to solve them could effectively make its country economically uncompetitive, leading to inflation, unemployment, or even economic collapse.
Simpol aims to break the vicious circle governments find themselves in by encouraging people around the world to oblige their politicians and governments to cooperate globally in implementing appropriate policies simultaneously for the good of all.
Only by implementing policies simultaneously can our problems be resolved in a way that no nation, corporation, or citizen loses out. If all nations act together, everybody wins.
A RECENT essay in Boston Review by historian William Hogelandpondered a perplexing political question: Why havenāt populists and liberals been able to make common cause? They seem like natural allies. They both rail against economic inequality. They both are skeptical of Americaās financial masters of the universe. They both believe that government has an obligation to help the countryās working men and women. They are both angry about the direction the country has been taking.Ā Read more…
This article is adapted from a talk that Bob Fuller recently gave at a TEDx event in Berkeley, appearing in both Huffington Post and Psychology Today.Ā Ā Both versions are linked here.
Robert Fuller Author, “Somebodies and Nobodies” and “All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity”
Across North Africa and the Middle East to South and East Asia, the hunger for dignity is driving unrest and heralding social transformation. Everywhere, people are refusing to be taken for nobodies; they're demanding to be treated like somebodies.
A new dream is taking hold: people are sensing the possibility of building societies in which dignity is universal and secure. Life is hard, yes, and we remain vulnerable to natural catastrophes, but couldn't we disallow the indignities to which we subject one another?
John Steiner, Harvard class of ā65, is a networker, organizer, and philanthropist. He brings together people, projects, ideas and money around a common cause – serving āthe pattern that connects.ā He co-founded the National Commons, a predecessor to the United States Consensus Council, to bring multi-stakeholder, collaborative problem solving tools to the national level. He was a founding board member of Search for Common Ground; a founding member and early leader of the Threshold Foundation; and a founding member of the Social Venture Network. He is a former chairman of the board of CDR Associates (Center for Dispute Resolution). Currently he is the acting chairman of the board of the transpartisan initiative, Reuniting America. He works closely with Robert Fuller and the DIGNITY movement. He is also working with other philanthropists and social entrepreneurs to raise large sums of money for the peace and security field. John lives with his wife Margo King in Boulder, Colorado, where they serve as trustees of the Steiner King Foundation, which is active in a variety of creative philanthropic endeavors.
We recently introduced the concept of āOpen Foresightā as a process weāre developing to analyze complex issues in an open and collaborative way, and to raise the bar on public discourse and forward-focused critical thinking. Itās a work in progress and constantly evolving, but here are some of the basic principles weāve developed so far.
1) What is Open Foresight?
In simple terms, open foresight is a process for building visions of the future together.
2) The Big Picture ContextĀ ..Ā 3) Why Open Foresight?Ā ..Ā 4) Pilot Project: The Future of FacebookĀ ..Ā 5) The Tipping PointĀ ..Ā Fueled By Crowdfunding & Corporate Patronage
1) What is Open Foresight?