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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Oct 20

Reposted from the Institute for Cultural Evolution’s blog: The Institute for Cultural Evolution does not officially endorse candidates for public office. But as the president of this organization I feel obligated to express my personal political opinion on the upcoming election. While I acknowledge that there are many people of good sense and good faith who continue to support Donald Trump, I cannot assent to his leadership. My considered assessment is that Trump’s apparent disregard for the truth, coupled with his generally untrustworthy character, disqualify him for the office of the presidency. Even though I’m a registered Democrat, I still …

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Reposted from the Institute for Cultural Evolution’s blog: The Institute for Cultural Evolution does not officially endorse candidates for public office. But as the president of this organization I feel obligated to express my personal political opinion on the upcoming election. While I acknowledge that there are many people of good sense and good faith who continue to support Donald …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Oct 20

The Institute for Cultural Evolution does not officially endorse candidates for public office. But as the president of this organization I feel obligated to express my personal political opinion on the upcoming election. While I acknowledge that there are many people of good sense and good faith who continue to support Donald Trump, I cannot assent to his leadership. My considered assessment is that Trump’s apparent disregard for the truth, coupled with his generally untrustworthy character, disqualify him for the office of the presidency. Even though I’m a registered Democrat, I still have doubts about Joe Biden and cannot wholeheartedly …

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The Institute for Cultural Evolution does not officially endorse candidates for public office. But as the president of this organization I feel obligated to express my personal political opinion on the upcoming election. While I acknowledge that there are many people of good sense and good faith who continue to support Donald Trump, I cannot assent to his leadership. My …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Oct 20

Ecological inequality includes such things as access to fresh air, clean water, lush vegetation, beautiful scenery, healthy and non-toxic food, clean living spaces—even sunlight. In many large Chinese cities, a lot of people hardly see the sun, and millions die as a result of air pollu­tion. Many people around the world work in noisy, physically dan­gerous, dirty and toxic en­vironments, like children in West Africa working on huge piles of waste from electronics, slowly poisoning themselves to re­trie­ve valuable metals and minerals. The brunt of harm caused by environmen­tal de­gradation is carried very unevenly by popul­ations. You see this in …

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Ecological inequality includes such things as access to fresh air, clean water, lush vegetation, beautiful scenery, healthy and non-toxic food, clean living spaces—even sunlight. In many large Chinese cities, a lot of people hardly see the sun, and millions die as a result of air pollu­tion. Many people around the world work in noisy, physically dan­gerous, dirty and toxic en­vironments, …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Oct 20

Race, to all people who use the term correctly, is a matter of a few easily observed physiological characteristics: the color of your skin, the texture of your hair, and the shape of a few extremities . . . But there is no scientific correlation between those physical features and behavior. The only correlation comes from the conditioning of the consciousness—and that is not the same thing as race. Consciousness and race just don’t correlate. —Albert Murray Introduction The meme of race is like a dead virus, brought alive by the vulnerability of those it feeds upon, attacking the immune …

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Race, to all people who use the term correctly, is a matter of a few easily observed physiological characteristics: the color of your skin, the texture of your hair, and the shape of a few extremities . . . But there is no scientific correlation between those physical features and behavior. The only correlation comes from the conditioning of the …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Oct 20

The annual meeting at the Club of Rome also has a Global Youth Summit, this year it is via Zoom in three “continental time zones:” East Asia, Afri-Euro-Middle-East, and the Americas. Each meeting is 3 hours and 80-90 students participate in each one of them. At the Afri-Euro-Middle-East Summit, I just presented the Bildung Rose, and the slides are available here: http://bildungrose.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TheBildungRose_GlobalYouthSummit_presentation.pdf

The annual meeting at the Club of Rome also has a Global Youth Summit, this year it is via Zoom in three “continental time zones:” East Asia, Afri-Euro-Middle-East, and the Americas. Each meeting is 3 hours and 80-90 students participate in each one of them. At the Afri-Euro-Middle-East Summit, I just presented the Bildung Rose, and the slides are available …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Sep 20

How do chocolate goodies keep their sheen and creamy texture, even while sitting on store shelves? Increasingly, the answer is palm oil (and palm kernel oil), the world’s most widely consumed vegetable oil[1]. In our report Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030, we discuss how precision fermentation (PF) is rapidly improving in cost and capabilities so that it could be used to make any protein at speed and scale. But PF is not just about protein, in fact a wide variety of molecules can be made via PF, including those found in palm oil. Store-bought chocolate cream balls, which the author …

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How do chocolate goodies keep their sheen and creamy texture, even while sitting on store shelves? Increasingly, the answer is palm oil (and palm kernel oil), the world’s most widely consumed vegetable oil[1]. In our report Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030, we discuss how precision fermentation (PF) is rapidly improving in cost and capabilities so that it could be used …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 27 Sep 20

This Friday, I was a guest speaker at the Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learn, and you can watch the result here: http://humanisticmanagement.international/using-the-bildung-rose-as-a-strategic-diagnostic-tool/ or here:

This Friday, I was a guest speaker at the Humanistic Management Professionals Lunch and Learn, and you can watch the result here: http://humanisticmanagement.international/using-the-bildung-rose-as-a-strategic-diagnostic-tool/ or here:


By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Sep 20

It has been shown in a growing body of recent research that social exclu­sion and rejection activate similar patterns in the brain as physical pain. Social exclusion is like a slap in your face. This is a real thing: You sub­ject someone even to a small slight or rejec­tion, and not only do they exp­er­ience pain, they also become more vul­nerable to such pain in the future, and their emotional state is pushed towards vengefulness and envy—even increasing the propensity towards physical aggression.[i] The following is a slightly edited extract from Hanzi Freinacht’s book ‘Nordic Ideology: A Metamodern Guide to …

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It has been shown in a growing body of recent research that social exclu­sion and rejection activate similar patterns in the brain as physical pain. Social exclusion is like a slap in your face. This is a real thing: You sub­ject someone even to a small slight or rejec­tion, and not only do they exp­er­ience pain, they also become more …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 24 Sep 20

The Bildung Rose was first described in English in this article published by Nordic Bildung in October 2019: http://nordicbildung.org/publication/the-bildung-rose/ In June 2020, it appeared for the first time in print in English in my book Bildung: Keep Growing: http://nordicbildung.org/books/bildung/ The model itself is a lot older, though: it first appeared in Danish in my 2007 book Baade-Og Onsdag (Both-And Wednesday) — the third volume of a five volume series called Baade-Og (Both-And).; you can read more about those books here: http://www.baade-og.dk/english/. Over the years, I have presented the model in numerous keynotes and everywhere have I experienced how people almost …

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The Bildung Rose was first described in English in this article published by Nordic Bildung in October 2019: http://nordicbildung.org/publication/the-bildung-rose/ In June 2020, it appeared for the first time in print in English in my book Bildung: Keep Growing: http://nordicbildung.org/books/bildung/ The model itself is a lot older, though: it first appeared in Danish in my 2007 book Baade-Og Onsdag (Both-And Wednesday) …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Sep 20

I’m excited to announce my upcoming online course titled: Cultural Intelligence: Transcending Race, Embracing Cosmos. Here’s a description: Our country’s current racial and cultural crises have invoked a dire need to reexamine our understanding of race and reflect on our own blind spots. I invite you to join me virtually at the Aligned Center to delve into our crisis of meaning and the meaning of crisis in his timely new nine-week series. As a culture we’re coming to understand the value of emotional intelligence in our personal lives and interpersonal relationships. In this class, I explore culture as another form of intelligence–a discipline of human values, feelings and behavior that enrich …

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I’m excited to announce my upcoming online course titled: Cultural Intelligence: Transcending Race, Embracing Cosmos. Here’s a description: Our country’s current racial and cultural crises have invoked a dire need to reexamine our understanding of race and reflect on our own blind spots. I invite you to join me virtually at the Aligned Center to delve into our crisis of meaning and the meaning of crisis …

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