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Were the church able to provide a vision of a unified
planetary society organized both politically and technologically in such a way as to make available the full resources of the earth for the benefit of all the world's
people, would it be effective in generating social change?
I refer to the notion of a
planetary society living at peace with nature and with God organized in such a way as to provide all
persons with equal access to the available means of human fulfillment.
The culture in which the global
society finds its cohesion needs to be able to draw all human groups and individuals into some form of shared life, a degree of commonality that allows for harmony between
peoples and also with the
planetary environment.
My basic appeal is for the development of a vision and a set of values appropriate to the emerging biological realities of the
planetary society as an essential ingredient in accomplishing the political transformation that the fulfillment of life for all of earth's
people demands.
Mat Kaplan: host of KPCC's science series, «NEXT:
People Science Tomorrow;» host of
Planetary Radio for The
Planetary Society
The head of The
Planetary Society and former Boeing engineer released a new book last month called Unstoppable, which outlines how the current generation of young
people — dubbed the «Next Great Generation» — can use science to curb climate change within their lifetime.