Initiation

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It seems that the time has passed when progress was thought to require severing ties with the past, which was seen as hindering that same progress. After tumultuous and difficult experiences in the past few centuries, it has been established that it is a misconception to equate material and technological progress with spiritual and moral … Read more

Plato and the World Crisis

The concept of “crisis” describes a situation that we cannot resolve with our usual means and is therefore deeply connected to the concept of change: in order to overcome it, we need to change our behavior. To be more precise, we need to know how to utilize the occurrence of a crisis in order to … Read more

Why do crises exist?

At first glance, this question seems meaningless. Of course, life cannot flow in a straight line, it consists of ups and downs, successes and failures. However, despite the fact that the life experience of each of us confirms this fact, we tend to perceive every crisis as unfair, with the inevitable question – why is … Read more

Systematic view on education

It is interesting to observe the education system as a system and compare ‘systemic’ and ‘reductionist’ perspectives. From a reductionist perspective, the whole is the sum of its parts, and in order to solve problems, the parts need to be studied separately and “fixed.” Considering the education system, it is easy to see that problems … Read more

Collaboration – a new form of work

In these times where it seems that everyone is only looking out for their own interests, new patterns are emerging that encourage us to rethink our relationships with others. One of the essential areas where we establish relationships with others is the work environment. In that field, in the world of entrepreneurship, a new paradigm … Read more

Stability in Crisis

Perhaps it may seem that the crisis that is shaking our present civilization in all parts of the world and in so many different ways is something unique to our time and of disproportionate magnitude. However, if we look carefully, we will see that crises have existed in all historical periods and that philosophers have … Read more

Violence of Our Time

Some say that there has always been violence, we just didn’t talk about it as much. Now we have become more humane and less tolerant of violent behavior, so we talk about it more. Others say that there has never been as much violence as there is today. The fact is that violence has existed … Read more

Modern Technology

Imagine that our physical strength multiplies almost overnight: that we suddenly become so strong that we have to touch things very carefully because we could easily crush them; that we become deafeningly loud, that our pace accelerates so much that we have to focus on avoiding collisions; that we become so tall and massive that … Read more

Where is our world heading?

Where is our world headed? Typically, two radical and irreconcilable positions arise in response to this question: the greatest and hopeless pessimism and the most fanatical and naive optimism. Hell and paradise. According to an extremely optimistic view, our world follows a straight and upward line where important events go unnoticed. Creation and progress are … Read more