Enter The Regenaissance
What it is & how to get there w/ Gnoman, Antonio Pagliano & Manu Alzuru
🤔 WTF is The Regenaissance
Regenaissance is an era of regeneration, a time when humanity comes together to restore relationships with nature, ourselves & each other. It’s a nod to the Renaissance & an acknowledgement of the need to learn from the past to build a better future.
This includes art, festivities, regenerative agriculture, sustainable energy sources, eco-conscious living & a full-on rearchitecture of humanity’s socioeconomic fabrics.
And this post goes through:
The importance of cycles, rituals & life celebrations
Fostering feelings of unity & love
Art as guide & inspiration
Awareness & education
Challenges of the Regenaissance
Hope for the future
✊ Kickstarting The Regenaissance
The most important part of kickstarting the regenaissance is coming together to create rituals & art that engage & bond people through shared experience. These all foster feelings of unity & love; growing empathy among people & the collective.
Crucial aspects of building a regenerative future.
Cultivator of the term - Gnoman - draws inspiration from ancient civilizations where extended periods of play & celebration were integral. During these times, work would pause & societies would engage in festivities that could last for days or even months.
Just like ancient civilizations used play to regenerate their relationships with each other & the collective, he thinks we need to have these periods of play, aligned with natural cycles - but also integrated with the latest tech.
As within, we shouldn’t forget the importance of building relations between communities. Bridging gaps between online & offline, fostering connections at the local level etc; Web3 tools is allowing us to build global communities, creating opportunities for networks of cooperation spanning Earth.
Don’t forget about reimagining power dynamics & societal structures!
The Renaissance had a strong interplay of power, politics & art.
Regenaissance calls for a shift away from top-down, centralized systems & embracing the diversity of perspectives & methods.
Overall, kickstarting the Regenaissance requires a multifaceted approach encompassing play, art, ritual, connections, education, sustainable practices, new kinds of institutions as well as lots of love, patience & long term thinking 🙃
😬 Challenges & Obstacles
Primary challenge is… The whole economic system & its incentive landscape 😅
We can refer to this as a Moloch’s rat trap.
Earth perceived as owned by individuals, corporations & states
Economic system geared towards extraction & profit maximization
Lack of education & awareness of the workings of these systems
People stuck in a rat race just trying to survive
Rather than seen as a whole, we’ve divided Earth into plots of land to be exploited with no consideration for long-term consequences. The system perpetuates inequality where the ones who extract the most are the ones who “win” 😬
All the while, most people remain unaware of the interconnectedness of global issues. Education is crucial in helping people understand the urgent need for change & how to participate in the Regenaissance.
How can we expect people to join the Regenaissance if they a) don’t know why it’s needed, b) don’t know how to get there &/or c) haven’t even heard of it? 🤷♂️
Some are aware, but stuck in a rat race. Financial constraints & the need to earn a living are holding them from dedicating time & resources to regeneration. With no alternative livelihood options, it’s hard to prioritize regenerative work.
😎 Challenge Accepted!
Despite serious challenges, we’re optimistic!
A lot of us are starting by educating people about the issues, the need for regenerative practices & the existence of alternative economic models.
In Web3, a lot of us a placing hope in the emergence of alternative incentive ecosystems. Regenerative finance promises financial & economic systems that directly incentivize regeneration, creating alternative income streams.
By integrating regeneration & play into the very economic fabric of societies, we can build play2earn models that reward regenerative activities like sustainable agriculture, further motivating people to participate in restoration of the environment.
Eco-villages are one of the existing places that can act as hubs - providing people’s basic needs by working on the land, leaving them with more time to contribute to physical as well as digital ways of growing the Regenaissance movement.
In short, we’re confident we can kickstart this regenerative flywheel:
Education about the current state & the ways of the regenaissance
Rituals & art bringing people together to build a better future
Creation of new socioeconomic systems that support it
All of this will activate more people, bring us closer together & the nature as well as provide regens with basic needs to plow on.
To play, to connect, to regenerate & to live - towards a regenerative future!
This post was seeded by one of the Road to MetaFest twitter spaces, featuring Gnoman, Antonio Pagliano & Manu Alzuru.
🐙 Onwards
Listen to the whole twitter space here
Read Gnoman’s The Regenaissance - A Metamodern Playbook
Join us for one such regenerative ritual - MetaFest
Taking any actions yourself? Got a project? Let us know in the comments!
