Month: December 2014

CIVILIZATION

A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 17) A statement in the Technological Museum of Thessaloniki I have been haunted by a statement in the Technological Museum of Thessaloniki quoted from the report by …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 16) My fifth resolution To accept the fact that global warming, climate change, and weather extremes are the greatest threat to humanity’s future well-being and to work …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 15) Key requirements Ian Chambers and John Humble in Developing A Plan for the Planet: A Business Plan for Sustainable Living, published in 2011, continue with: “To …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 14) A BUSINESS PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING Ian Chambers and John Humble opened Developing A Plan for the Planet: A Business Plan for Sustainable Living, published in …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 13) Prosperity during the period of chaos In The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization, Thomas Friedman tells us that the defining symbol of globalization is …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 12) Youth We have to raise a new generation of youth of good character Building a better world will not happen overnight as we have to raise …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 11) Disease The Ebola outbreak in 2014 in West Africa caused me to pull off my bookshelf Laurie Garrett’s The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 10) A plan for a sustainable energy future Energy is the driving force of civilization. No civilization can survive unless it solves the energy question in a …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 9) Who we are is more meaningful than what we do In 2014 I had another life-transforming revelation when I was reading Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the …

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A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis LESSONS LEARNED BY THE AUTHOR (Part 8) For vision to be effective, it needs a champion In the Smart Strategies Series, Success in Sight: Visioning edited by Andrew P. Kakabadse, Frédéric Nortier and …

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