The Coronavirus as Crucible (Response to After the Pandemic: Which Future?)
By Jeremy Lent, Paul D. Raskin, Great Transition Initiative
The impact of coronavirus will be huge. But it is not yet the crisis that could push our global society into the phase change required for the Great Transition.
Coronavirus Spells the End of the Neoliberal Era. What’s Next?
By Jeremy Lent, Patterns Of Meaning blog
We are all inside the crucible right now, and the choices we make over the weeks and months to come will, collectively, determine the shape and defining characteristics of the next era. However big we’re thinking about the future effects of this pandemic, we can think bigger.
Embracing Interconnectedness
By Jeremy Lent, Great Transition Initiative
It is of the utmost importance to establish the right framework of values for the deep transformation of civilization that is needed. As I have laid out in The Patterning Instinct, different cultures have constructed vastly different systems of values, and those values have shaped history. Similarly, the values we choose today as a society will shape our future. The stakes for getting it right could hardly be higher.
As Society Unravels, the Future Is Up for Grabs
By Jeremy Lent, Patterns Of Meaning blog
As civilization faces an existential crisis, our leaders demonstrate their inability to respond. Theory of change shows that now is the time for radically new ideas to transform society before it’s too late.
Excerpt from The Patterning Instinct: Can We Transform Our Society for a Flourishing Future?
By Jeremy Lent, Resilience.org
The easily identifiable forces propelling humanity on its current course are the special interests that gain financially and politically – at least, in the short-term – from continued economic growth and use of fossil fuels.
Excerpt from The Patterning Instinct | Introduction: An Archaeology of the Mind
By Jeremy Lent, Resilience.org
The book is based on a simple but compelling theme – culture shapes values, and those values shape history. It will show the layers of values that form the norms of mainstream Western culture, and how these continue to shape our world today.
Our Actions Create the Future: A Response to Jem Bendell
By Jeremy Lent, Patterns Of Meaning blog
I believe that hope has a crucial role in healing, and in driving our engagement in effecting the deep transformation we need.
What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren?
By Jeremy Lent, Patterns of Meaning
Studies have shown that, once 3.5% of a population becomes sustainably committed to nonviolent mass movements for political change, they are invariably successful. That would translate into 11.5 million Americans on the street, or 26 million Europeans. We’re a long way from that, but is it really impossible?