Innovative technology, information systems and global markets have brought the whole world into our homes, changing the framework of our lives. The ambition culture of the 20th century has generated avid consumerism, over-population, ecological damage and continued worldwide militarization, and left many of us feeling powerless to swim against the tide.
In the 1970s, the Club of Rome proclaimed the limits to growth. Ervin Laszlo’s 3rd Millennium – The challenge and the vision voices the concerns of the Club of Budapest, with its membership of writers, artists, scientists and creative philosophers. People all over the world need a new global awareness for the new millennium, to regain the power that comes from taking local and global responsibility, and to celebrate the richness of cultural and environmental diversity. That is the Challenge. The Vision is that we rise to the Challenge with a deeper intellectuality, intuition and spiritual awareness. Such creative development generates change faster than our genetic evolution. We should use this ability now.