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Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
by David C. Korten (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 34 customer reviews
File Size: 1857 KB
Print Length: 197 pages
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition (February 2, 2015)
Publication Date: February 2, 2015
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We humans live by stories, says David Korten, and the stories that now govern our society set us on a path to certain self-destruction. In this profound new book, Korten shares the results of his search for a story that reflects the fullness of human knowledge and understanding and provides a guide to action adequate to the needs of our time.
Korten calls our current story Sacred Money and Markets. Money, it tells us, is the measure of all worth and the source of all happiness. Earth is simply a source of raw materials. Inequality and environmental destruction are unfortunate but unavoidable. Although many recognize that this story promotes bad ethics, bad science, and bad economics, it will remain our guiding story until replaced by one that aligns with our deepest understanding of the universe and our relationship to it.
To guide our path to a viable human future, Korten offers a Sacred Life and Living Earth story grounded in a cosmology that affirms we are living beings born of a living Earth itself born of a living universe. Our health and well-being depend on an economy that works in partnership with the processes by which Earth's community of life maintains the conditions of its own existence—and ours. Offering a hopeful vision, Korten lays out the transformative impact adopting this story will have on every aspect of human life and society.
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“If ever there was a guide to a better future, this is it.”
—Maude Barlow, National Chairperson, Council of Canadians, and 2005 Right Livelihood Award winner
“Among the most important books of our time, from one of the most brilliant thinkers of our era, Change the Story, Change the Future hands us the keys to a world in which all people live in creative, peaceful, and coproductive partnership with one another and with nature.”
—Thom Hartmann, bestselling author and internationally syndicated talk show host
“Joining the wisdom of the great spiritual teachers with findings from the leading edge of science, David Korten outlines a transformative new narrative that is both promising and powerful.”
—Van Jones, founder and President, Rebuild the Dream, and author of Rebuild the Dream
“Once you read this book, you’ll never be able to look at today’s tired old stories the same.”
—Annie Leonard, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA, and author of The Story of Stuff
“One of the most thought-provoking analyses of the shifts in Western ideals and modern society now available under one cover.”
—Sister Joan Chittister, OSB, Executive Director, Benetvision, and author of A Passion for Life
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Book Description
Every society is governed by stories―overarching cultural frameworks that determine what people value and how they understand and relate to the world and each other. Bestselling author David Korten argues that our current political, economic, and environmental crisis can be traced to fatal flaws in our current stories, and offers a new one that promises a better future. Follow
Biography
In addition to an active schedule of writing and speaking on global and national issues, I serve as president of the Living Economies Forum, chair of the board of YES! Magazine (yesmagazine.org), co-chair the New Economy Working Group (neweconomyworkinggroup.org), founding board member emeritus of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (bealocalist.org), and a member of the Club of Rome (clubofrome.org). I hold MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford Business School, taught at the Harvard Business School, served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, and have 30 years experience as a development professional in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
My books include the international best seller, When Corporations Rule the World (watch for the 20th anniversary edition to be released in June 2015): Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth; Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth; The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community; and The Post Corporate World: Life After Capitalism.
For more information and periodic updates, visit my website livingeconomiesforum.org. You can also follow me on Twitter - @dkorten - and Facebook.
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File Size: 1857 KB
Print Length: 197 pages
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 1 edition (February 2, 2015)
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Harold Slater
5.0 out of 5 starsA Picture of Hope for the FutureJune 12, 2015
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Korten is a prophetic seer who calls us to a great paradigm-shift that if heeded could enable our civilization to survive. Calling us to set aside the several thousand year emphasis on "Sacred Money and Markets" to "Sacred Life and Living Earth" the author shows us the new direction in which the winds of time are blowing. Amidst the stonewalling and heel-digging of so many, who are trying to recreate an idealized past in the future, even in the crumbling collapse of systems and nations, Korten sounds a note of creative hope for a new and transformed future . He offers few steps on how to get there, but the positive image toward which we can work may spark many from cynical despair to creative thought and action. I am encouraging all my retired and active clergy colleagues and all my friends to get, read, and begin to live out of Korten's new paradigm.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMust ReadApril 27, 2017
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Not only is David Korten hitting all of the most important topics - not just one theme, but a whole, multi-faceted presentation of some of the most important topics threatening the survival of life on earth - but I was constantly astonished at the literary quality of his writing. Korten is up there with Teilhard de Chardin, Bertrand Russell, and Noam Chomsky - this is a must read - and tell your friends.
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Walker Miller of The Happy Berry
5.0 out of 5 starsThe thesis agreedDecember 17, 2015
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You really can't argue with the thesis. I go around giving talks on the future of food and how we must change the paradigm. As a farmer I/We try to live in the transition. Our approach is build it and they will come. I was hoping for more how to do it. We need a revolution in the middle...a person who can bring us to the public media stage ...at this point in our evolution it will take money! A contradiction!!!
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Lynn Hennelly
5.0 out of 5 starsSo wonderful to hear such positive ideas about the futureMay 2, 2016
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So wonderful to hear such positive ideas about the future... and what we can do about it. Got it on CDs so I could listen to it in the car, instead of the 'bad' news on the radio! I now want to read more by David Korten.
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Alan Nordstrom
5.0 out of 5 starsKEEPING EARTH VIABLEFebruary 15, 2015
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Having long taught David C. Korten's THE GREAT TURNING: FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH COMMUNITY in my Writing about Human Frontiers college course, I am eager now to add CHANGE THE STORY, CHANGE THE FUTURE to my syllabus—because it even more explicitly and persuasively establishes that maintaining Earth's viability is our sacred duty.
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Anne D. Paust
4.0 out of 5 starsKorten is a reliable good read.March 29, 2017
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Korten always has relevant and important things to say. I've read many of his books.
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douglas a. dailey
5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsAugust 3, 2017
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excellent copy
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JDOT
5.0 out of 5 starsOpportunity to make a positive differenceApril 8, 2016
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A simple, concise, and from my perspective incredibly valid explanation of our core stories historically and the option required for us to be able to continue to exist on the planet.
Are you truly able to get your head out of the sand and reconnect to your heart – our collective heart!
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david korten living earth life and living sacred life sacred moneyeveryone would read change the future change the storymoney and markets story change earth story planet visionapproach ideas society action agree calls economics
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Harold Slater
5.0 out of 5 starsA Picture of Hope for the FutureJune 12, 2015
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
Korten is a prophetic seer who calls us to a great paradigm-shift that if heeded could enable our civilization to survive. Calling us to set aside the several thousand year emphasis on "Sacred Money and Markets" to "Sacred Life and Living Earth" the author shows us the new direction in which the winds of time are blowing. Amidst the stonewalling and heel-digging of so many, who are trying to recreate an idealized past in the future, even in the crumbling collapse of systems and nations, Korten sounds a note of creative hope for a new and transformed future . He offers few steps on how to get there, but the positive image toward which we can work may spark many from cynical despair to creative thought and action. I am encouraging all my retired and active clergy colleagues and all my friends to get, read, and begin to live out of Korten's new paradigm.
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tree
5.0 out of 5 starsMust ReadApril 27, 2017
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Not only is David Korten hitting all of the most important topics - not just one theme, but a whole, multi-faceted presentation of some of the most important topics threatening the survival of life on earth - but I was constantly astonished at the literary quality of his writing. Korten is up there with Teilhard de Chardin, Bertrand Russell, and Noam Chomsky - this is a must read - and tell your friends.
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Walker Miller of The Happy Berry
5.0 out of 5 starsThe thesis agreedDecember 17, 2015
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You really can't argue with the thesis. I go around giving talks on the future of food and how we must change the paradigm. As a farmer I/We try to live in the transition. Our approach is build it and they will come. I was hoping for more how to do it. We need a revolution in the middle...a person who can bring us to the public media stage ...at this point in our evolution it will take money! A contradiction!!!
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Lynn Hennelly
5.0 out of 5 starsSo wonderful to hear such positive ideas about the futureMay 2, 2016
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So wonderful to hear such positive ideas about the future... and what we can do about it. Got it on CDs so I could listen to it in the car, instead of the 'bad' news on the radio! I now want to read more by David Korten.
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Alan Nordstrom
5.0 out of 5 starsKEEPING EARTH VIABLEFebruary 15, 2015
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Having long taught David C. Korten's THE GREAT TURNING: FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH COMMUNITY in my Writing about Human Frontiers college course, I am eager now to add CHANGE THE STORY, CHANGE THE FUTURE to my syllabus—because it even more explicitly and persuasively establishes that maintaining Earth's viability is our sacred duty.
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Anne D. Paust
4.0 out of 5 starsKorten is a reliable good read.March 29, 2017
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Korten always has relevant and important things to say. I've read many of his books.
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douglas a. dailey
5.0 out of 5 starsFive StarsAugust 3, 2017
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excellent copy
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JDOT
5.0 out of 5 starsOpportunity to make a positive differenceApril 8, 2016
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A simple, concise, and from my perspective incredibly valid explanation of our core stories historically and the option required for us to be able to continue to exist on the planet.
Are you truly able to get your head out of the sand and reconnect to your heart – our collective heart!
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