If we let our imagination run free, what kind of a future do we see 25 years from now? What does the world look like? Does humanity fulfill the aspirations and dreams that inspire the current generation of searchers and activists striving to create a brighter future? There is a growing network of visionaries active today that is pooling their deep passion and expansive experience with a range of social movements to have that same look into the future. Society 2045 is bringing together the intelligence and inspiration to imagine a compelling future vision and the regenerative pathways that can turn powerful ideas into real transformation. The premise is simple: the planet has reached a tipping point in time where all things we can imagine about the future are possible. Instead of surrendering to the dystopian future vision often offered by science fiction, why not create the kind of positive future we would want for humanity? Join Aviv Shahar as he welcomes Jose Leal, Kim Wright, and Stewart Levine, members of Society 2045, as they delve deep into today’s topic: Imagine 2045.
If we let our imagination run free, what kind of a future do we see 25 years from now? What does the world look like? Does humanity fulfill the aspirations and dreams that inspire the current generation of searchers and activists striving to create a brighter future?
There is a growing network of visionaries active today that is pooling their deep passion and expansive experience with a range of social movements to have that same look into the future. Society 2045 is bringing together the intelligence and inspiration to imagine a compelling future vision and the regenerative pathways that can turn powerful ideas into real transformation.
The premise is simple: the planet has reached a tipping point in time where all things we can imagine about the future are possible. Instead of surrendering to the dystopian future vision often offered by science fiction, why not create the kind of positive future we would want for humanity? Join Aviv Shahar as he welcomes Jose Leal, Kim Wright, and Stewart Levine, members of Society 2045, as they delve deep into today’s topic: Imagine 2045.
02:38 – Aviv welcomes with Jose Leal, Kim Wright, and Stewart Levine, to expound on today’s topic: Imagine 2045 and to share the passion that brings them to the exploration of the future
09:48 – Jose, Kim and Stewart discuss the inspiration behind Society 2045
18:19 – Togetherness, a radical idea
24:41 – The freedom to be authentically you
31:08 – Jose, Kim and Stewart share how they are integrating their own thinking and awareness to community and the freedom of individuality
39:47 – Imagining a bowl of spaghetti
45:06 – What a new legal system in 2045 would look like
54:44 – What Jose, Kim and Stewart are learning about courage and what they’ve taken away from being part of Society 2045
1:04:10 – Surrendering to what wants to happen
1:00: – Jose, Kim, and Stewart each provide one final practice and Aviv leaves us with final thoughts and insights on appreciation
“Here’s a paraphrase from David, ‘Always be in conversation with things that are not you. Let the fear of that darkness allow you to live knowing anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you, and you have made it too small.’” (09:08) (Stewart)
“I think it’s the convergence that is most radical in my opinion. There are different ideas and new ideas that I hadn’t heard before, none of which I feel are all that radical. They’re consistent, but different. It’s the consistency and the similarity of people’s visions. They’re always about community, togetherness and breaking down barriers.” (18:39) (Jose)
“And if we are interconnected and interdependent, then how do we remain in balance with nature, humanity, all of that? We celebrate that. And if we’re doing that, how do we actually have conversations so that we can bring that, because a lot of the rules and structures are meant to keep us separate in the current paradigm. And if we’re no longer separate, how do we celebrate the differences and that individuality and authenticity of each person and still live together and take care of the planet?” (24:47) (Kim)
“I think the way that I frame what you’ve just said, Aviv, is human needs drive our behavior with one another. And, the force that we produce in society, the force that we create to compel people to do things, to compel certain structures, to compel the type of organizations that we have, it’s a breakdown of force as soon as our ability to wield our needs grows.” (35:19) (Stewart)
“Putting the relationships at the core and the success of the relationships as our goal and not what some third party twenty years from now is gonna look back and say should have happened. It’s more about our choice making and our authenticity.” (46:10) (Kim)
“I think, for me, the evolution from being myopic about the things that I’m working on to whatever the term is in being able to describe the opposite, is I’ve been growing to see a bigger picture of the emergence of things. And that, what I’ve been working on - the emerging things that I’ve been working on - are happening for the same reasons that other people are doing it .” (1:00:10) (Jose)
“I don’t want to be the guru. I want to be the congregator of the ideas around law.” (1:08:18) (Kim)
Books Mentioned:
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have: