New World, New Mind: Moving Toward Conscious Evolution

by Robert E. Ornstein , Paul Ehrlich

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There is no longer sufficient time to rely on the normal pace of cultural evolution to deal with today's dilemmas... Human beings have always been the most adaptable creatures on the planet, and they should be able to chart a new course for themselves. Some of that charting is already being done. The old mind today is being challenged and changed by many scattered efforts. Can we bring these efforts together to produce a large-scale program for a rapid "change of mind"? We know what the show more problem is. The "solution" is not simple--to generate the social and political will to move a program of conscious evolution to the top of the human agenda. show less

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New World, New Mind: Calling for a Change in Consciousness

Some books serve as part of a vital warning system. New World, New Mind by Paul Ehrlich and Robert Ornstein reads like the cliched canary in a coal mine, even though it is 20 years old.

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