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The Fishbowl Principle: Building the ark for the 21st Century

Bruce Gendelman

Format

Paperback

Number Of Pages, Discs, Etc.

428

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Date Published

December 18, 2009

ISBN-10

1438986378

ISBN-13

978-1438986371

At the core, it doesn't matter what you believe governs the fate of man and Earth, what matters is that humans, as a global society, build a future that is sustainable and peaceful. This is the ultimate human evolutionary development, this is our challenge. By tracing our existence from where we began to what we have become today, this book explores the evolution and, should we continue on our current path, the subsequent possible obsolescence of human beings. Far from a doomsday tome, The Fishbowl Principle challenges readers to expand their worldview. We need to change our measure of a successful life from simply existing to prospering. The authors refuse to accept that life as we exist today is "as good as it gets". We argue that humans have reached a fragile tipping point; and that instead of fragmenting and isolating ourselves in a future of despair, we can and will work together to an even higher apex. As a human race, we examine what can be achieved if we look to our similarities instead of our differences. If we could harness communication as a powerful and cost effective tool to bring us together and educate ourselves in a way that fosters sustainable and responsible population growth, the positive transformation to our lives would be immeasurable. Whether you exist today as a peasant in a tribal setting or as an urban dweller we explore fostering a sense of global community based on common ground, not just niche existence. We present tangible alternatives and pose thought-provoking questions. Our vision is a collaborative one, and requires your participation. A path back to evolution starts with you, and includes all of us.

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The Fishbowl Principle: Building the ark for the 21st Century 2010-04-09 21:55:57 Randal Houle

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Reviewed by Randal Houle April 09, 2010
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Humanity is hurtling toward further isolation culturally, even as over-population has brought the world to a tipping point. The Authors of THE FISHBOWL PRINCIPLE, Bruce Gendelman, Robert B. Miller, and David Taus, would have you also believe there is a cause and effect relationship between over-population and greater individual isolation.

The 363-page book lays out the history of human development through the lens of evolution. Much of the book is spent laying the foundation of how the authors see the evolutionary process; not as humankind as the apex, but as part of a continuum of gene carriers, and the responsibility that comes with that.

Firstly, the authors compare modern times with the biblical account of the Great Flood. As “Noah’s environmental ethic” (pg.94) was to include all animals, etc. in the salvation of the world, so humans must include the preservation and continuation of all species as well as our own – for the good of all.

Further, most if not all conflict is a direct result of this survival of the species. The authors assert that although we cannot be faulted for short term thinking (we are driven to it), we must think of our neighbor’s well-being as if it were our own.

The book finishes well with a call to action: to see our neighbors, both locally and globally (and their interests) as our own, to look beyond our biologically ingrained thinking and to see the survival of all things in the world as the ultimate survival of ourselves.

The book was not a difficult read. Almost any adult level reader and most teenagers could take the information as presented quite easily. Much of the first part of the book is devoted to describing Evolution from the Big Bang to the Present, but that is so the authors may continue to use the foundation as a “springboard” to discuss everything from religion to government and overpopulation to environment.

Even with having to spend so much time in what amounts to remedial physical science, the message that our world deserves our attention, even beyond our limited field of vision, is a call worth hearing.