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Every step we take, every decision, every action, every thought, every word we speak, contribute to the story that is the ethos of our civilization.

They can contribute to a story of trust, respect, compassion and understanding

or

they can contribute to a story of exploitation, domination, opportunism, and polarization.

It is our choice.

Our stream of consciousness was analogue for most of human history. We occupied a contiguous reality that we could embrace fully each moment of our lives. Perhaps we could handle 1000 bits of information a day, but we usually were exposed to less than 500. So we could keep up. Our children were well served when we taught them what we learned from our parents.
Now, in our digital world, we are bombarded with millions of bits each day and we simply can not cope anymore. It’s like we are running 21st century software on hardware that has not been upgraded in 30,000 years. So we are reduced to sampling our reality. We cherry pick from the fire-hose of information that is pointed at us. Our sampling rates vary but none of us can absorb it all. Feeling overwhelmed and inadequate, we cling to the familiar and follow the crowd. We use our cognitive bias to build silos and echo chambers where we feel ‘safe’. We find cover in best practices, instructions and authority. We gladly hand control to others as the floor moves under our feet and our vision blurs.
The consequences of this dynamic are unfolding all around us. Strongmen are dominating our politics. Climate breakdown is being ignored. Religious fanaticism is resurging. The promise of simple solutions, or conveniently blaming ‘them’, is attractive to most. The cultural guideposts that worked for thousands of years are now leading us in circles. Any advancements in thinking tend to be incremental and slow in coming. Rational discussion, respectful exchanges of ideas, openly challenging misinformation, critical thinking, collaborative problem solving. These ideals are headed for the dustbin of history while events are overtaking us.
Our collective cultural framework is the only thing that stands even a remote chance of keeping up with the exponential rate of change we face in our civilization. But to do so, that framework needs to be nurtured, adapted, expanded, and sometimes revolutionized. Perhaps New Tomorrow can provide the catalyst to unite us all in that effort; to inspire the collective courage and commitment to build a better world – together.
I’ve done what I can. Now it’s up to you
Our world is incredibly complex, dominated by fear and increasingly polarized.
What if it were dominated by inquiry, compassion and understanding instead?