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**carlsberg21** · 05-04-2008, 06:47 PM

dear friends,

http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/6339

be well, be love.

david

"globalshift!: why, how, and when" by ervin laszlo
03.04.08 | 11:58 am
globalshift! why, how, and when
by ervin laszlo
to shift or not to shift: that is not the question

had he lived today, hamlet would affirm with more conviction than ever: the question is, to be or not to be. he would be right. but it is not the skull of an individual that hamlet would ponder, but the living earth. will we survive on this planet, or become extinct like the dinosaurs?

the fact is that we are approaching a major watershed; a global tipping point. what will come is not decided yet, but one thing is certain: it will not be the same as that what we have today. we can’t go on as we have been.

we are destroying the fabric of society. there is growing insecurity in countries both rich and poor and greater propensity to resort to terrorism and war. one in three urban dwellers live in slums, shantytowns and urban ghettoes; more than 900 million are classified as slum-dwellers. the gap is widening between the wealthy and powerful and the poor and marginalized. eighty percent of the world’s domestic product belongs to one billion people, and the remaining twenty percent is shared by five-and-a-half billion. islamic fundamentalism is spreading throughout the middle east, religious fanaticism is growing in america and the world over, and neo-nazi and other extremist movements are surfacing in europe.

05-04-2008, 06:47 PM	#1
carlsberg21 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 475 Senior Member	"GLOBALSHIFT!: Why, How, and When" dear friends, http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/6339 be well, be love. david "globalshift!: why, how, and when" by ervin laszlo 03.04.08 \| 11:58 am globalshift! why, how, and when by ervin laszlo to shift or not to shift: that is not the question had he lived today, hamlet would affirm with more conviction than ever: the question is, to be or not to be. he would be right. but it is not the skull of an individual that hamlet would ponder, but the living earth. will we survive on this planet, or become extinct like the dinosaurs? the fact is that we are approaching a major watershed; a global tipping point. what will come is not decided yet, but one thing is certain: it will not be the same as that what we have today. we can’t go on as we have been. we are destroying the fabric of society. there is growing insecurity in countries both rich and poor and greater propensity to resort to terrorism and war. one in three urban dwellers live in slums, shantytowns and urban ghettoes; more than 900 million are classified as slum-dwellers. the gap is widening between the wealthy and powerful and the poor and marginalized. eighty percent of the world’s domestic product belongs to one billion people, and the remaining twenty percent is shared by five-and-a-half billion. islamic fundamentalism is spreading throughout the middle east, religious fanaticism is growing in america and the world over, and neo-nazi and other extremist movements are surfacing in europe.
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