Change the story, change the future
Subtitle: a living economy for a living earth
By: David C. Korten
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781626562905
Subjects: Human ecology; Religious aspects; Economics; Ecotheology
Description: "We humans live by stories. This defining human quality distinguishes us from other intelligent species and gives us a capacity to rapidly change our individual and group behavior in response to changing circumstances. On the downside, when we get our story wrong, the consequences can be devastating. In this extraordinary work, David Korten identifies three cultural stories ways of understanding the world that have contributed to our current economic, political, and environmental crisis. Korten explains how these stories, however arguably well intentioned, have led us to value life by its market value, view nature as a commodity, and see ourselves as separate from our world. To find a path to a viable human future Korten offers a new story, one consonant with both modern science and spiritual traditions, that acknowledges the reality that we are living beings born of a living Earth that itself is born of a living universe. He shows how we can choose our actions and design our institutions based on this understanding"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "NEW ECONOMY WORKING GROUP."

"A report to the Club of Rome."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Internet Archive - 2

Internet Archive 2
Table of contents: title: Prologue : in search of a deeper truth; title: Our story problem; title: Our quest to know; title: A brief history of story politics; title: A living universe; title: Children of a living earth; title: Making a living; title: Enslaved by corporate robots; title: A new economics for a new economy; title: A living economy for a living earth; title: Own the story, own the future.