Ervin Laszlo, system theorist and founder of the Club of Budapest, explains that the crux of the problem is that 'we have created a global world and we have a local mentality.' It is therefore time for a change in global consciousness, the next step in human evolution. It is up to all of us to make this change. Together we are more powerful than ever in our history to change the world system: 'Create the alternative. Be the emergent butterfly.'
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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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jean lievens
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Gen-X and Y lap up organic, fairtrade products, while baby boomers struggle to pay extra for more ethical goods. 
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Mish recently posted excerpts of a Brookings Institution study on changing generational values: How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street and Corporate America. The gist of the report is that Gen-Y (Millennials) view money, prestige, adversarial confrontation and managerial methods differently from the Baby Boom and Gen-X generations, and that this set of values will change Corporate America, the economy and the culture as Boomers exit managerial positions and their peak earning/spending years.
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Why Millennials aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy (More evidence the Sharing Economy is kicking in?
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The blog "wait but why" had a great post last month titled "Why Generation Y Yuppies are Unhappy." In it, the author explained how Gen Y young people, or Millenials, are experiencing a serious disconnect between their expectations and reality.
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If you want to understand what’s happening in business and culture today, the tail end of the Agrarian Age offers several telling clues, according to Don Tapscott, co-author of “Wikinomics.” Monday morning, Don delivered the opening keynote at HR Technology Conference & Expo. He covered much ground—much like his book does. And the implications of his ideas are deep, going well beyond the scope of HR. One blog entry can’t do his presentation justice, and this blog entry doesn’t try to do so. But one thing Don covered is Generation Y’s sharp departure from older generations’ approach to working. That’s highly relevant to HR.
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WHY the generation Y can change the world through social entrepreneurship.
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Generation Y (born roughly between 1980 and 2000) is seemingly the most in-debt, depressed, and unemployed generation in United States history. It is also the most educated.
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Kavita Sharma stays "connected" through most of her waking hours, spending at least 10 hours a day on the Internet. The 20-year-old sophomore is hard-wired to be engaged, or constantly distracted, with the enormous range of information "out there". She uses Google for everything she needs to know and has at least 30 browser tabs open on her Mac at any given time.
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Detractors say the digital world is turning kids into screen junkies. WIRED’s Tom Cheshire finds data that says it’s actually making them smarter
Sylvie Dos Santos's curator insight,
March 15, 2015 7:11 PM
La multiplication des supports (TV, tablettes, téléphones ...) et la multiplication des applications (SMS, réseaux sociaux, jeux) inquiètent les parents comme la télévision inquiétait il y a quelques années. Et si les enfants ne savaient plus se concentrer ? Ils passent d'une activité à une autre sans arrêt, font trop de choses en même temps ? L'auteur de cet article se demande si finalement cela ne sera pas le contraire: et si nos enfants seront capables de faire plus de choses en même temps, et donc d'être plus adaptés et plus créatifs ?
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The blog "wait but why" had a great post last month titled "Why Generation Y Yuppies are Unhappy." In it, the author explained how Gen Y young people, or Millenials, are experiencing a serious disconnect between their expectations and reality.
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