Has science failed us?

As we observe the world around us today, signs of deterioration and symptoms of degeneration are everywhere evident. We are engulfed by a concatenation of interrelated crises; crises in energy, crises in the global water-balance, crises in agriculture and, worst of all, crises in Nature herself. Wherever we look, things are not going nearly as well as we have been led to believe. The downward spiral of disintegration seems to be accelerating at an alarming rate, with few if any really concrete proposals or action being implemented to arrest it.

Art, biotechnology and the culture of peace

Biotechnology, in its voyage from ancient times into the expanding frontier areas of today's world of scientific research, has revealed itself as the gene of diplomacy and international cooperation in the relationships between nations (DaSilva, 2002). Economic and biotechnological considerations, strong elements in themselves, drive policy implementation that draws upon the support and sustenance of the public's logic and understanding of science obtained through the avenues of art and culture.

Living Spirit – New Dimensions in Work and Learning

E-Book of Conference Proceedings of The First International Conference On
Organisational Spirituality (ICOS)
22nd July to 24th July 2002
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Published by the University of Surrey. Dr Josie Gregory (Ed) University of Surrey. Guildford, Surrey. UK. ISBN 1-84469-0040 Publication year: 2003
 

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