Wishing everyone; ‘Wisdom & Peace of Mind’ for 2025.
Kannan Chandran from STORM-ASIA asked me and others about our hopes and wishes for 2025 and the full article is linked below. My modest contribution is reproduced here:
Bertrand Russell said, ‘The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatsoever that it is not utterly absurd.’
As we move into 2025, I am struck by how mixed up the world is, how truth has ceased to have currency that we can all agree on as a basis for cooperation and collective action. Cooperation is an evolutionary imperative and today’s polarisation is an existential threat.
It is also an indicator of a Dark Age — opinion and superstition masquerading as fact. Little progress can come from this and despite the shiny trinkets all around us, very little innovation.
So, more than anything, I hope that we have access to a more universal planetary wisdom and that this ushers in for us better decisions about our future – wanting peace of mind has always felt like a regressive and conservative hope to me but now I understand that it is about faith that we are making good choices and that there is reason to believe in our common future – on this basis I hope for peace of mind for us all.
Dom Meli
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