coevolution

Be the Change

I get occasional mail from KarmaTube sharing inspirational videos, and this one was so good I wanted to share it with you here. The people are speaking a language I don't understand, but I love the 'conversation' that happens beyond words...

nano cafes

David Isaacs here..

just noticed this fantastic story about nano cafes that are being convened in Madison Wisconsin.

does anyone reading this blog like the idea of connecting with these nano cafe innovators?

what would be wonderful is if someone uncovered a way to introduce the principles and processes of the
World Cafe to them!!!

are you interested in making this networking connection... and suggesting to the nano cafe people that they are part of a global network at the World Café?

The Ultimate Source

I have some further thoughts to share on UR ("UR", by the way, refers to not only my initials but “the ultimate source or the start of everything” in Swedish, and as you may or may not know, is the city in the Bible from which Abraham originally came).

In fact it was probably in Africa, not in the Arabic part of the world, that humans first become humans. And guess what - there is evidence that this period, 100,000 to 10,000 years ago, was a period based on collaboration, peaceful conflict resolution and above all talk, talk, talk and more talk.

Swedish scientists have done extensive research on this and they found we first lived in small groups of 20 to 100 people who in any given week averaged 2.5 days for gathering and hunting and 4.5 days on talking. The conclusion they came to from this data was that the brain, the neurological system, and our hormonal systems have had 90,000 years of programming us for talk and collaboration, and only 10,000 years for competition and fighting.

Do you think this will have affected the constitution of the human being? Yes, I thought so! The World Café is a modern version of the oldest form of social construction humans know!!!

Oneness

The Global Oneness Project engages with some of the big questions facing humanity through wonderful video interviews, including this one with our own Tom Hurley speaking about healing, perceived dualities of western culture, and the soul's knowing.

I think this is a fantastic use of technology for global storytelling... after all it is through our stories that we become real to each other, and begin to develop the understanding that leads to love and compassion. With the advent of places to share them like YouTube and projects like this, video becomes a new form of conversation that can flash like wildfire through the hearts and minds of internet-connected humanity.

Power of Story

David Isaacs sent in this quote:

"Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it ... and change it as times change, truly are powerless because they cannot think new thoughts."

-Salman Rushdie