Using conversations strategically for transformation
The social and global challenges we face arise from the ways our cultures and systems make us think (and behave) as if …
Realizing Empathy as Part of Co-Intelligence
Few people – including myself until recently – have realized how important empathy is to co-intelligence. Here I focus on four important …
Our responses to existential threats
I explore here the diversity of responses – my own and others’ – to existential threats like extreme climate change … and …
Acknowledging real end-times possibilities
Concerns about civilizational collapse and human extinction in the foreseeable future are rising and moving from the fringes into the mainstream. Many …
Four Types of Power
Stimulated by Occupy and an expanding inquiry into new forms of economics, combined with my ongoing interest in bringing wisdom to politics and governance, I’ve stumbled on a productive approach to pulling it all together: Start from an exploratio…
Exploring full-spectrum social betterment and a remarkable being
All around us we see many approaches to social change and transformation, including political advocacy – letter, phone and petition campaigns, demonstrations, political art and music, etc.; spiritual practices like meditation and prayer; charity a…
OWS: An Open Source Movement
This Gary Horvitz blog post, which I just received by email, is very complementary to what I posted yesterday, albeit from a more birds-eye view. http://www.occupycafe.org/profiles/blogs/occupy-wall-street-an-open-source-mo… Occupy Wall Street: …
Transforming ourselves, transforming the world?
What is the relationship between transforming ourselves and transforming the world? In my previous essay, I described seven forms of leverage for deep transformation. When I wrote it, I was thinking of social transformation. The seven forms of lev…
New dimensions of “the personal is political”: Caring, despairing, and commodified narcissism
The personal is political. This is true in so many ways. I am part of my culture and social systems, and they are part of me, embedded in me. They shape how I think and act, how I respond, what I think is right and possible — and I, in turn, play…
Free teleseminar “Evolutionize Your Life” – Weds May 18th 5:30pm Pacific
I’m excited to let you know about an upcoming free teleseminar by colleagues of mine, Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow. This couple is well known for their work in translating the various evolutionary sciences into practical wisdom for meeting the c…