story is the fulcrum
article on possibilities for social changewhich highlights the importance of story...
The following is a paragraph of particular note: "We humans live by stories. The key to making a choice for EarthCommunity is recognizing that the foundation of Empire's power doesnot lie in its instruments of physical violence. It lies in Empire'sability to control the stories by which we define ourselves and ourpossibilities in order to perpetuate the myths on which thelegitimacy of the dominator relations of Empire depend. To change thehuman future, we must change our defining stories."
-http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1463(The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community ~ By David Korten /Yes! Magazine, Summer 2006 Issue)
The following is a paragraph of particular note: "We humans live by stories. The key to making a choice for EarthCommunity is recognizing that the foundation of Empire's power doesnot lie in its instruments of physical violence. It lies in Empire'sability to control the stories by which we define ourselves and ourpossibilities in order to perpetuate the myths on which thelegitimacy of the dominator relations of Empire depend. To change thehuman future, we must change our defining stories."
-http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1463(The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community ~ By David Korten /Yes! Magazine, Summer 2006 Issue)
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