The Village Idiot Studio

First the bad news:

  • Global warming is not going to go away.
  • The economy isn’t going to come back anytime soon.
  • Western nations will veer towards authoritarianism.
  • Tribalism and xenophobia will increase everywhere.
  • Social institutions will weaken and some will break down.
  • Artificial Intelligence and robotics will change everything else.

Political, social and material opportunities have conditioned us to view life on the planet as an endless procession of riches and pleasures for the taking. However, the coming upheavals- and demands that we respond with outrage to new abominations- will leave us exhausted and helpless.

Now for the good news:

In this moment, each one of us will need to figure out what we and our loved ones need to do in order to survive. A good place to start would be to question our own assumptions, perceptions and biases. What we think we know could be our undoing. As with every crisis, professional or personal, identifying the problem and staring at it squarely is half the battle.

Continuing to view harsh reality as depressing, will only condemn us to will full helplessness.

This 360-degree, holistic course is based on the premise that the more we know about the complex world the better equipped we will be to handle whatever comes our way.

  • Understanding who we are helps us survive and thrive within the larger world.
  • Knowing the nature of the real world allows us to understand and manage it.
  • Recognizing how vulnerable societies are makes us sensitive to their wellbeing.
  • Learning how democracies work helps us recalibrate our aspirations and expectations.
  • Appreciating the vagaries of 21st century life helps us develop deliberate resilience.
  • Planning and preparing intelligently helps us mitigate eventualities.

If we really care about the world and our loved ones, we owe it to ourselves to get a handle on the unprecedented complex reality of our world. The RETHINKING EVERYTHING course is the intelligent alternative to frustrated anger and your antidote to helplessness.

$350.00USD

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