What It Would Take to See the World Completely Differently

Today, scientists are trying to measure awe by goosebumps. (Only cold, adrenaline or strong emotion are more likely to cause goosebumps in a human being.) In an increasingly awe-deprived culture, when we are more likely to get lost in our screens than in the woods or public galleries, when we hedge our children’s explorations with our anxieties and

What happens to a society that loses its capacity for awe and wonder at things to come?

What we can do, however, is change our own expectations and choose a different way to do our work: not on behalf of “saving the world” but for the people around us. The planet is weeping, yes, but ultimately, the planet will be fine. The question is: How will we be? Our bravery is to continue to trust in human goodness and be present for people as

An extraordinary imaginative power to reinvent ourselves is at large in the world, though it is hard to say how it will counteract the dead weight of neoliberalism, fundamentalisms, environmental destructions, and well-marketed mindlessness.