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The “Big Band Theory”–Creative Systems Theory Takes On Existence As a Whole

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  In my recent book Quick and Dirty Answers to the Biggest of Questions, I describe how Creative Systems Theory helps us address all manner of “ultimate questions”—big picture concerns that in times past have tended to leave us baffled. … Read More

Science and Religion—Toward a Larger Picture (and How Creative Systems Theory Gets Us Very Close)

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In my recent book Quick and Dirty Answers to the Biggest of Questions, I describe how Creative Systems Theory helps us address all manner of “ultimate questions”—big picture concerns that in times past have tended to leave us baffled. In … Read More

Transitional Absurdity: Contemporary Craziness and Its Antidote (Or How the Ludicrous Can Co-Exist With Hope)

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The Creative Systems Theory concept pf Transitional Absurdity describes how a lot that we can find most disturbing—indeed ludicrous—in our time is predicted by how change in human systems works. It is an essential tool for the culturally mature leader’s … Read More

Rethinking Identity: How the Myth of the Individual Provides Essential Evidence for Cultural Maturity’s Needed “Growing Up” As a Species (and the Critical Importance of a More Complete Picture of Identity Going Forward)

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This podcast examines how our modern age concept of the individual stops short of what it means to be a person and the implications if a more complete—more systemic—understanding of identity

Perspective for a Time of Deep Discord: Why We See Things So Differently (and Why Just Trying To Talk About It Is So Often Not Helpful)

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This podcast examines how social/political differences have deeper origins than we tend to assume and the implications for debate and effective decision-making

Bringing Wisdom to the Future—Creative Systems Theory’s Concept of Cultural Maturity

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This podcast provides a big-picture overview of the concept of Cultural Maturity. Think of it as an introductory speech for people not yet familiar with the concept and its implications.

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  • Science and Religion—Toward a Larger Picture (and How Creative Systems Theory Gets Us Very Close)
  • Techno-Brilliance, Techno-Stupidity, and the Dangers of Techno-Utopian Craziness—Needed Perspective if Our Future is to be Anything We Can Celebrate
  • Transitional Absurdity: Contemporary Craziness and Its Antidote (Or How the Ludicrous Can Co-Exist With Hope)

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