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Who am I? | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. One of the ways in which the meditative tradition in Buddhism states its central challenge is in the form of the question Who am I? This question can be approached from many different perspectives; here we will consider the related question To what is my loyalty? But beyond these there are some larger perspectives possible. Each of us is part of the web of life on Earth, part of the species. Create a Turn21 event! 21 Event Ideas for Action.

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Are we getting through here? | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Are we getting through here? It’s that day again. Are we getting through here? Is anybody out there actually taking the 21st of the month as a day to talk to people about the biggest predicament human beings have ever faced? You don’t have to be a street preacher; you can send emails to people you know, especially people with some kind of influence. Remember that turn21.org is an org only insofar as you make it one: think mycelium. Create a Turn21 event!

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Consider ‘wisdom’ | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Consider ‘wisdom’. Most of us would regard wisdom as a quality much to be prized in our fellow humans, and particularly in those whom we allow to hold political authority. Some would argue that life under a wise monarch might be better for most people than life in a representative democracy, even one that was working perfectly. Both those qualities by acquiring education. Think about this, and think about the quality of the rulers we actually have. How to ...

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turn21 | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Perspective: Three Brilliant Short Videos. Evolution, which tends to build organisms that are just good enough to get by, has left us ill-equipped to deal with spans of time longer than a human lifetime. We need some help in this visualization exercise, and help is just a click, or three clicks, away. First up, this 3-minute animation. Next, Population Connection. Brings us this 5.5-minute video. And finally, 300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds. Which...

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Notes for a Buddhist Revolution | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Notes for a Buddhist Revolution. We highlighted the recent papal encyclical; today we point to some thoughts from a Zen Buddhist teacher, David Loy. Our title is borrowed from the subtitle of his 2008 book. Money, Sex, War, Karma. You can find the Table of Contents and the first three chapters online here. We especially urge you to read the reworked and updated versions of two other important chapters at The Three Poisons, Institutionalized.

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Challenging the Effective Altruism movement | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Challenging the Effective Altruism movement. A movement has sprung up over the last decade (though its philosophical roots stretch back much farther) known as effective altruism . Quoting the summary offered at effectivealtruism.org. We use evidence and reason to ask Where can a small set of individuals make the biggest difference? The first session of a three-part gathering. Saving lives has immediate. EA tends to encourage people to participate in the ec...

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Laudato Si’ | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Pope Francis’s long-expected encyclical on the environment was released yesterday. It is well worth reading in full: in elegant language, it touches on many facets of our planetary predicament. We can hope that it will have a beneficial effect in catalyzing and informing the debate that needs to be happening. Overall, though, a welcome contribution, and one that accords well with a one-sentence summary of turn21’s position:. Create a Turn21 event!

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If only … | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. If only …. Washington, D.C. : April 1, 2015. Create a Turn21 event! 21 Event Ideas for Action. How to Throw a Successful Turn21 Event. Grey Poster for Social Media Pics. Color Poster for Social Media Pics. Media to Inspire Action. Listen to the 30 Second Call to Action! Follow the these organizations for Turn21 actions. It’s time to Turn21! Host a Turn21 event! Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. Designed by Elegant Themes.

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A challenge for ethical philosophers | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. A challenge for ethical philosophers. Is a social species, a language-using species, and a culture-transmitting species, and these three (roughly layered) properties have all contributed to our evolutionary success. One aspect of our various cultures is ethics or morality, which can be seen as an attempt to align the actions of individuals with the good of the larger society. So, is our burning of fossil carbon strictly ethical? Turn21 suggests that every ...

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Disclaimer | Turn 21

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Welcome to the 21st century. Sign Up for Turn21. We tend to take for granted that the future will be roughly like the past. Even in a time of rapid change, we assume that the direction and magnitude of future changes will be similar to the changes we’ve already experienced. Maybe we would do well to heed the boilerplate that comes with every investment prospectus: past performance is no guarantee of future results. Create a Turn21 event! 21 Event Ideas for Action. How to Throw a Successful Turn21 Event.