Call to Action

The precarious state of our world is a grim and growing concern. An unprecedented combination of mutually reinforcing crises portends the collapse of civilization and threatens the future of the Planet, unless urgent and drastic solutions are found — and within sufficient time. 

Erich Fromm's gloomy but all too prescient observation signifies the dread and apprehension. Fromm's words:

• "This time, mankind is at one crossroad where the wrong step could be the last step."  

Fromm's observation corroborates the horror that other global analysts variously portray as: 

• "Apocalypse." 
• "imminent collapse of civilization."
• "disintegration of society." 
• "impending convulsion and chaos." 
• "breakdown of our cultural patterns." 
• and so on.

There are even fears that the world is heading for mass extinction.

Daunting and deeply troubling prognoses! 

What is even more troubling, however, is the growing ineffectiveness of traditional solution approaches. Hence, the twin questions:

• Are the modern crises and the global predicament unsolved because they are too difficult to solve?
       
• Or, might it be that we've been tackling the wrong problems?

Contrary to popular belief, the dreadful situation the world is facing is not “economic,” “social,” “political,” or “environmental” crises, per se. Our difficulties are not separate crises, either. And they certainly are not due to “human depravity” or assumed “human propensity to evil.”   

Analysis and synthesis of the insights that are brought together in Creativity: Revealing the Truth about Human Nature identify our present difficulties as, fundamentally, a global creativity crisis.

• This is the inability of the vast majority of people to reach their full potential — inability to recognize, to develop, and to engage one's natural abilities in meaningful and beneficial functions. Resultantly, widespread sense of futility (meaninglessness), of which many psychological, social, economic, and political crises are the symptoms. 

To the extent that fundamental misconceptions about human nature and the resultant global creativity crisis are valid, resolving the modern crises and building a viable and sustainable global future require us to: 

• Set right the way we define ourselves and the purpose of our life.     
  

In other words: 

• Recognize our inherently and primarily creative essence which is in perpetual need of actualization and fulfillment.
   
• Align all public policies, all business decisions, and all social actions with our quintessentially creative nature. 
  
  
• Create, provide, and maintain ample opportunities for everyone to find, to follow, and to fulfill his/her passion, his/her path, his/her authentic purpose in life. 

• Give considerable attention to inner development of people as ethically, morally, socially, and ecologically responsible beings: So that everyone recognizes his/her own unique abilities as a global asset, rather than a personal competitive advantage.