Subject: Re: Ernie Lowe’s Critique
Date: Thursday, 16 Aug 2001
From: David C. Korten
Dear Ernie:
Thank you for sending such a thoughtful and extensive critique of the “Living Economies” essay.
It seems we agree on the seriousness of the global crisis facing humanity and the destructive role of a pathological economic system. As you know, much of my work […]
Subject: Ernie Lowe’s critique of Living Economies
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 09:57:34 -0700
From: Tom Atlee <cii@igc.org>
This is very useful. I’ve heard similar arguments against certain social and metaphysical applications of quantum theory and chaos theory. I see tremendous value in natural scientists cautioning those of us in other fields to not push our applications of scientific […]
Subject: Re: Ernie Lowe’s Critique
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:43:55 -0700
From: Elisabet Sahtouris <lifeweb@pacbell.net>
I do agree with my friend Ernie Lowe’s critique re people using biological metaphors and models superficially. Unfortunately most of them don’t even understand the intelligence of living systems in evolution. I do not believe we are using them inappropriately or superficially–it […]
Dear David,
John Steiner sent me your Living Economy article and then encouraged me to send you my critique of it. Your analysis of the suicide economy is quite compelling. You describe bluntly and directly what the old model is about (and I know that this comes from your earlier experience of working in it.) I […]
August 14, 2001
Dear David:
I just read your latest work on your web page at the suggestion of Richard Perl and really enjoyed it. The Empire to Community concept rings true to me. The Empire Era created a them/us mentality, that justified exploitation, slavery, and genocide, and glorified domination over other peoples and nature. I agree […]
Dear David,
I’ve read the responses and your comments; this material is indeed rich. Joanna’s observation that “living into being” is “more accurate than organize, build, construct, create, because it transcends the one-way causal flow those verbs denote” was a delightful insight to me, which I shall keep along with David Spangler’s great phrase, “We live […]
The Crisis and Challenge of Globalization:
Hans-Peter Duerr
The crisis and challenge of globalization centers on the many disempowered people who no longer feel they hold any “stake” because […]
Sahtouris: Good to read your new essay first thing this morning. Bravo! Right on!!
I also finished a short piece yesterday, adapted from my “The Biology of Globalization” (most recently published in: Journal of Futures Studies, May 2001, 5(4):141-163) article for Tachi Kiuchi’s newsletter and am attaching it, as it also mentions Type I to Type III […]
Dear David:
Greetings. I’ve been through your essay several times. Inspiring…
There is so much there, and I love so much of it. I also believe it is a wonderful start for a collaborative effort among several key thinkers on a statement of the current predicament and opportunity. The wonderful thing is that, by addressing the big […]
Thanks for “Living Economies for a Living Planet” Let me tell you two ways that it enriches my understanding of our common work and will enrich my teaching in classroom and workshops (beginning this week!)
1. You provide welcome new language. Specifically: