Is Technology the Solution? No. And Yes.

by Chris Johnnidis

Technology is often cited as “the solution” for the world’s problems: global hunger (better food distribution), conflict (better weapons), global warming (”energy-efficient” technologies), education (computers in every school!) just to name a few. At first I recoiled from this; can the answer to our deep human problems really be found in a material [...]

Summer 2009 Metta Mentors Program

Preamble
First, watch this one minute video about a certain kind of power….
What is this power? Some call it love in action; Kenneth Boulding, a peace scholar and activist, called it integrative power. By whatever name, this is the power employed in nonviolence – that when applied to social change can awaken the conscience of [...]