the ecology of happiness
culture
In Your Life, In the World, You’re The One
Our stories shape the way we feel about our role in the world, the basic ideas we come to accept as the way the world functions. Hollywood makes dreams. Bollywood, maybe even more so. Fairy tales aren’t too different. Myths explained what the world was like and why it was like that, and not different. [...]
America, Dreams, and the Next Revolution
The American Dream, the American Revolution, the American Way of Life – there has long been something fresh and exciting about the “Land of Opportunity.” No other country has been capturing the imagination of people all over the world as much as the USA. No matter the economic problems, no matter the protest, no matter [...]
Shattered Truths, Reactions True to Culture?
So, you have been suffering through catastrophe, certainties of life have shattered along with infrastructure – now what? It’s a question that is being discussed a lot with regards to Japan (and in the context of Japanese culture), but bears wider relevance. Some of the basic ideas about ecological challenges and sustainability revolve around whether [...]
