Articles on PR for People

Re-learning How to Play Global Chess: What Would Winston Churchill Do?

There is a potentially effective international response to the rise of China as a superpower, but it will require a twenty-first century Winston Churchill with vision.  In the next decade, China is likely to challenge the United States in many ways.  Winston Churchill understood the crucial value of cooperation against a common foe.  A twenty-first century Winston Churchill, with a keen eye on the global chess board, might see the proposed “Global Government Initiative” as an opportunity to create a new political alliance.


“Sustainable Development”: How’s It Going?

The U.N.’s original definition of the term has been corrupted, and the current U.N. iteration (in a set of 17 Development Goals) is an overreach.  Either way it’s failing.   What is to be done? This currently fashionable concept first arose in the 1980s.  A U.N. report stressed that it should be about basic needs.  Our current emphasis on “growth” and increased “wealth” is unsustainable. I believe we must return to the original 1987 U.N. definition, which focused on our basic needs, and make it a global priority going forward.

 


Is There a Future for Hope?

Is There a Future for Hope? Pessimism about the future is on the rise, and there is much reason to be pessimistic. Is our species doomed?  Beware of self-fulfilling prophesies.


Artificial Intelligence – It’s Much Older and More Pervasive Than You Think

Artificial Intelligence – It’s Much Older and More Pervasive Than You Think. Its roots can be traced back to our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Truly autonomous modern “AI” is something new and deeply challenging. Where is it going?

 


I, Too, Have a Dream

I see a transformative way forward for our endangered species. One missing piece is transformative leadership. I have an idea.

 


Why We Need Global Governance… Now!

Our species is in serious peril.  Why We Need Global Governance… Now! We must think outside the box because the future lies outside the box.


Building a Global Superorganism: A New Paradigm for the Era of Climate Change

Perverse as it may seem, the greatest threat that we may face is each other, and a regression into tribalism. Indeed, violent warfare has been one of the major themes in human history, going back as far as we can see.   Peace has often seemed like it’s only a brief intermission.   We are facing the very real prospect of an era of “climate wars.”  Or worse. 

 


Voodoo Economics 2.0

Voodoo Economics 2.0...Can we resist the allure of faith-based economic theories?