Global-mind-shift

Via global-mindshift.org

“What is a mind shift and why do we need to make one?

How can we build a better future for all of us? That’s the fundamental question of our time. Today we are discovering it will require a global mind shift if we are to provide an answer adequate to our current situation. Take a look at the current presentation. You’ll learn why the old ways of dealing with our current situation no longer work. More importantly, you’ll discover there is a mind shift taking place today that provides the larger perspective we need to answer the age old questions.

Where am I? Who am I? What am I to do?”

Lezlie and I just watched the first part, step 1, “get a bigger perspective”. Pretty enjoyable. Cool art in the background of the video, I found Brian Swimme to be engaging and I definitely learned some things I didn’t know. I’m curious about his perspective on evolution though … he spoke many times of life “inventing” things, like photosynthesis, sex, eyes, etc. My understanding is that the mainstream field of evolutionary science considers this a naive view and that the, perhaps bleaker, reality is that new “features” are basically the result of “what doesn’t die”. In other words, the giraffe didn’t grow a long neck to reach the high leaves, giraffes with short necks all died. The “invent a longer neck” story of course sounds better though and I’m curious if/how it’s grounded in some new empirical findings. Maybe I’ll pick up his book.