GAIA – From Chaos to Cosmos - Elisabet Sahtouris 1989
Introduction “ We are wrong to devote our attention to saving or managing nature. Gaia will save herself – with or without us – and...
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PROSPER - Chris Martensen and Adam Taggart
Introduction – As individuals we are all in the grip of rigid and apparently unchangeable global institutional systems which must lead...
Will Sutherland
Dec 25, 20191 min read
Doggerel and Wit - a book to think and enjoy
A book reuniting some of the doggerel I wrote. Just what is it about verse that allows so much meaning with so few words?The time has...
Will Sutherland
Dec 1, 20191 min read
Marks in the Sand - an autobiography
For those who may be interested, my autobiography is now available from Amazon.co.uk. It's the personal story of my quest for...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
The Zeitgeist Movement - Peter Joseph
Global movement started by the video made by Peter Joseph in 2007 The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM) claims to have around 500,000 members...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20181 min read
Whole Earth Discipline - Stewart Brand
SB has been a leading environmentalist for over 40 years. He initiated the “Whole Earth Catalogue” in 1968 – and it was published...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20181 min read
WHAT IS WAR GOOD FOR? Ian Morris 2014
The main argument of this book is that wars tend to lead to bigger states with more stability (and even police) and this reduces...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20187 min read
The Zeitgeist Movement Essays – by Peter Joseph
A summary by Will Sutherland TZM is A Sustainability Advocacy Group which operates through a network of Regional Chapters, Project Teams,...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
REALITY IS BROKEN By Jane McGonigal
A book about the importance and potential of “games” for cultural change. The amazing popularity of video games shows that the “reality”...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
Progress and Poverty - Henry George
Written in 1877 He has a very negative view of what we now call “democracy”! Where the disparity of wealth increases then universal...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
PLANET UNDER PRESSURE Conference 2012
This conference took place in London, March 2012. It was attended by over 3000 of the world's top scientists and its purpose was to...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20184 min read
NET SMART by Howard Rheingold
This is a “meaty” book full of good material and with 33 pages of references. Why it's important The printing press (1450) radically...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20184 min read
Money Madness and the thoughts of Silvio Gesell (1929)
The current financial problem began when a group of young bankers invented a way to parcel up risk and resell it in ways that effectively...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20184 min read
Manifesto for a future civilisation World Technology Network - James P Clark
Summary talk The next 20 years will see bigger changes in our civilisation than have occurred over the last 1000 years. Sadly we are on...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
FLOURISH - Martin Seligman
Happiness and Well Being are not the same thing. Happiness is about being cheerful in the moment. Well Being is about flourishing and has...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
Fear and Desire – extracts from Russell Brand “talk”
Fear and desire are the twin engines of human survival but with most of our basic needs met these instincts are being engaged to imprison...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
Creating New Societies - John Boik Ph.D.
Although this book suffers from a “we should do things different” problem (words on these lines do not change things easily!), it does...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
BLACK SWAN – Nassim Taleb
Taleb was a successful mathematical trader and is now a Professor of Uncertainty. This is a book about prediction and forecasting. Taleb...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20182 min read
BIG GODS How religion transformed co-operation and conflict - Ara Norenzayan 2013
The key argument of this book is that laws and customs are not sufficient in themselves to enable large groups of humans to live together...
Will Sutherland
Sep 7, 20183 min read
ANTIFRAGILE How to live in a world we do not understand - Nassim Taleb
The concepts in this book are as simple as they are radical. They are extremely important yet poorly understood. The book is essential...
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