I am currently reading an amazing book. I cannot recommend it too highly: Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change, published by the University of Illinois Press in 1980. I […]
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OVERSHOOT: Living Beyond Our Means
The following excerpt is from Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change published by the University of Illinois Press in 1980. Amazon reviewer J. Mann writes: I am astonished at […]
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Reposted from the Spiral Dynamics Integral website. Don Edward Beck, Ph.D The term “New World Order” itself not only became a fearful symbol of global domination by an elite few, but […]
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Margaret J. Wheatley I’m sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to […]
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This article is reposted from the Energy Bulletin. Toby Hemenway Over ten years ago my wife and I moved to the country. One of our many reasons for leaving the […]
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This is the fourth in a series. See: The Unvarnished Truth, Critique of Civilization FAQ., and The Critique of Civilization Changes Everything. Ran Prieur The most naive way of thinking about the future, […]
Continue readingRelying on Human Goodness
I found this article by googling for human goodness. Interesting read by an good human. Margaret J. Wheatley We have a great need to rely on the fact of human […]
Continue readingThe Critique of Civilization Changes Everything
This is the third in a series of provocative articles. It presumes that you have read The Unvarnished Truth and Critique of Civilization FAQ. There is something here to offend everyone. I […]
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From Flemming Funch. The following article was written in France in about 1953. It is the story of Elzéard Bouffier, a very special human who lived his life as if it mattered, and […]
Continue readingThe Synergism Hypothesis
Synergy means working together, operating together as in Co-Operation, laboring together as in Co-Laboration, acting together as in Co-Action. The goal of synergic union is to accomplish a larger or […]
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