What we are experiencing is a transition that is historic. It is partly the maturing of the age that we have been in for several hundred years. Even though many believe in the “end of history “, I see that the technological advancement of the past thirty years has shifted the “center” of gravity of society away from the traditional centers. The shift is not to one periphery, but to many. For those who thrived at the center, this transition will certainly feel precarious. The transition calls us to be open and adapt to what is emerging. The change that I see as the most disruptive concerns how our institutions are devolving. My perception is that what both of you men see is the restoration of human community with relationships of trust at the center. For this I am grateful.
Provocative post. That said, it resonates as a theme with many other thoughtful posts, not least here on substack (there's a satisfying density of thoughtful posts here compared to other platforms).
The theme is as you describe - a separation from each other, and a separation from ourselves. As my Jungian friends might have it, we have become possessed by our personas as they struggle to make themselves seen.
I think Ed Brenegar's posts here on substack, on the nature of networks chimes with this, not lrase the need to start locally and enable networks of meaning. As the old is dissolving, we need these "strange attractors" around which the new can form. It doesn't make life any easier, or the disruption we face any less harsh, but at least we can find something the other side of it to steer towards.
What we are experiencing is a transition that is historic. It is partly the maturing of the age that we have been in for several hundred years. Even though many believe in the “end of history “, I see that the technological advancement of the past thirty years has shifted the “center” of gravity of society away from the traditional centers. The shift is not to one periphery, but to many. For those who thrived at the center, this transition will certainly feel precarious. The transition calls us to be open and adapt to what is emerging. The change that I see as the most disruptive concerns how our institutions are devolving. My perception is that what both of you men see is the restoration of human community with relationships of trust at the center. For this I am grateful.
Provocative post. That said, it resonates as a theme with many other thoughtful posts, not least here on substack (there's a satisfying density of thoughtful posts here compared to other platforms).
The theme is as you describe - a separation from each other, and a separation from ourselves. As my Jungian friends might have it, we have become possessed by our personas as they struggle to make themselves seen.
I think Ed Brenegar's posts here on substack, on the nature of networks chimes with this, not lrase the need to start locally and enable networks of meaning. As the old is dissolving, we need these "strange attractors" around which the new can form. It doesn't make life any easier, or the disruption we face any less harsh, but at least we can find something the other side of it to steer towards.