It is not unlimited growth the world needs, but unlimited human development. Rightly organized, the world is abundantly capable of securing an ample measure of human welfare to all human beings ... Read more
Organization holds the key to global food security. The present, unorganized functioning of global agriculture, like the present global approach to military security, engenders insecurity ... Read more
The Mediterraneans, as well as the Europeans and Mankind as a whole, are in front of a 'great transition' and a 'transformation agenda' for several reasons from a political, economic and ecological point ... Read more
The only limits are limits to our vision and values. The future of humanity lies beyond those limits.... Read more
I would suggest searching for a more appropriate word for failure, one not tainted with negative connotations. Because failure is the high road to innovation, because failure is the inevitable investment in the future, because failure is – the road to success... Read more
The difference between predation and competition is that predation knows no rules. In contrast, competition can be made fair. Making sure that it is—by disallowing rankism in all its guises—a proper function of government... Read more
Rising expectations release enormous amount of social energy that spills over into social unrest when no suitable positive channels are available to utilize it for social advancement.. Read more
Working for peace is part of the heritage WAAS fellows have been given by Academy founders who, after helping develop the theories and technology for nuclear weapons, were amongst the first to recognize that they ... Read more
Today humanity has acquired the conscious self-awareness and the organizational capacity for self-expression and coordinated action. Organizing the consciousness of the global power of citizenry ... Read more
Society is evolving. Understanding the present in the light of the past, we see only the problems resulting in gloom. Understanding the present in the light of the future compels us to evolve ... Read more
How important is global governance? Is there a growing need? If so, as many argue, is progress being made relative to the need? Who is saying what? Are there important trends in thinking? And patterns ... Read more
The wide range of innovative mechanisms commonly employed to settle disputes outside the courtroom is illustrative of the larger potential for organizational innovation in other fields designed ... Read more
We have organized production to perfection, but left out the most crucial ingredient - humanity. We have raised the value of GDP phenomenally, but overlooked the value of human security ... Read more
The world needs a paradigm shift in economics similar to the one physics experienced at the dawn of the last century, when quantum mechanics and the special and general theories ... Read more
First, we must recognize the crises we face are not black swans, fat tails or perfect storms, but symptoms of our limited perception, fragmentary reductionist mindsets, models ... Read More
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The World in 2052
Ian Johnson
Society is evolving. Understanding the present in the light of the past, we see only the problems resulting in gloom. Understanding the present in the light of the future compels us to evolve ... Read More
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Rethinking Growth: The Need for a New Economics
Roberto Peccei
The world needs a paradigm shift in economics similar to the one physics experienced at the dawn of the last century, when quantum mechanics and the special and general theories ... Read More
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The Evolution of Wealth & Human Security: The Paradox of Value and Uncertainty
Orio Giarini & Garry Jacobs
We have organized production to perfection, but left out the most crucial ingredient - humanity. We have raised the value of GDP phenomenally, but overlooked the value of human security ... Read More
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Real Economies and the Illusions of Abstraction
Hazel Henderson
First, we must recognize the crises we face are not black swans, fat tails or perfect storms, but symptoms of our limited perception, fragmentary reductionist mindsets, models ... Read More
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The Moral Arc of History
Robert W. Fuller
The difference between predation and competition is that predation knows no rules. In contrast, competition can be made fair. Making sure that it is - by disallowing rankism in all its guises - a proper function of government ... Read More
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Mediation of Conflicts by Civil Society
Melanie Greenberg, Robert J. Berg & Cora Lacatus
Working for peace is part of the heritage WAAS fellows have been given by Academy founders who, after helping develop the theories and technology for nuclear weapons, were amongst the first to recognize that they ... Read More
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Rising Expectations, Social Unrest & Development
Ashok Natarajan
Rising expectations release enormous amount of social energy that spills over into social unrest when no suitable positive channels are available to utilize it for social advancement ... Read More
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Brief History of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the USA
Michael McManus & Brianna Silverstein
The wide range of innovative mechanisms commonly employed to settle disputes outside the courtroom is illustrative of the larger potential for organizational innovation in other fields designed ...
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Turn Towards Unity: Converting Crises into Opportunities
Garry Jacobs
Today humanity has acquired the conscious self-awareness and the organizational capacity for self-expression and coordinated action. Organizing the consciousness of the global power of citizenry ...
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In Search of Failure's Silver Lining
Bengt-Arne Vedin
I would suggest searching for a more appropriate word for failure, one not tainted with negative connotations. Because failure is the high road to innovation, because failure is the inevitable investment in the future ... Read More
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