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The World We Create: From God to Market
The world is entering a new technological, social and global age and it is our ability to create meaning which will decide whether we face a bright future or a tragic decline.
We are living in an unsustainable state of cultural tension. Stress and depression are becoming more common, we are destroying our environment and while the rich become richer, inequality has spread both domestically and globally. The world's entire democratic system is strained and the only 'meaningful' story left is our role as consumers. We flee to and are trapped by the gilded illusion of happiness that is dictated to us by consumerism.
In The World We Create, Tomas Björkman takes readers on a journey through history, economics, sociology, developmental psychology and philosophy, to illuminate where we have come from and how we have reached this breaking point. He offers new perspectives on the world we have created and suggests how we can achieve a more meaningful, sustainable world in the future.
We are living in an unsustainable state of cultural tension. Stress and depression are becoming more common, we are destroying our environment and while the rich become richer, inequality has spread both domestically and globally. The world's entire democratic system is strained and the only 'meaningful' story left is our role as consumers. We flee to and are trapped by the gilded illusion of happiness that is dictated to us by consumerism.
In The World We Create, Tomas Björkman takes readers on a journey through history, economics, sociology, developmental psychology and philosophy, to illuminate where we have come from and how we have reached this breaking point. He offers new perspectives on the world we have created and suggests how we can achieve a more meaningful, sustainable world in the future.
570 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 2, 2019
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August 15, 2019
Simply brilliant. Björkman provides a compelling and thoroughly researched narrative, spelling out how we could increase our ability to deal with complexity.
If the thinking that Björkman puts forward, from his own mind and from his sources, is allowed to influence individual mental development, the education system and the structures of societal governance we, and future generations, would benefit greatly. It's our collective responsibility to make that happen and with this book Björkman takes us one step closer.
If the thinking that Björkman puts forward, from his own mind and from his sources, is allowed to influence individual mental development, the education system and the structures of societal governance we, and future generations, would benefit greatly. It's our collective responsibility to make that happen and with this book Björkman takes us one step closer.
March 20, 2021
A must read for all who need to understand the direction society is in and the possible destinations.
March 14, 2021
För en man som bedyrar vikten av att sätta sig över subjektiva perspektiv så är budskapet i denna bok ganska åsiktsdrivet. En del insikter om vår uppkopplade värld är dock klart värda läsmödan. I stort är boken dock för lång och spretig. Läs andra halvan om du vill ta del av det värdefulla innehållet om den post postmoderna människan.
September 1, 2024
Шведський фінансист і соціальний підприємець Томас Бйоркман розповідає про те, що людство пройшло чотири «точки зору» [thought perspective], фундаментально різні стадії досвіду та тлумачення світу:
1) анімістичну;
2) релігійну або домодерну;
3) раціональну або модерну;
4) постмодерну.
Три найважливіші ідеї, сформовані людством під час трьох останніх точок зору, це, відповідно, Бог, наука і ринок. Центральна тема книжки: виникнення та розвиток цих точок зору. Головна теза: «зараз ми перебуваємо на критичній фазі переходу від однієї точки зору до іншої». І цією новою перспективою є метамодернізм.
1) анімістичну;
2) релігійну або домодерну;
3) раціональну або модерну;
4) постмодерну.
Три найважливіші ідеї, сформовані людством під час трьох останніх точок зору, це, відповідно, Бог, наука і ринок. Центральна тема книжки: виникнення та розвиток цих точок зору. Головна теза: «зараз ми перебуваємо на критичній фазі переходу від однієї точки зору до іншої». І цією новою перспективою є метамодернізм.
March 23, 2026
Great thoughts. A little redundant at times. Loved the thought of co-creating a new metanarrative though depressed - as. Jot sure society can do this.
December 9, 2019
One of the clearest thinkers on the new societal meta-narrative & meta-modern world view, and a very sweet and caring human being at that. I'm proud of him as a countryman, and to have him as a warm acquaintance.
November 29, 2018
Important and timely.
January 7, 2020
This book is a must read for this century! Tomas Björkman is a brilliant thinker!
November 30, 2021
Börjar bra med många lärorika delar, men tappar tyvärr styrkan mot slutet. Många delar är läsvärda i denna dock!
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