Newsletter: a new white paper, a Second Renaissance course, updates from Over the Mountains and Research, and a warm…
 • Life Itself
Reflections on My Time at Life Itself - from Lauren
After nearly three years, my formal time with Life Itself is coming to an end and I am stepping into new pastures.
 • Lauren Wigmore and Life Itself
January 2026 Newsletter
Welcome to our January 2026 Newsletter. This month, we’re announcing the Life Itself UK Summer Gathering, and sharing updates from Second Renaissance…
 • Finn Clancy
Join the Life Itself team: Hiring a Life & Studio Steward
We're hiring a Studio Assistant (part-time or full-time; remote) to hold the connective tissue that keeps people, projects, and life flowing.
 • Rufus Pollock
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