Big Picture

Civilisational Survival, Our Economic System, Activism

As humans we are hard-wired to be preoccupied with

1. what is immediately around us and
2. what is of short term value to us.

Hence we neglect the larger, global issues such as the crises created by our globalised capitalist economic system or even give much thought to the fact that many human civilisations have perished before us on account of these same human frailties – short termism and the compulsion to gratify immediate needs.

In this section, the various resources for learning and action are arranged under these headings:

Education

Economy and Policy

Wellbeing

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