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  • Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis
  • Written by: Philip Clayton
  • Narrated by: Elias Khalil
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2020 upended every aspect of our lives. But where is our world heading next? Will pandemic, economic instability, and social distance lead to deeper inequalities, more nationalism, and further erosion of democracies around the world? Or are we moving toward a global re-awakening to the importance of community, mutual support, and the natural world?

In our lifetimes, the future has never been so up for grabs. The New Possible offers 28 unique visions of what can be, if instead of choosing to go back to normal, we choose to go forward to something far better. Assembled from global leaders on six continents, these essays are not simply speculation. They are an inspiration and a roadmap for action.

With essays by: Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Pollan, Varshini Prakash, Vandana Shiva, Jack Kornfield, Mamphela Ramphele, Justin Rosenstein, Jack Kornfield, Helena Nordberg-Hodge, David Korten, Tristan Harris, Eileen Crist, Francis Deng, Riane Eisler, Arturo Escobar, Rebecca Kiddle, Mike Joy, Natalie Foster, Jess Rimington, Jeremy Lent, Atossa Soltani, Mark Anielski, Ellen Brown, John Restakis, Zak Stein, Oren Slozberg, Anisa Nanavati, and Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam
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Decent message but shallow and repetitive exploration

I guess I should've known that a group of essays of this type would be a bunch of people saying similar things with a lack of depth. I agree that we need to move to commons and fundamentally transform our system but I find these kinds of collections tend to saturate the message without providing the depth required and ends up destroying terms (as we see sustainability being overused and thus looses it's meaning)

it was simultaneously too organized and not organized in the sense that there was too much overlap and repetition between essay. Maybe I'm just coming to this book after hearing about this parallel between the pandemic and climate crisis, but I didn't feel that they went far enough. Maybe I'm not the target audience, and atleast I get a list of organizations to look into, but I fear that solutions raised in this way isn't helpful.

also the audiobook would've been much better if each author read their essay. as the audio performance was very monotone ,prescriptive and lacking emphasis.

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