Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
PART I. WHEN MYTHS MAKE A MESS
1. Economic Model Out of Balance
Looking into the Fiscal Abyss
Vicious Cycle of Consumption
2. Fallacy of the Growth Imperative
3. Getting Caught in Our Own Mousetrap
When Debt Leads to Slavery
When Stress Leads to Distress
When the Rich Hold the Reins
When Market Magic Leads to Madness
4. The Growth Imperative and the Environment
Taking Too Much
Addressing Need Without Greed
5. When the Moral Bank Needs a Deposit
6. When Time Is Money
Time Poverty
Indian Time
Time-Out
PART II . VEILS TO VISION
7. From Holistic to the Atomistic
8. The Place of People in the Cosmos
The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Flea
9. Rationing Rationality Is Rational
When Science Becomes Religion
Striking a Balance
10. The Technology Trap
Faking Experience
Digital Realities
Media Immersion
Nature Deficit and Social Isolation
11. Common Dog Fxxk
Uncommon Sense
12. Funnel Vision
Investing in Culture
Saving Our Cultural Legacy
PART III . CREATING HARMONY
13. Balancing Act
14. Economic Reform for Social and Spiritual Dividends
An Economic Model Based on Money Mania
15. Historical Wisdom
16. A New Definition of Wealth and Progress
17. A New Social Contract with a Rebuilt Economic Engine
The Fairy Tale of Growth Forever
Effecting Change in Tumultuous Times
18. Finding Common Ground
19. Embracing Our Primal Nature
Connecting to Other Species
Relating to Our Spiritual Dimension
20. The Place of the Tribe in an Anonymous World
Understanding the Tribal Map
Hardwired for the Tribe
The Importance of Belonging
Creating the Neo-Tribe
21. Finding Community in the Urban Desert
22. The Importance of Myth, Ritual, and Ceremony
The Power and Place of Myth
The Value of Ritual and Ceremony in Modern Life
Conclusion
Notes