Neohumanism and PROUT: The Way Through the Current Crisis – by Dr. Kathleen Kesson
Neohumanism and PROUT: The Way Through the Current Crisis by Dr. Kathleen Kesson It is March in Vermont, and a first generation of adult Monarchs, our state butterfly, are coming out of hibernation, seeking mates, and preparing to lay their eggs on milkweed plants. In …
Read MoreThe Power of Story and the Crisis of Meaning
The Power of Story and the Crisis of Meaning By Amal Jacobson Since the time of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern mind, human beings have re-assessed everything we believed in the light of empirical, objective knowledge. The sun didn’t revolve around the …
Read MoreGaming Neohumanist Futures: Lessons from the Educating for a Bright Future Conference – by Satya Tanner
Gaming Neohumanist Futures Lessons from the Educating for a Bright Future Conference by Satya Tanner In July 2019, I gave a presentation at their Global conference in Salorno, Italy. The purpose was to go through a futures gaming process developed by Sohail Inayatullah called the …
Read MoreChallenges for Youth – Part 1: On Climate Change – by Prof. Edward McKenna
Challenges for Youth – Part 1 On Climate Change by Prof. Edward McKenna For the past few semesters I have been telling my new students that their generation will face three critical problems: 1) Climate Change, 2) Growing Inequality, and 3) The Failure of Democracy. …
Read MoreOn the Right to Healthcare – by Dr. Ed McKenna
On the Right to Healthcare By Dr. Ed McKenna In 2015, all United Nations member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals. Part of the Sustainable Development Goals was a commitment to achieve universal healthcare coverage by the year 2030, where universal healthcare coverage is defined …
Read MoreResilience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and a Report on World Symposium on “Artificial Intelligence, Governance and Disaster Management” By Dr. Shambhushivananda
Resilience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Summary of a talk given at the “World Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Governance and Disaster Management” held at JNU, New Delhi on March 11-13th, 2019) Dr. Acharya Shambhushivananda Avadhuta From a cosmological perspective, the Artificial or Augmented Intelligence …
Read MoreSharpening Critical Thinking in the Post-Truth Era – By Didi Ananda Devapriya
Sharpening Critical Thinking in the Post-Truth Era By Didi Ananda Devapriya Post Truth? This political cartoon, published by Martin Shovel on Twitter on Dec. 10, 2016 sums up the current quandary. Given this context, as Neohumanist educators, the need to educate ourselves and our children …
Read MoreTechnology and Spirituality in Uncertain Times – By Dr. Shambhushivananda
Technology and Spirituality in Uncertain Times by Dr. Shambhushivananda Talk delivered at the Asia-Pacific Futures Network Conference: August 28-29, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand When prehistoric humans separated from their non-human ancestors, they had not even the slightest inkling that one day their descendants would touch the …
Read MoreRole of Humans in a Digital World: A Neohumanist Narrative – by Dada Shambhushivananda
Role of Humans in a Digital World: A Neohumanist Narrative by Dr. Shambhushivananda At one stage in our evolution, humans were just one of the many dominant creatures on this planet earth. Today, the earth is under the command of humans (homo-sapiens) while all other …
Read MoreOn Neohumanist Economics
On Neohumanist Economics by Dr. Shambhushivananda Summary of a talk delivered at Ramjas College of Commerce, Delhi University, Delhi on March 23, 2017 Dear faculty and students: Every society wants freedom, happiness, abundance, progress and justice. Economics is intimately connected with all these sublime goals. …
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