By thinking of the world as a machine our species has created an economic and political system that is dangling over an abyss. Many are optimistic for business as usual with an ideological belief in the power of positive thinking. Can we develop a practical spiritual philosophy that sorts through all the garbage? Have our systems and institutions become so dependent on the idea of a machine world that we need to collapse to develop an alternative economic system?<\/p>\n
In Extraenvironmentalist #64 <\/strong>we <\/strong>speak with Morris Berman<\/a> about his new book Spinning Straw Into Gold: Straight Talk for Troubled Times<\/a> which takes on the idea that reality is created by thought. We ask Morris about the validity of claims made by the scientific worldview. Berman announces the launch of the new MoveOverGeorge.com campaign<\/a> to bring the US dollar into 21st century reality. Then we hear from biologist Rupert Sheldrake<\/a> on his new book The Science Delusion<\/a> from a recent talk in Vancouver, BC about the fundamental beliefs of scientific materialism.<\/p>\n