I loved the original Star Trek because its brief morality plays captured the importance of culture. Every planet the Starship Enterprise visited had a clear body of shared knowledge and set of customs that shaped social relationships as well as interstellar ones. The fundamental principle called the “prime directive” prevented Starfleet from doing anything that …
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 17th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be available starting 20 May 2022. You can find it and all episodes at Stitcher, iTunes, and wherever you get your podcasts, along with miaaw.net’s other podcasts by Owen Kelly, Sophie …