The 5 Points

1. "Civilisation requires effort. It takes effort not to be prejudiced, violent or cruel."

2. We face civilization-ending challenges (happening now) (and possibly something worse) this century.

3. People are becoming more fearful as they sense looming catastrophe.

4. This makes us turn on, and from, one another as we seek to protect our own.

5. The answer is to start with compassion and community.

References

1.

The quote is from a tweet by U.K.-based Life Squared (@Life_Squared), sent out in July of 2016. The tweet links to this guide: How to be civilised.

2.

a. Civilization-ending challenges this century: The MAHB DebateGraph Project.

b. The possibility of something worse: debategraph.org/posendlife 

3.

See Stephen A. Schwarz: “The 8 Laws of Change,” chapters 11-13 (Chapter 11: Nonlocal Consciousness, Chapter 12: The Social Implications of Nonlocal Linkage and Fear, and Chapter 13: The Psychophysiology of Politics) and also The Global Consciousness Project.

4.

This seems obvious. Look around.

5.

a. Compassion: Charter for Compassion

b. Community: Berkana Institute, Margaret J. Wheatley, Joanna Macy.