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Entries Tagged as 'Paradigm Shift'

Does the future still exist?

April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

For a long time I was looking for solutions to problems we have in our society within the established ideologies and political parties. But even though this political activism taught me a lot about current issues, and gave me various groups to “belong” to, I was always frustrated over how much energy had to be […]

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Tags: Paradigm Shift · The Journey

Is competition still necessary?

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Finding a way to marry our current economic system with humanistic and environmental concerns seems to be the challenge of our time, but is this perhaps an inherent contradiction?
In human history “the survival of the fittest” has been a matter of competing over available resources. In modern times this competition has been structured into a […]

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Tags: Capitalism · Paradigm Shift · Utopia? · Non-competitive Economy

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 […]

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Tags: Paradigm Shift · Utopia? · Documentary: Future for Sale · Resource-based Economy