Understanding Humanity and Global Change

Capitalism or socialism? Darwin or genesis? East or west? Political left or right?

You cannot open a paper or turn on the news and miss the debates between such lofty topics as those listed above. Do we really need to choose between one and the other? Why is it that people take sides and try to dominate over the other? Is it possible to approach these debates in a partnering manner? This is an important question that deserves debate. Our approach to how we resolve today’s challenging issues impacts our life far more than is commonly understood.

The problem, however, is that when we evaluate the issues in such extremes, all sides are wrong. Contrasting each of these debates in an “either/or” mode is based on historical value systems that are hundreds or thousands of years old. The world is not flat, women are not subservient to men, the cold war is over, China is not our enemy and hell is not in the core of the planet. Why do we cling to old beliefs in modern times? More in my blog … about cooking a pot roast in The truth will set you free.

Listen to JD and his special guest, Riane Eisler as they discuss the great misconceptions and how we try to separate a world based on antiquated beliefs that no longer apply in a globally connected and integrated world.

In this show we will discuss:

• Riane’s story about escaping from the Gestapo in Austria
• The two social categories that describe human interaction
• Riane's systemic way of viewing the totality of the world

About Riane's book, The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics

“A template for the better world we have been so urgently seeking,” –  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Hailed … by Peter Senge as “desperately needed,” … by Gloria Steinem as “revolutionary,” … and by Jane Goodall as “a call to action”

This book proposes a new approach to economics that gives visibility and value to the most essential human work: the work of caring for people and nature. Riane emphasizes that specific actions can change one’s life and help one to see in a new way because all change begins with the individual. Her work gives people grounded hope that change is possible and that we are not doomed to despair and destruction. As Riane says, “caring pays - in dollars and cents.”