What happens when we lose faith
in public information?
• Families are critically stressed •
• Modern culture feels toxic and off track •
• Our social networks are a mental health hazard •
• Our scientists warn we’re veering toward global catastrophe •
It’s time to reinvent “the news”
and how we reflect on ourselves.
A new story for humanity.
“Our world. Our cities. Our social, economic and cultural systems are built for a climate that no longer exists.”
New York Times best-selling climate journalist, Jeff Goodell
“Adaptation will require an unprecedented level of cooperation, in the spirit of equity, and with a deep understanding of the interrelated destiny of all members of our human family.”
“We are approaching the most dangerous point in human history.”
Noam Chomsky
Reality check
The human race has reached a moment of profound technological achievement.
We have the tools to raise the world to new standards of living, using unprecedented discoveries in communication, energy, computing, automation, transportation, and city planning.
We have the capacity to invest in the strengths of individual and local identities, serving the basic human needs for authenticity and self-actualization, with the support of powerful regional and global systems.
This could be a moment of tremendous harmony and evolution for humanity.
But our social development has not kept pace with our material progress.
A business model has become our cultural model, placing people below profit, making enemies of our siblings, causing massive inequality, unnecessary wars and violence, and atmospheric disaster.
The situation is so serious, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have their "Doomsday Clock" set to 90 seconds from midnight, representing our proximity to global catastrophe.
The solution
Martin Luther King Jr. identified the unholy trinity of militarism, classism, and racism – the story of violence, greed, and delusions of separateness - a toxic ideology and a story we have to rewrite if we hope to survive.
Dr King was assassinated before he could complete his mission. We must pick up that baton. And swiftly embrace what he called a revolution in human values.
We need a new story. This is a Survivors Guide to Earth, for humanity - in 6 steps.
Our choice:
Materialism or human values?
(extinction or a thriving civilization)
