Maybe this year the Davos attendees may actually do something.
I recently came across this short unpublished article I wrote towards the end of 1996, reflecting on The Knutsford Lectures 1993-1996 on Visions of a New Renaissance, previously described in this post. It was an ambitious attempt to capture the spirit and outline of the needed New Renaissance, inspired by what the 19 individual speakers had said. The limitations of my perspective and the lack of suitable outlets meant the article was never published.
Discovering this piece led me to consider, what has changed in nearly 25 years. Was the outlined vision valid? Are we any nearer to it? Here’s my brief assessment, against the categories in the Emerging Vision section of the above paper i.e.:
- Sustainable ecology.
- Ethical behaviour and social responsibility
- Local economy and community
- Appropriate scale and human scale
- Open science
- Soul and spirit
- Love, compassion, nonviolence
- Holistic views
- Living philosophy
- Imagination, inspiration, arts
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