Trees have long been used to
illustrate the human condition. The image of the family tree is a great
visual. Not only can the image of a tree describe a person or family, but
it can also describe a civilization.
Studying the growth rings tells the
story of the tree's life experiences; the challenges of drought, fire, climate,
and the environment it lived through. Examining a person's, or a civilization's
growth rings, one can come to understand the life-shaping events. This gives
insight as to why things are as they are.
We are living in a time of deep
systemic change. Advances in technology are impacting and redefining just
about every aspect of daily human life. Relationships, commerce, government,
religion, medicine, education, and the environment are all being affected. Our
tree is putting on many new growth rings.
I am excited to launch Growth Rings
and to invite the exchange of ideas and thinking. By looking at our growth
rings, realizing the present forces impacting us, we can come to be better understand
and prepare for what is ahead of us.
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