{"id":11944,"date":"2017-05-02T20:04:36","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T03:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=11944"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:59:42","slug":"rabbi_sacks-ted2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/healthcare\/spirituality\/spirituality-co-lab-blogs\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/rabbi_sacks-ted2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing the Future Without Fear, Together: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Speaks at TED2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Insights<\/h2>\n

\u201cThese are the times that try men\u2019s souls, and they\u2019re trying ours now,\u201d begins Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, quoting Thomas Paine, in an electrifying talk about how we can face the future without fear if we face it together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Informational Insights<\/h2>\n

Pocket Wisdom Insights (PWI) invites you to explore the following Co-Lab Blog<\/strong>.<\/em>
\n This blog features parts of an influential and insightful article written outside of the PWI\u00a0Co-Lab<\/strong><\/em>
\n by Brian Greene<\/strong> on 25 April 2017, published by TEDBlog<\/strong>.<\/em>
\nWe have republished this content in respect of the author\u2019s vision, message and research.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a fateful moment in history. We\u2019ve seen divisive elections, divided societies and a growth of extremism \u2014 all of it fueled by anxiety, uncertainty and fear. The world is changing faster than we can bear, and it\u2019s looking like it\u2019s going to continue changing faster still. Sacks asks: \u201cIs there something we can do to face the future without fear?\u201d<\/p>\n

One way into this question is to look to what people worship. Some people worship many gods, some one, some none. In the 19th and 20th centuries, people worshiped the Aryan race, the Communist state and many other things. Future anthropologists, Sacks says, will take a look at the books we read on self-help, at how we talk about politics as a matter of individual rights, and at \u201cour newest religious ritual: the selfie\u201d \u2014 and conclude that we worship the self.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This worship of the self conflicts directly with our social nature<\/span>, and with our need for friendship, trust, loyalty and love. As he says: \u201cWhen we have too much of the \u2018I\u2019 and not enough of the \u2018we,\u2019 we find ourselves vulnerable, fearful and alone.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

To solve the most pressing issues of our time, Sacks says, we need to strengthen the future us in three dimensions: the \u201cus of relationship,\u201d the \u201cus of responsibility\u201d and the \u201cus of identity.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n

Take a moment and examine\u2026<\/h3>\n