[In response to today’s extreme social/political polarization, I’ll be doing a series of articles that take front-page-news issues and address them from a big-picture, systemic perspective—from above the partisan fray. My intent with this series is not to get people … Read More
While I repeatedly draw on the analogy between personal second –half-of-life maturity and the tasks of our time in making the argument for Cultural Maturity, I am careful to emphasize that personal maturity and “growing up” in this species sense, … Read More
Adapted from a manuscript draft of Creative Systems Theory: Stanley (a university professor): My question also concerns responsibility. I’m interested in how education would change if we made responsibility for a healthy future more overtly its task. What we … Read More
From Cultural Maturity: A guidebook for the Future: Essential leadership tasks: Educators have front-line responsibility in Cultural Maturity’s changes. They must teach the capacities necessary to life in a culturally mature world. They must also inspire the courage and commitment … Read More
Adapted from Cultural Maturity: A Guidebook for the Future: Without cultural guideposts to direct us, we must get at what matters more bare-boned, separate from its cultural trappings. We must also get at what matter more systemically, in a way … Read More