Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism
in the early 21st Century, the Consumer Story is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions, and the Citizen Story is emerging. People are dissatisfied with being mere Consumers, yearn for deeper agency even though we lack the words to express it, and have an innate if imprecise sense that authentic participation holds the key to a brigh
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It feels implausible to imagine we will return to religion in its current form en masse, so we are in this curious post-secular state where socially and politically we need the emphasis on solidarity, practice and experience previously found in religion to defend the integrity of the public realm, but culturally and intellectually we can’t go back ... See more
Dr Jonathan Rowson • Revitalising spirituality to address 21st century challenges
‘There’s a crack, a crack in everything,’ sang Leonard Cohen. ‘That’s where the light gets in.’ The Consumer Story has cracked, and is collapsing. That’s a good thing. Now we need to get to work, showing up as Citizens in the places where we live and, crucially, in our places of work.
Brian Eno • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
This has led some to feel that the moment of opportunity for a new story has passed, that the portal has closed. I don’t agree with that. The Consumer Story is fundamentally broken. The trigger might be this pandemic or another, the onset of the climate emergency or the next banking collapse, surges in energy from Black Lives Matter or Extinction R
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