Democracy of Citizens, Democracy of Stakeholders
Some people think that democratic decisions should be made by everyone in the community or country – or their representatives. Others think …
In a wise democracy, who are “stakeholders” and what is their role?
Stakeholders are citizens involved with a specific issue or domain, whose activities actually constitute that issue or domain. Thus the stakeholders of …
Deep Democracy and Community Wisdom
A community has more potential capacity to generate wisdom than any individual. But that potential can only be realized to the extent …
Earth will survive. Shall we? – Some Science, Spirit and Song
This morning an astrophysicist’s essay brought up for me my long-time suspicion that “saving the world” is more about saving ourselves than …
vTaiwan (Part 4) – Online sources for my research
Here are dozens of links I used in my explorations of vTaiwan and my invitation for you to explore further one of …
See all wise democracy pattern cards on one page
The Wise Democracy Project website has had a dramatic upgrade that allows visitors to look through all the wise democracy pattern cards …
Life-transforming patterns sweeping into our world….
Technological developments are likely to radically transform our world in the immediate future in fundamental and unpredictable ways. Kevin Kelly gives us …
My broadest exploration of polarization
A very broad exploration of polarization I wrote last year has been published by Integral Leadership Review. Given its length, I provide …
Wholeness moving in us and the world
Rachel Naomi Remen offers a story about how wholeness became embedded in the world, waiting for us to call it forth. I …
Shifting gears on the NSA
It’s time for me to move on from the NSA surveillance issue to other things. This message includes (1) my main sources …