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Rick Bonetti
Jun 41 min read
Singing A New Cosmology Into Being
The Kalapalo are an indigenous people of Brazil. They are one of seventeen tribal groups that inhabit the Xingu National Park. Neolithic...
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Rick Bonetti
Apr 163 min read
A New Story of the Universe
Yale University and Coursera are now offering free Journey of the Universe courses "to understand who we are, where we come from, and where
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Rick Bonetti
Mar 312 min read
Death and Resurrection
Pilgrims to Jerusalem visit what is purported to be the tomb where Jesus was buried before the stone was rolled away the third day after...
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Rick Bonetti
Mar 282 min read
Why AI Needs Spirituality
April 13 & 14, 2024, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m, PDT Saturday and from 8:30-9:30 a.m. PDT Sunday - The Aspen Chapel presents Ilia Delia and...
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Rick Bonetti
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Gamification for the Future
On November 16, 2023, at 6:00 a.m. PT the Institute For The Future is having a Foresight Talk: Dreams and Disruptions: Gamification for...
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Rick Bonetti
Nov 11, 20231 min read
The Future of Human Collective Consciousness
The N2 Conference - The Noosphere at 100: The Future of Human Collective Consciousness is meeting this week November 17-19, 2023 in...
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Rick Bonetti
Oct 29, 20233 min read
Religion, Politics and Climate Change
This blog aggregates and draws attention to examples of how various faith traditions see the climate crisis as an important moral issue....
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Rick Bonetti
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Science and Interspirituality
David Sloan Wilson introduced Kurt Johnson on the ProSocial World YouTube Channel to discuss interspirituality. Today was the final...
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Rick Bonetti
Aug 17, 20234 min read
We Have to Talk About Hope
Margaret J. Wheatly encourages us to not respond to looming existential threats with fear, but from a place of understanding. Wheatley...
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Rick Bonetti
May 27, 20234 min read
Zest For Life
"Le gout de vivre" or zest for life is a theme frequently used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to refer to the life force that animates...
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Rick Bonetti
May 1, 20233 min read
AI and Our Human Future
On May 1, 2023, the New York Times reported ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead. "Dr. Geoffrey Hinton said he...
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Rick Bonetti
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Welcome Party Starts February 6, 2023
"Wake up in a world that is working together to move one billion people across borders. Get ready to pick your new destination." I belong...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 26, 20221 min read
Ethical Living for Dangerous Times
Oliver Burkeman, writing in The Guardian on August 25, 2022, calls William MacAskill's new book What We Owe the Future a thrilling...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 11, 20221 min read
Imagining a Positive Future
Can you imagine a world where humans work together to reverse the negative effects of climate change and created a flourishing,...
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Rick Bonetti
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Reversing Economic Inequalities
On Monday, Dec 12, 2022 at 3 p.m. PST Institute For The Future is offering a free to the public behind-the-scenes look at how New Zealand...
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Rick Bonetti
Nov 2, 20221 min read
Forecasting Environmental Change
On November 3, 2022, 9 a.m. PDT on Zoom - Institute For The Future (IFTF) is having a Foresight Talk: How to Forecast Environmental...
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Rick Bonetti
Oct 20, 20221 min read
Making Spaces For Climate Action
Rev. Richenda Fairhurst's zoom Climate Cafe Multifaith gathering on October 18, 2022 featured Robert J. Shields talking about Making...
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Rick Bonetti
Sep 30, 20222 min read
Climate Change and Hurricane Ian
Mainstream media coverage of Hurricane Ian in Florida has focused primarily on the devastation to human lives and property damage. With a...
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Rick Bonetti
Sep 22, 20222 min read
A Climate of Optimism
The Institute For The Future (IFTF) had a webinar today on identifying positive signals of change - evidence of the future that we can...
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