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The Middle Way

Awakening to the Middle Way in Economics & Society

01 A New “Brave New World”? Small versus Big Scale Development
02 Empathy, Solidarity, Love, and Friendship in Society and Economics
03 Are Businessmen Good or Bad? Man’s Nature in Society and Economics
04 Economic Fairness? Planning and Protectionism versus Free Trade and Enterprise
05 A Eurocentric versus an Asiacentric World History. Philosophical Considerations
A Moment of Reflection
History demonstrates that ‘a good idea’, if not stopped at a middle point, like suggested by Buddhist (and other non-dual) Middle Way-ethics, becomes its opposite, ‘a bad idea’. History repeats itself because of fear, greed, ambition, and the need to control others and everything. This ‘Short Memory Disorder’ caused climate change. We argue that climate neutral technologies, if unchecked, may lead to another ‘bad idea’. While Climate Change is focused, Mind Change is overlooked. Story-telling (passing on experience and wisdom) is replaced by story-selling (brainwashing causing a wrong black/white perspective). Problems cannot be solved with the same thinking which created them. What is needed is a Middle Way obtained through meditation, awareness, quietness, and eventually leading to consensus.
Gerrit De Vylder
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