What's Changing? - Death
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July 2021
We actively monitor change covering more than 150 key elements of life.
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On Now
Dave Pollard wrote thought-provokingly of the "Now Time”, a multidimensional recursive eternal present familiar to aboriginal cultures the world over, and recalling Friedrich Nietzche's desire to be a "yes-sayer" to each moment.
This recalls Camus' celebration of Sisyphus starting afresh each day and more recently, Eckhart Tolle's "power of now".
What's Changing? - Work
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July 2021
What's Changing? - Climate
Please see below recent climate-related change, including key developments regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goal 13 - Climate Action.
Imagine a ship that is sinking and needs all the available power to run the pumps to drain out the rising waters. The first class passengers refuse to cooperate because they feel hot and want to use the air-conditioner and other electrical appliances. The second-class passengers spend all their time trying to be upgraded to first-class status. The boat sinks and the passengers all drown. That is where the present approach to climate change is leading - Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard
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What's Changing? - Ideas
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July 2021
On Michel de Montaigne
"I have never seen a greater monster or miracle than myself", said Michel de Montaigne, describing his own poor memory, his ability to solve problems and mediate conflicts without truly getting emotionally involved, his disgust for man's pursuit of lasting fame, and his attempts to detach himself from worldly things to prepare for death.
What's Changing? - Habitat
Please see below selected recent cities/urbanisation-related change.
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July 2021
What's Changing? - Ageing
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July 2021
- Prospect noted that Madeleine Bunting’s 2020 book Labours of Love blended reportage with ethical interrogation into the way we do (and don’t) care for the old and others, claiming that resources are one problem: another is our culture of quantification and that capitalism misses the essence of what care involves: not task performance, but being present and listening...in our hours of need, we all know a personal touch is what matters most.
June 2021
What's Changing? - Knowledge
Please see below selected recent knowledge-related change.
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July 2021
- With growing interest in knowledge hiding as a research topic, a paper reported on a bibliometric review of 103 papers specifically discussing knowledge hiding and/or knowledge withholding in organisations.
March 2020