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Reimagining Our WorldEpisode 50 - New Logic for a Better WorldAs Peter Drucker so aptly stated in his book "Managing in Turbulent Times," the greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence itself but acting with yesterday's logic. In this episode of "Reimagining Our World," I will highlight and explore 10 new ways of thinking proposed by Stephen Heintz in his report "A Logic for the Future," that should be included as foundational assumptions upon which to build a better world.2025-07-1524 minReimagining Our WorldEpisode 49 - How We Can Stem the Tide of WarOur world is unraveling at an accelerating pace. War and conflict are spreading like contagion, ravaging the face of the earth. Our efforts to stop the contagion have hitherto been ineffectual as we reach for the same outworn playbooks over and over again. And yet, we can and must act quickly to stop the contagion and the heartrending suffering it brings. It is time to understand and shed the habits that have held us back and take bold new steps and try new paths we have never considered before. Join me as we explore once such path together.2025-06-0327 minReimagining Our WorldEpisode 48 - Corrosive Habits that Breed PolarizationIn this episode we’ll shed light a set of corrosive habits that breed polarization and propose some antidotes to them.2025-03-1226 min
Evening Baha'i TalksWhy the Role of the Custodians in Piloting the Cause is Unprecedented | Sovaida Maani EwingWhy the Role of the Custodians in Piloting the Cause is Unprecedented by Sovaida Maani EwingOriginally from Corinne True Center for Bahá’í HistoryUploaded here because I don't like using SoundCloud2025-02-171h 08Reimagining Our WorldEpisode 47 - Overcoming PolarizationIf you're disheartened by the deepening polarization in our world, wonder whether we can ever overcome it and where we might even begin, then this conversation is for you! Join me to explore a few practical things we can each do daily to build our individual and collective muscles for what seems like an impossibly heavy lift.2025-02-0725 minReimagining Our WorldEpisode 46 - The Emperor Still Has No ClothesIn this episode we examine the fact and ways in which the current global system for tackling climate change is broken, how our false optimism that it will somehow magically succeed has stopped us from considering viable, effective alternatives, and what those alternatives might be, particularly one that I'd like to propose, for a World Parliament.2024-12-0622 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 45In this episode, we're going to consider one significant respect in which we've been able to successfully reimagine and reform our electoral system in the United States. in the years since this country was born, demonstrating that further reforms are possible if we can muster the conviction that they are achievable and work tirelessly to achieve them.2024-10-2916 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 44In this episode we highlight some ideas from the works of Arnold Toynbee, the famous 20th century world historian, about the stark choice that humanity would face in the atomic age of either achieving political unification or committing mass suicide and his prediction that in in the face of an existential threat brought about by circumstances of our own making, humanity would turn on a dime and voluntarily adopt a limited world-state even though it would likely do so kicking and screaming.2024-08-3120 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 43In this episode we explore the need to replace the outworn belief that the ends justify the means with a new, more constructive belief that the means must be as worthy as the ends.2024-08-3122 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 42In this episode we discuss the challenge before us of reconceptualizing and reframing our concepts of power, authority, and leadership so that we can equip ourselves to elect leaders fit to address the pressing needs and challenges of our turbulent times.2024-08-3024 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 41In this episode we ask why peace seems so elusive and explore the suggestion that it could simply be that we are misdiagnosing the causes of conflict and also applying ineffectual remedies.2024-08-2933 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 40In this episode we explore the idea that globalization can essentially be understood as the tangible expression of humanity’s journey towards unity.2024-08-2925 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 39In this episode we explore some secrets to actualizing our potential, achieving success, and living a fulfilling and happy life.2024-08-2826 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 38In this episode we identify the deep flaws in our international nuclear non-proliferation regime and propose ways of fixing them thereby strengthening a key pillar of global peace and security.2024-08-2826 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 37In this episode we propose a series of steps the international community ought to take in order to eliminate boundary and territorial disputes as they often serve as triggers for violent conflict and lead to breaches of international peace.2024-08-2730 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 36In this episode we take some time to reflect on the insights to be gleaned from the near-death experiences of others as a means of reminding ourselves of what life is really all about and refocusing our energies on what truly matters.2024-08-2629 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 35In this episode we examine the need to take a principled approach to solving global challenges by identifying, agreeing upon, and methodically applying a set of shared global ethics or first principles. These principles should also be used as an indispensable underpinning for the institutions and processes we adopt as we build a peaceful and just world.2024-08-2638 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 34In this episode we explore the idea of pooling critical energy resources in the hands of a supranational high authority for energy as a way of solving a trifecta of global challenges namely: equitable energy distribution, climate change, and nuclear proliferation.2024-08-2622 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 32In this episode we delve into some less explored and often overlooked practical requirements for operationalizing the principle of justice in our lives.2024-08-2636 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 31In this episode I aim to raise awareness about ways in which a nation can avoid slipping into civil war by highlighting some important insights gleaned from the book “How Civil Wars Start” by Barbara Walter and offering reflections on them.2024-08-2545 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 30In this episode we look to the war in Ukraine as evidence of the operation of two distinct yet simultaneous processes of disintegration and integration and explore how both processes seem to be driving humanity to the same goal of recognizing its essential oneness.2024-08-2437 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 29In this episode we examine how the war in Ukraine might have been averted if we had firstly had a global system of collective security in place capable of deterring nations from entering into conflicts and restoring peace when it is breached. And secondly if we had additionally had other global institutions like a properly functioning World Court, an International Legislature, and an International Intelligence and Inspections Agency, comprising a viable system of global governance fit for purpose for the 21st century and beyond.2024-08-2433 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 28In this episode we explore the importance of engaging in a two-step process of crafting and agreeing to a new principle of the responsibility to protect our global commons followed by the creation of a supranational institution capable of acting as a trustee of those resources for the collective benefit of humanity.2024-08-2427 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 27In this episode we discuss the imperative need for the global community of nations to identify and agree upon a set of global ethics that can then be used to underpin new institutions of global governance and be woven into their very infrastructure.2024-08-2220 minReimagining Our WorldROW Episode 26In this episode entitled “The Emperor Has No Clothes” we offer an honest assessment of the flaws in the COP system for managing climate change and propose the fixes necessary if we are to have a prayer of acting quickly enough to keep global temperatures from rising above levels causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and planet earth.2024-08-2230 minReimagining Our WorldEpisode 2 - TWIN PROCESSES OF INTEGRATION AND DISINTEGRATIONIn this episode we examine the reality that there are two simultaneous processes at work in the world today: the process of disintegration and the process of integration. While both are accelerating and moving to a climax, we’ll explore how it is that they are actually working for us rather than against us.2024-07-1730 min