“If we humans fail to form a good community with each other—how can we expect to guarantee each other’s security and survival in a dignified way?
If self-esteem and recognition are too unequally distributed among us—how would we want to enter into communities with one another?
And if we lack opportunities for meaningful and creative lives—how can we have enough abundance of will to compassionately engage in democracy and the common good?
The listening society thus cultivates our collective intelligence. That collective intelligence is in turn the strongest guarantor of both strong, deep welfare state and a healthy, competitive market economy. The listening society is thus both an end and a means.”
—Hanzi Freinacht
https://medium.com/@hanzifreinacht/what-does-the-next-level-of-welfare-look-like-438a31017ae9
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How an expansion of the depth and reach of our welfare services can save the welfare state
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