I recently read The Chaos Point – the World at the Crossroads by Ervin Laslo.

Laslo argues that humanity has until 2012 to adapt. By then a tipping
point will have been reached and we will either launch into a new
holistic mode and survive, or continue in our current behaviour and
sink into decline and possibly extinction. Of course, global warming,
war, economic collapse and pestilence would loom large in this
scenario.

While this sounds grim, the book is very positive and points to many
advances towards holism in human society and generally adds energy to
arguments for change. Laslo is a systems theorist and suggests that the
type of positive change towards holism could be quite sudden and all
encompassing.

While, I'm not generally a proponent of what might be called
“spiritual” and Laslo's thesis is a little short of evidence
(particularly for the 2012 date) I found this to be an important,
compelling and hopeful text.

Laslo believes we can and will elevate to a new level of consciousness and survive. I hope he's right.

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