Part One. Revolution of the Heart. Chapter 3: The Practical Way

In the previous chapters we described the connections that link the entire world into a single network. We realized that this network is a natural creation of evolution, which moves from simplex to complex, from separation to integration. This connectedness also determines that mutual guarantee is the formula by which all life sustains itself, and that if humanity wishes to be sustainable, we need to apply that modus operandi to ourselves...

The impact of public opinion had been powerfully demonstrated during much of 2011 via the global unrest unleashed first in the Arab world and Europe, and then worldwide, fueled by social media, and then official and traditional media. If you look up the concept of the 1% vs. the 99%, you will find almost no mention of it before the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement began its protests on September 17, 2011...

The quickest and most obvious solution to achieving the shift in our values is through the key elements that design our thought patterns today—the media and the internet. To change the social mindset, we need to change the discourse in the media. As we demonstrated above, if the media were to tell us that giving, sharing, and collaborating were good, we would think so, too, and would gladly follow suit...

In addition to contemplating the value of mutual guarantee, thus increasing its “popularity,” we need to contemplate ways of inculcating it through action. One such possibility is to bring as many experts, such as Christakis, Fowler, and others, under an umbrella organization that will make these ideas available through the education system, the media, and via popular entertainment...

The need to cultivate new connections in the human society will help us cope even with the rising problem of global unemployment. The heads of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) recently stated that “The overall number of unemployed is still at 200 million worldwide, close to the peak recorded at the depth of the Great Recession.” Even in the G20 countries, the warning continued, “The analysis ... expresses concern that employment may ... grow ... until the end of 2012, resulting in a 40 million job shortfall in G20 countries next year [2012] and a much larger shortfall by 2015”...

So far, we’ve talked about the adult society in general and adult education in particular. However, in the long run, our future depends on how we educate our children, not ourselves. For this reason, it seems appropriate to introduce some of the fundamentals of children’s education in the new world...

All the changes we have described so far in both the adult and the children’s societies will create a new atmosphere in our surroundings. As we could see, these changes will affect every part of our lives—work, family, friends, school, the judicial system, the media, interpersonal relations, international relations, trade relations, and so forth...

Mutual guarantee is like a sphere that grows by connecting opposites. True, we are different in every way—in our thoughts, our habits, our characters, and in our bodies. But at the same time, we understand that reality dictates that we unite and work together. A society that projects the message that mutual guarantee is the fundamental law of life will make us not only understand this concept intellectually, but will strive to implement it in our daily lives...