REFERENCES AND QUOTES Philosophy 2021 Realize that we are human beings sharing a common endeavour - References and quotes THE EMPATHIC CIVILIZATION: THE RACE TO GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN A WORLD IN CRISISThe creation of the nation-state. 292 Imaginary community. Nation-state mirrored the market 293 Compelling story to give up autonomy and freedom. Massimo d’Azeglio “We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians” 294 France and its languages in 1789 295 Shared narrative and common identity the nation-state provided the psychological reorientation to extend empathy form local kinship to encompass previously diverse peoples. At the same time it created “we” and “they” 300 Vision of economy where collaboration trumps competition. 553 We are all in this together 590 Planet as a self-regulating living organism in steady state. “It is the continuous symbiotic relationships between every living creature and between living creatures and the geochemical process that ensure the survival of both the planetary organism and the individual species that live within its biospheric envelope” 598 “If every human life, the species as a whole, and all other life-forms are entwined with one another and with the geochemistry of the planet in a rich and complex choreography that sustain life itself, then we are all dependent on and responsible for the health of the whole organism.” 598-599 networks of networks from cell to the biosphere, Capra and the “web of life” 599 Environmental, social and economic interdependencies. 600 biosphere politics See THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER, DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS: SEVEN WAYS TO THINK LIKE A 21ST-CENTURY ECONOMIST, MEASURING REGENERATIVE ECONOMICS: 10 PRINCIPLES AND MEASURES UNDERGIRDING SYSTEMIC ECONOMIC HEALTH 615 I THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER mental flexibility “Think how many arguments have to do with boundaries—national boundaries, trade boundaries, ethnic boundaries, boundaries between public and private responsibility, and boundaries between the rich and the poor, polluters and pollutees, people alive now and people who will come in the future.” 98 “Boundaries are of our own making, and that they can and should be reconsidered for each new discussion, problem, or purpose.” 99 157 who has the power of the rules 158 Information holds systems together. Information is power 173 I Common cause policy feedback 12 Thatcher understood policy feedback: “…it isn’t that I set out on economic policies; it’s that I set out really to change the approach, and changing the economics is the means of changing that approach. If you change the approach you really are after the heart and soul of the nation. Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.” 23 values and behavior correlation (double dividend of promoting intrinsic values 30 “But there are other reasons that people often engage in behaviour that appears inconsistent with their personal values. Particular behaviours are influenced by a wide range of factors, many of which are specific to the situation in which a behavioural choice is made. Often, for example, structural constraints intervene in the course of people acting in line with the values that they hold to be important. For instance, a person’s values may lead her to express concern about her personal carbon footprint, although, in the absence of a convenient public transport infrastructure, she may nonetheless reluctantly rely on using her car to commute to work.” “Thus, at least in a democracy, the quality of a public transport system is something that, in part, reflects the priorities and values of the electorate. More generally, structural constraints, which appear to limit the extent to which people adopt behaviour in line with their values, often themselves arise or persist as a result, in part, of the political expression of particular cultural values.” 32 “Importantly, people’s experience of public policies and institutions also affects their understanding of what is ‘normal’, and can therefore lead to the strengthening of particular values across a culture. For example, citizens of countries that have adopted more competitive economic systems tend to place more importance on extrinsic values (Schwartz, 2007; Kasser et al., 2007).” See Cultural and Individual Value Correlates of Capitalism: A Comparative Analysis, THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER, SOME COSTS OF AMERICAN CORPORATE CAPITALISM: A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF VALUE AND GOAL CONFLICTS There is no value neutral policy or institution 36 which values do we as society choose to accentuate? 38 different solutions depending on framing 41 importance of language 43 policy feedback, institution create normative expectation and participatory democracy 65 I PROSPERITY WITHOUT GROWTH Damaging signals from society – valuing private before public sector See Common cause on policy feedback 12, THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER, SOME COSTS OF AMERICAN CORPORATE CAPITALISM: A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF VALUE AND GOAL CONFLICTS 148 “the balance of behaviours in a society depends on how that society is structured. When technologies, infrastructures, institutions and social norms all reward self-enhancement and novelty, then selfish sensation-seeking behaviours prevail over more conservative, altruistic ones.” “Each society strikes this balance between altruism and selfishness (and between novelty and tradition) in different places. And where this balance is struck depends crucially on social structure. Social structures can change and can be changed. They are amenable to policy. And all the evidence suggests that the time is ripe for such changes, because the existing structures are poorly aligned with human interests and values.” 157 “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government 198 Policy feedback and co-creating the social world, social contract, hyberbolic discounting and commitment devices See Common cause 12, 23 203 Erosion of commitment devices. Foucault, governmentality and how “governments find themselves drawn into specific ways of behaving, in part as a result of their own policies.” Growth calls us human to “be myopic, individualistic, novelty seekers” because that is what is needed for the stability of the economic, thus supported by governmenst. 206 Institutional schizophrenia that “arises directly from the governmentality of the growth-based society. With a vital responsibility to protect jobs and to ensure stability, the state is bound (under current macroeconomic understandings) to prioritise economic growth. And it is locked into this task, even as it seeks to promote sustainability and the common good. Government itself, in other words, is caught in the dilemma of growth.” See THINKING IN SYSTEMS – A PRIMER, “The role of government is to provide the capabilities for its citizens to flourish – within ecological limits. The analysis here suggests that, at this point in time, that responsibility entails shifting the balance of existing institutions and structures away from materialistic individualism and providing instead real opportunities for people to pursue intrinsic goals of family, friendship, community, participation, creativity.” 209 governments can establishing limits, countering consumerism, tackling inequality and fixing economics 212 I MATERIALISTIC VALUES: THEIR CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES Human create and are created by culture. Culture, beliefs and practices must be supported by individuals who are shaped by the belief and practices they internalize. 12 Exposure to materialistic models and values. “From the time they are born, people receive implicit and explicit messages endorsing the importance of money and possessions. These endorsements take the form of parental values, the materialistic lifestyles of family member and peers a, and the materialistic messages frequently found in popular culture, such as in the media. People often accept such messages, take on materialistic goas, and strive to attain them, as humans have a fundamental tendency to adopt ambient cultural and familial values and behavioral regulations, a process referred to as internalization.” 17 Inequalities can create materialistic values as it increases insecurity 18 I THE SPIRIT LEVEL: WHY MORE EQUAL SOCITIES ALMOST ALWAYS DO BETTER Inequality make countries socially dysfunctional 174 I ARBETSSAMHÄLLET – HUR ARBETET ÖVERLEVDE TEKNOLOGIN marketing and the state together to defend the work and demand but that’s is not our goal is it? 105 structures affect human beings and human beings affect structures. 216 I DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS: SEVEN WAYS TO THINK LIKE A 21ST-CENTURY ECONOMIST social capital makes society better 67 Cocreating reality 86 Putting a price ignites a spark. Sandel, “markets are not mere mechanisms, they embody certain values. And sometimes, market values crowd out nonmarket norms worth caring about” 102 Working together, different elements of society 235 Remaking our reality everyday. Experiment! 238 To encouragment Next encouragement