By profession I am deeply interested in how living systems function, especially how different parts interconnect and mutually work together. I am also intrigued by how we can help fixing when those interconnections disengage, break.
Question: Is society trying to achieve a utopia? Answer: Yes, for millennia we have been building the utopia of our selfish ego, which thinks it can role over everything and everybody, wanting to greedily consume everything for itself. And now we are in a shocking awakening, seeing that our dream of “omnipotent Humans” controlling everything … More Living In An Egoistic Utopia
Question: How many people “pull the strings” of the world? Answer: Whether we want it or not, whether we are aware of it or not, we are all pulling the strings, not only those obvious “leaders”, “influencers”. As we evolved into a fully integrated, interdependent system, the so called “butterfly effect” world with full force, … More Bound By The “Butterfly Effect”
Question: Can a single human make a difference in the world in the 21st century? Answer: No, it’s impossible. In today’s fully integrated, interdependent world only a critical mass of people – either quantitatively our qualitatively – can make discernable change. And even such a group can make positive, sustainable changes only, if they perform … More Only Collective Solutions
Question: Can people be made to have complete universal ideology? Answer: I agree with you that in a globally integrated and interdependent world we need to universal ideology, we need a universal purpose, goal that can unite us above our differences. But people cannot be made to accept something, follow something. Coercion – like in … More Universal Ideology
Question: What do you consider to be the world’s “mission critical”? Answer: The world’s mission critical is two-fold. First of all we have to recognize that the reason we are sinking into a deepening, unsolvable global crisis is that we are unable to build mutually responsible and mutually complementing connections, cooperation all over the globe, … More Mission Critical!
Question: Do you feel things to be very simple? Answer: There is an interesting example about a family who goes to the hospital to visit a relative, and during the visit they encounter the cleaner, a nurse, a junior doctor and finally the professor, and they ask all of them about the state, prospects of … More The Complexity Of Simplicity
Question: What is the purpose of our existence, knowing that machines could be doing everything we’re doing far better than us? Answer: It is completely true that very soon machines will be able to do everything – even such delicate actions like performing operations on patients in hospitals – better than us. But our purpose … More The Human Purpose Machine’s Are Incapable Of
Question: If human beings are inherently selfless and kind, how do we have entire institutions that act the opposite in culture and practice? Answer: The reason is that the first part of your statement is not true. We are not inherently selfless and kind, but we are inherently self-serving, self-justifying, egocentric and subjective. Then of … More Finding The Right Intention
Question: What virtues would proliferate in the next evolution of humanity? Answer: Your question is timely, as we are standing at the threshold of the next, last phase of Human evolution, which for the first time will be conscious, meaning we can take our development into our own hands. It also means that we have … More New Human Virtues
Question: What is the biggest disservice that technology has done to humankind? Answer: The biggest disservice technology has done is making us believe that we can complement, correct our Human failings with our gadgets, clever devices. But even the most advanced technology can’t make up for the problems our inherently self-serving, self-justifying, individualistic and egoistic … More The False Promise Of Technology
Entering The Force-Field 