Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World

Preface

We humans are truly remarkable. We have, so quickly, taken such commanding control of our planet, developed such powerful sciences and technologies, and assumed such profound and audacious responsibility for our own destiny. Yet for all our ambitious and aspiring ways, we have not, in our essence, moved so very far from our ancestry. While capable of incredible sophistication of thought and discovery, we still desire clear, compelling stories to make sense of our world. We still crave certainty and simplicity and shy away from complexity and ambiguity. We still tend to default, whenever we can, to black-and-white, “either/or” logics that allow us to discern neat patterns and construct comfortable worldviews. We still appear to be motivated ...