Once I met a futurist.
When I was a child I had one wish above all. It was always on top of any wish list, attached to every wish-bone or shooting star: peace on earth between humans, animals and nature. It left me with a burning mission; to make it happen. I collected all my pocket […]
Entries from March 2008
Once I met a futurist…
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Capitalism · The Journey · Futurists & Thinkers · Documentary: Future for Sale
The Lost Generation?
March 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
I sometimes hear I belong to a ‘lost generation’, which no longer cares about anything but themselves. But how can we trust our political system when we feel disenfranchised and unable to make a difference; what’s the point in caring for something that no longer belongs to us?
Even though economists recognize the influence of money […]
Tags: Paradigm Shift · Utopia? · Documentary: Future for Sale · Resource-based Economy
A Global Matter
March 20th, 2008 · No Comments
We need to think globally about global matters, and both the economic and environmental crises are global concerns at this point.
Who are we to say an economic transformation will never happen in our lifetime? Many things now commonplace were just as inconceivable 50 or 100 years ago. What ordinary person then could have conceived of […]
Tags: The Journey · Utopia? · Futurists & Thinkers · Documentary: Future for Sale · Resource-based Economy · Non-competitive Economy