By David Korten | Website
Learning to be Human
If
the properly functioning human brain is wired for caring, cooperation,
and service, how do we account for the outrageous greed and violence
that threaten our collective survival? Here we encounter our
distinctive human capacity to suppress or facilitate the development of
the higher order function of the human brain essential to responsible
adult citizenship.
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By David Korten | Website
The
story of purple America is part of a yet larger human story. For all
the cultural differences reflected in our richly varied customs,
languages, religions, and political ideologies, psychologically healthy
humans share a number of core values and aspirations. Although we may
differ in our idea of the “how,” we want healthy, happy children,
loving families, and a caring community with a beautiful, healthy
natural environment. We want a world of cooperation, justice, and
peace, and a say in the decisions that affect our lives. The shared
values of purple America manifest this shared human dream. It is the
true American dream undistorted by corporate media, advertisers, and
political demagogues—the dream we must now actualize if there is to be
a human future.[
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By David Korten |
Great Turning website
Read more posts in
The World We Want series.
Wouldn’t
it be nice if it turned out the choices we must make together to
survive together are the same choices we must make to create the very
world most of all the world’s people want? If that were case, then we
should be able to just get together and make it happen. Wouldn’t that
be cool? Maybe we should start a conversation to find out what people
truly want…[
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