Saying goes that ‘hope for the best and prepare for the worst’. Carl Jung, one of the fathers of modern psychology remarked that "people cannot stand too much reality.” And one such reality is that end has come for many civilizations in the course of human history and the prophets of doom haven't been all wrong. In fact, it's safe to say that more civilizations have collapsed than have persisted. If we examine the reasons for their collapse, we find one or two like neglect of agriculture, moral degradation or lack of leadership. But in our present day civilization, all these factors with many more additional ones are operating. We better watch out!
Purpose of this work is not to create a scare but to give a caution to not take things for granted. Our universe works under finely balanced laws and making things topsy-turvy will not work to our advantage. Our best interest lies in following the universal scheme of things and not in defying the subtle laws of creation due to foolish arrogance.
Ours may as well add to that record of vanished civilizations, the primary difference being that it's global in scope and threatens the stability of the entire community of life. Civilizations have always been local and this is the first time in history that entire humanity shares a common fate. Keeping all our eggs in one basket is not a wise policy. One day we might have to pay dearly for our quest for globalization.
Directions we take now would decide our fate, for better or for worse. On many fronts, the crumbling of this colossal industrial setup is becoming apparent. Material world is a calamitous place but all the previous calamities were local in nature. Now we have to be prepared for disasters on global scale, thanks to our interdependence and interconnectivity. Earlier we suffered in isolation and now if we go down, we go down hand in hand, all together.
This book is an awakening call, a call to act before time runs out, before its too late. A stitch in time saves nine. We stand at the cross roads and time to act is now. .
Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, rightly put it in October 2006, “We have a window of only 10 to 15 years to take the steps we need to avoid crossing catastrophic tipping points.”
Purpose of this work is not to create a scare but to give a caution to not take things for granted. Our universe works under finely balanced laws and making things topsy-turvy will not work to our advantage. Our best interest lies in following the universal scheme of things and not in defying the subtle laws of creation due to foolish arrogance.
Ours may as well add to that record of vanished civilizations, the primary difference being that it's global in scope and threatens the stability of the entire community of life. Civilizations have always been local and this is the first time in history that entire humanity shares a common fate. Keeping all our eggs in one basket is not a wise policy. One day we might have to pay dearly for our quest for globalization.
Directions we take now would decide our fate, for better or for worse. On many fronts, the crumbling of this colossal industrial setup is becoming apparent. Material world is a calamitous place but all the previous calamities were local in nature. Now we have to be prepared for disasters on global scale, thanks to our interdependence and interconnectivity. Earlier we suffered in isolation and now if we go down, we go down hand in hand, all together.
This book is an awakening call, a call to act before time runs out, before its too late. A stitch in time saves nine. We stand at the cross roads and time to act is now. .
Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, rightly put it in October 2006, “We have a window of only 10 to 15 years to take the steps we need to avoid crossing catastrophic tipping points.”
