There are a number of trends and forces that will manifest in the 2020s. These are all important and will be subjects of subsequent columns. Many of these trends reside within these four overarching dynamics of the decade: The Age of Climate Change The Age of Intelligence The Reinvention of Capitalism and Democracy A […]
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Starting in 2019, the world moved from the Pre-Covid-19 period into the Covid-19 period. Everywhere clusters of people were becoming infected with Covid-19 and many deaths were occurring. Countries did their best to control the pandemic by urging their people to wear a mask, wash their hands frequently, avoid touching their faces and keeping at […]
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In thinking about mankind’s future, one can be either an optimist or a pessimist. Let’s start with an optimistic mindset. Taking a long view of mankind’s history, humans have moved far beyond the Neanderthal stage and today homo sapiens are the dominant human species. Humans have passed through the hunter/gatherer stage, the […]
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Once you go to our web site https://sarasotainstitute.global/ then please click on the tab Videos and Podcasts. You will see a drop-down menu: Symposiums, Podcasts, Media. All three of these pages now have great content to view and listen. On the Symposiums page we have videos from both our symposiums at the Neel Performing […]
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I think so. Look how quickly society has changed over the last two weeks. What would it look like if the world responded to our climate crisis with a similar sense of urgency? We have a big problem – and it’s not the pandemic or our climate crisis. Those are symptoms. It’s how we […]
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The climate crisis symposium presented by The Sarasota Institute, a 21st Century Think Tank is now available to view at your convenience. The full symposium was live streamed to the world all day 2/29/20 and the edited down version can now be viewed here The event, named “A Leap Year Look at Climate Change” […]
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This coming Saturday February 29, 2020 The Sarasota Institute – A 21st Century Think Tank will be presenting our next symposium. “ A Leap Year Look at Climate Change”. It will be nothing less than a completely new climate crisis conference. In the morning we will present the developing catastrophe globally, have a panel […]
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Mankind is faced with a profound dilemma. To resist growth is to risk economic collapse. To continue to pursue growth relentlessly ensures collapse of our ecosystem which supports all life. For the most part, this dilemma goes unrecognized. All of our institutions continually point in the wrong direction. Those that do recognize the dilemma […]
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Many of us make resolutions at the start of a year. At the very least, we pause and reflect on the passing of the year just lived and think about what might or could be different in the new year. This year is different. We are starting a new decade. A decade that […]
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We have announced our first four symposiums for 2020. You can view them here: https://sarasotainstitute.global/event-listings/#!event-list Each Saturday event is a full day in the magnificent Neel Performing Arts Center on the beautiful campus of the State College of Florida. The first four symposiums face four of the ten major categories The Sarasota Institute has […]
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