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Death liberates the slave, Death is inflicted on kings and Pops, It strikes the poor and the rich, It is the only inescapable common destiny of all mankind Inspired by “verses on death” Inspired by “verses on death” Helinard de Froidmont - medieval poet
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Death liberates the slave,
Death is inflicted on kings and Pops,
It strikes the poor and the rich,
It is the only inescapable common
destiny of all mankind
Inspired by “verses on death”Inspired by “verses on death”
Helinard de Froidmont - medieval poet
We have only one planet,
But two separate worlds,
They are so distinct
However, there are still too
many who wake up
hungry...
Today, mother
nature produces
sufficient food for
everybody
Politicians of whatever party
celebrate their victory whenever
elections are held...
By contrast, every day there
are more scandals, corruption
and fraud brought into light;
Interestingly, it is the same
politicians who distant
themselves from these events;
they often forget that they were
elected to serve the “people”...
The stocks values used to go up... and up... and up..., and speculators became richer
… and richer…
This is the celebration of the rich, each moment becoming richer...
And , at the same time,
the other extreme:
desperate human beings
with no future at sight,
poor and hungry...
How cruel is what we are building ...?
What should we do? What should we avoid?
How to save our planet?
On one side we build an economic system catered to the excessive
consumer,
And, on the other side, there is
absolutely nothing to be consumed.
How fregile is life......
They are separated by the abyss,
two different worlds:
- On one side, those that are blessed by destiny;
- On the other side , the sad world of the great
majority of people , forgotten and ignored by
destiny... ...
Meanwhile the majority prefers to ignore what
occurs on the other side of the abyss,
they live in the “comfort zone” and do not see
“BEYOND”
In contrast, there are those who see “beyond”,
and attempt to build bridges. Among them are
Mario y Simon, the authors of the BEYOND book
Today we try to control better the feelings of the despair before it becomes too late;
We wish to make viable the solutions for the so many problems that we are facing in this world.
As ambassadors of good will . We wish As ambassadors of good will . We wish
to change to the world,.to change to the world,.
We have traveled through scores of We have traveled through scores of
countries and have prepared critical countries and have prepared critical
messages delivered in our books and messages delivered in our books and
speeches in several languages.speeches in several languages.
In the adjacent photos and
subsequent slides, we describe
some threats to the human race;
they are all treated in this book
• We hope to build better
quality of life for all people
living in this planet;
• The developed countries will
need to adapt a new way of
living, depending less on non
renewal energy and use less or
more efficient all other natural
resources.
““We have an unsustainable We have an unsustainable
lifestyle. The developed world is lifestyle. The developed world is
already using more resources than already using more resources than
the Earth can possibly go on the Earth can possibly go on
providing. If all developing providing. If all developing
countries were to have this same countries were to have this same
lifestyle, we would need resources lifestyle, we would need resources
from five more planet Earths to from five more planet Earths to
continue our standard of living. We continue our standard of living. We
definitively need to develop new definitively need to develop new
ways of life”.ways of life”. ( Raich & Dolan)
“The economic paradigm that The economic paradigm that was so fundamental to growth, was so fundamental to growth, the “mantra” of the capitalistic the “mantra” of the capitalistic world is probably witnessing its world is probably witnessing its ultimate phases; over the years ultimate phases; over the years
it brought more and more it brought more and more corruption and unpleasant corruption and unpleasant
surprises ; it brought short cycles surprises ; it brought short cycles of limited growth followed by of limited growth followed by
long periods of crisis and long periods of crisis and economic despair”economic despair” (Raich & Dolan)
Corruption and fear seem to be the engine of these economic cycles.
The concept of sustainable growth is the “perpetuum mobile”, or the continuous movement of modern civilization.
“There are risks worth to be taken ,
albeit the fear of undertaking them“
“You have to stick out and defend
the ideas that you really believe in”
In “Beyond” We want to bring to the forefront
the underlying forces, which are shaping our
world. We want to prepare the reader for the
tectonic shifts which are transforming the social
and business landscape of the 21st century
The paradigm underlying this book can be summed
up in one short sentence: “We are living in a world of
transformation and the world tomorrow will be very different from the
world today or the world of yesterday”.
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“Every year we have 80 million more people – equal to the population of Germany – on our planet to add to the existing 6.5 billion. This means that every year we need space, food, water, education, jobs and so on for those additional 80 million” (Raich & Dolan)
Some 90% of the world’s 1.5 billion young people (between 12 and 24) live in developing countries, most of them without future or hope. They all dream about migrating to developed countries
“In the near future we can expect
more tensions leading to armed
conflicts and terrorist attacks and
the use weapons of mass
destruction, especially those based
on biotechnology and
nanotechnology” (Raich & Dolan)
The majority of the world’s population is living in cities. In the next few decades we will see mega-cities quickly emerging, each with a population of over 10 million people and some over 30 million. This will lead to greater pressure on the infrastructure and the environment, provoking growing social tensions
More than one billion people now live in slums. Without radical changes, that number may double within 30 years.
Large percentage of the world population lives in condition of Large percentage of the world population lives in condition of
poverty. The so called “poverty. The so called “global divide” global divide” is more evident , is more evident ,
separating the rich countries from the poor ones; the ones that separating the rich countries from the poor ones; the ones that
have it all from the ones that have nothing; have it all from the ones that have nothing;
The rich countries provides access to education, technology, The rich countries provides access to education, technology,
jobs (“A future”) ,while in the poor counties, the only thing that jobs (“A future”) ,while in the poor counties, the only thing that
is growing is sheer “fundamentalism”, frustration and anger. is growing is sheer “fundamentalism”, frustration and anger.
“We are now watching a virtual reality beginning to develop, which will soon have a major impact on education and the way we work and live. It will allow us to live several lives in parallel, with unprecedented implications and challenges” (Raich & Dolan)
If you are interested in the future, and the future of your If you are interested in the future, and the future of your children, children, If you are concerned about the mere existence of our If you are concerned about the mere existence of our civilization, civilization, If you wish to become familiar with the tectonic If you wish to become familiar with the tectonic transformation that are currently taking place and those transformation that are currently taking place and those that will happen tomorrow, that will happen tomorrow,
You should read this book. You should read this book.
The book is a first attempt toThe book is a first attempt to draw a roadmap to the draw a roadmap to the near future applying systemic and holistic perspective. near future applying systemic and holistic perspective. Some seeds of solutions are presented as wellSome seeds of solutions are presented as well
This book is an attempt to have a holistic look at the underlying ‘tectonic shifts’ driving theses changes. It is not an easy task, and we thus we have invited some of the world best known experts to contribute to this volume. We had created a virtual team spanning over all continents. This team gave us hints, inputs that have helped us fit everything into a coherent message”” (Raich & Dolan). (Raich & Dolan).
This is a platform for readers who wish to contribute ideas and express their opinions
The web portal serves among others to gather comments and constantly update the ideas shared in
the book
The authors can be reached anytime using the following Email addresses:
Mario Raich [email protected]
Simon Dolan [email protected]@esade.edu
