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Malcolm
I’ve written quite a few entries arguing that trauma is a root cause of our problems as a civilization, species and planet. There are many other threads from this theme that I could discuss in... More »
Malcolm
I began this series of entries with the question “Why is it so hard to change the world?” In response, I argued that a fundamental cause is trauma. The trauma of climate change was probably... More »
Malcolm
Are there ways of bringing up children that will consistently (if not always!) lead to partnership characteristics such as non-violence, peacefulness, tolerance, caring, sharing, cooperation, gender equality and independence of mind? The answer from a... More »
Malcolm
I’ll start this entry with a brief recap of my last few posts. For thousands of years after the last Ice Age, human society over a large part of the planet was peaceful, cooperative and... More »
Malcolm
In my last entry, I outlined the rise and fall of early partnership cultures as described by Riane Eisler. She made an implicit connection between the destruction of the partnership civilization and environmental conditions when... More »
Malcolm
In the last two entries, I introduced Riane Eisler’s partnership and dominator models of society, discussed the nature of trauma, and argued that it could explain the emergence and stability of dominator cultures. The origins... More »
Malcolm
In my last post, I described Riane Eisler’s partnership and dominator models of society and suggested that trauma is the reason we are stuck in the dominator part of the spectrum. In this entry, I... More »
Malcolm
On 21 June I posted some thoughts on why it is so hard to change the world. At the end, I outlined a theory that I’m developing that our human predicament can be explained by... More »
Malcolm
As I look back over my last 5 entries, I am amazed and awestruck by the immense power we humans have to create the future. Exciting as this power is, it’s also scary. We have... More »
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