We have always struggled as human beings. But our struggle today is exacerbated by a gap between the increasingly complicated world we have created and the default ways we think about it. Twenty-first-century challenges are qualitatively different from those that generations of our ancestors faced, yet our thinking has not evolved to keep pace. We … Continue reading Closing the Mind Gap: Making Smarter Decisions in a Hypercomplex World by Ted Cadsby (2014)
For both the rich and the poor, life is dominated by an ever-growing current of problems, most of which seem to have no real and lasting solution. Clearly, we have not touched the deeper causes of our troubles. It is the main point of this book that the ultimate source of all these problems is in … Continue reading We Have Not Touched the Deeper Causes of Our Troubles David Bohm
This is the source material used to create this podcast. Posts where this video is embedded From Enlightenment to Entanglement Adapting to the complexities of an interconnected world The Global Information Ecosystem We live in a vast sea of information Two Worlds Learning to live in an entangled worldBooks: NotebookLMConversation Covenant Podcast generated by NotebookLMIntroduction to Conversational Leadership … Continue reading Two Worlds Podcast generated by NotebookLM
Conclusion: Two Worlds A Brief History of Knowledge Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Human history is the story of two worlds—the natural world in which we evolved and the complex, interconnected world we now inhabit. This chapter delves into how humanity’s understanding of these worlds has evolved, tracing the arc of knowledge from … Continue reading Introduction: Two Worlds From evolution to entanglement
The Anthropocene Conclusion: Two Worlds Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Human history spans 200,000 years, marked by a significant shift from survival in the natural world to today’s entangled, complex socio-technical world. Our brains, shaped for simpler times, struggle to navigate this new complexity. To survive, we must adapt our thinking to better … Continue reading Two Worlds Learning to live in an entangled world
Two Worlds Introduction: Two Worlds Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter The concept of the “Two Worlds” helps us understand the dramatic shift in human existence over the past 70,000 years. World #1 represents the natural world in which humanity evolved, a place governed by simple, direct cause-and-effect relationships. Our brains were shaped in … Continue reading Conclusion: Two Worlds Living in two worlds
Our World Is a Mess Our World Is Complex Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter We have entered a new world that is increasingly dynamic and hyperconnected. This has massive consequences for us. Connectedness In the last 75 years, with the rapid advance of technology, the advent of cheap global transportation, and, more recently, … Continue reading Our World Is Hyperconnected The world is an increasingly connected place
