At The Heart Of Loneliness with Kira Asatryan
Despite being connected 24/7 with others, post-modern life is replete with loneliness. Kira Asatryan says the antidote to loneliness is a matter of feeling connected, valued, and cared about.
Warriors For The Human Spirit with Margaret J. Wheatley, Ph.D.
In this time of constant distractions and disappointments we become exhausted and heartsick as our good work is ignored. Wheatley speaks with fierce honesty as she gives us the map of where we are. She also gives us tools that enliven and reinvigorate us in our work and relationships. She…
Finding An Antidote To The Attention Economy with Jenny Odell
More and more of us spend enormous spans of our time captured, optimized, or appropriated as a financial resource by the technologies we use daily. We are caught in a dynamic where our value is determined by our productivity. In her book, Jenny Odell points out, “The convenience of limitless connectivity…
Navigating The Post-Trust Era with Shiv Singh
Social media and other new communication tools have changed the world mostly for the better. However, it is ever more difficult to know whom to trust and what to believe. The result is that we have entered what Singh describes as a post-trust era. Here we shine a light on…
Connecting With Natural Time with Lama Surya Das
Is time speeding up? It seems so as we fill our lives with so many “labor saving” devices. The 21st century mantra could very well be: There isn’t enough time. Lama Surya Das warns us, “The lesson here is not how we can get up earlier or stay up…
Mysterious Sightings In The Sky with Jacques Vallee, Ph.D.
During the past century, individuals, newspapers, and military agencies have recorded thousands of UFO incidents, giving rise to much speculation about flying saucers, visitors from other planets, and alien abductions. But the extraterrestrial phenomenon did not begin in the present era. The first case reported turns out to be in…
Finding Our Sacred Kinship with Mark Nepo
Time and again, fear and greed get in the way of our mutual kinship. Mark Nepo says, “Every time we meet in kindness and truth, we strengthen the immune system of the global body. Since everything is connected, everything matters and every time you strengthen a heart you lessen fear…
Living More Mindfully with Digital Technology with Claudia L’Amoreaux
After an encounter with a 22-month-old toddler using his cell phone to navigate between Safari’s browser and a children’s video on YouTube, L’Amoreaux felt it was worthwhile to have some deep dialogues around the introduction of young children to such powerful and seductive technology. She cites an REI report called…
Principled Design Based On The Laws Of Nature with William McDonough
What is meant by the idea of “Cradle to Cradle?” What is the difference between technonutrients and bionutrients and how can we safely recycle both? How can we turn sewage treatment plants into nutrient management plants? What is happening in China? McDonough says, “Things are designed to either go back to…
