This compelling collection of articles explores three questions: 1) Why should we worry about Y2K?, 2) What can be done about it? and 3) How can I think about it? Contributions are from leading Y2K analysts, community organizers and experts in the behaviorial sciences and sustainability arenas. BACK COVER: Awakening... to the Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer "Time Bomb" that Could Alter Our Way of Life Forever 
Awakening describes the national emergency declared by a distinguished group of American leaders because of the Millennial Computer Crisis. "If you listen to what they have to say and still decide not to act, you might as well just stock your cupboard with gin..." Equal parts alarm, encouragement and reassuring companion, this book is rooted in the faith that embedded in our hearts is a power far greater than the faulty chips embedded in our computers. Rather than inviting alarm or survival strategies, Awakening is for all of us who believe that this time of danger can also be one of the greatest eras of social reinvention in history. 
" suggests a far more sensible and surprisingly spiritual approach to the predicted technological catastrophe." --Gail Hudson, Amazon.com 
"It was so funny! I even read it aloud to my husband!... This is the best book compiled on 'Y2K' and how to keep your sense of humor in light of the greatest challenge humanity has yet to face." --Carol Brouillet, Sojourn Magazine 
"I wept for joy three times while reading this inspiring, hopeful and practical collection of essays..." --Michael Dowd, 
"Instead of the technical advice or strategies to protect me and mine offered by other books, Awakening leads into a more compassionate vision of working with neighbors and building community resilience." --Susan Kleihauer, EarthLight Magazine

Awakening: The Upside of Y2K

Computers & Technology

Shook, Larry

Atlee, Tom

Laddon, Judy

Programming

The Printed Word

Reflections on Evolutionary Activism contains more than two dozen recent essays and poems by life-long activist Tom Atlee, founder of the Co-Intelligence Institute, to introduce this unique approach to evolutionary activism. Evolutionary activism goes quite beyond Darwin. Atlee says evolutionary activism is social change work inspired by the 13.7 billion year Great Story of evolution -- a story of unceasing creativity from the Big Bang till now. Evolutionary activists know we are all part of that Story and we are all related because of it. Not only did we all arise from the same early microbes and ape-like ancestors, but we are all made of the atomic dust of first-generation stars and supernovas. Evolutionary activists know the creative power of the universe is in every one of us and in our (potentially) wise interactions. They also know our social change work can find innovative guidance from the wise dynamics of evolution, knowledge readily available from the ongoing discoveries of evolutionary science. Activism is part of evolution unfolding today. Evolutionary activists use evolutionary understandings to transform social systems, cultures, and technologies so humanity can use its emerging crises to learn how to maintain a wholesome "fit" with our changing environment. A 2005 spiritual experience showed Atlee humanity as evolution becoming conscious of itself. "Conscious evolution," however, is more than a peak experience. It is a deep responsibility and mission, one that humbles and inspires evolutionaries as striving to play the evolutionary role they are called to, and to which they call all of us. In these essays and poems, Atlee proposes a cosmos-inspired "conscious evolution" movement to create a civilization not only sustainable and just, but wisely self-evolving. He vividly explores that movement's worldview, strategies and tactics, noting that it, too, will evolve. His book invites us all as authors of the Great Story of evolution.

Reflections on Evolutionary Activism: Essays, poems and prayers from an emerging field of sacred social change

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Lifelong activist Tom Atlee proposes innovative ways to distill the wisdom of ordinary people in order to better guide public policy. In Empowering Public Wisdom, Atlee recognizes currently popular forms of progressive democracy advocates, such as citizen participation and voter education, but suggests that what is really needed is a re-thinking of the very concept of democracy; Atlee advocates the use of "public wisdom," a collective intelligence that can be drawn upon to guide public policy and action. Reaching beyond partisan politics, Atlee explores how a diversity of views can be engaged around public issues in ways that generate a coherent, shared "voice of the people" that takes most or all of the population's perspectives and needs into account. Atlee's core approach is through "citizen deliberative councils," in which a small group of people randomly selected creates a "mini-public" or a microcosm of the larger population. Citizen councils engage in the study of a public issue and make recommendations to public officials and the community, but disband afterward; when a new issue arises, a new council is formed. Ultimately, Atlee aims even higher, suggesting a possible fourth branch of government to better balance our current democratic system. Combining a radical vision with practical solutions, Empowering Public Wisdom provides a unique and refreshing voice in the political arena. Empowering Public Wisdom is part of the EVOLVER EDITIONS Manifesto Series.

Empowering Public Wisdom: A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics (Manifesto Series)

Business & Money

Business Culture

EVOLVER EDITIONS

Politics and governance could be very different if we helped diverse ordinary people create real community wisdom -- and this book tells us how, weaving proven techniques into an inspiring vision.

The Tao of Democracy: Using co-intelligence to create a world that works for all

Philosophy

BookSurge Publishing

Co-Intelligence: The Applied Wisdom of Wholeness, Interconnectedness, and Co-Creativity

Independently published

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