Key is to "see the elephant!"... then everything makes sense. But this requires that we step away from normal, reductive thinking that our System encourages.
First imagine a list of society's most important problems. Be sure the problems you care most about are on that list, regardless of whether they seem solvable or not. Most of the time, we want to choose the most important issue, but only if it's solvable. Oops! We just eliminated the key issues. the portion of that list life (maybe 97% of the time) we can follow the advice of the Serenity P
#1 ... Stop listening to experts who say "it's impossible" or "there are no easy answers"
Experts have studied the problems deeply and they have determined "There are no easy answers." or "There is no silver bullet." Basically, they are saying "there will never be a creative breakthrough." .Of course there will be. That's how life works. OK maybe 95% of the time this attitude of "I can't solve impossible-to-solve problems" is helpful. But notice, everything around you was once an impossible-to-solve problem. It is part of nature to solve impossible-to-solve issues. We are offering one of those Breakthroughs that people have already discounted. Don't get sucked in. Yes, these projects really can accomplish what most people think is impossible. It's OK that you "get it" and they don't yet. But you can help them.
#2 ... Recognize that the BIG IMPOSSIBLE problems you care about are likely caused by "The System"
Our System structures a pursuit of self-interest, competition and exponential growth and blinds us to accomplishing miracles. Newsflash! Corporate profits are not the ultimate value in life, but we are stuck in a System serving values that will trash the planet. So, look favorably on all the good things people are doing within the System to address climate change, etc. But know that we can't really solve this issue (or the others) until we transform our System.
#3 ... Note that normal solutions happen within the System, they don't offer the necessary transformation!
It's as though all of us are on the deck of the Titanic addressing pressing problems like homelessness, prejudice, inequities, malware, etc. with love and compassion for our fellow humans and the planet. Each of us seeking to "love our neighbor" and "make the world a better place" is really good but that's not transforming capitalism, for example. But increasingly we must notice that the ship is heading inexorably toward an iceberg. We can no longer rely on the design of our System (i.e. the "invisible hand") to protect us from Monster Problems like climate change, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, etc. We can no longer "pursue our happiness" as good people and assume the deck we are standing on is safe. Society's Breakthrough offers a way to get off the ship and into real life. When someone seems depressed or hopeless about the dissolution of human society, hopefully you can share this perspective with them. Refer them to ... www.WiseDemocracy.org.
#4 ... Recognize that a natural reaction to any Holistic "seeing" is to resist it.
Although this System-transforming strategy has NO identifiable downside. And offers IMMENSE benefits. It's normal that people's first reaction is to seek out flaws, resist it, and dismiss it. Just listening to a System-transforming strategy can FEEL like a death threat. ... But over the past 30 plus years of bringing this strategy forward these normal resistive reactions are lessening. More people are realizing that our System isn't working like it should and reacting with curiosity. ... Please, let's help these people, especially philanthropists, who are open to a breakthrough strategy for addressing the climate crisis, the loss of democracy and other Monster Problems.
#5 ... Stay curious as you investigate this "Holution"
Another common response to the ToBe Project is to meet the idea with critical thinking rather than curiosity. We've been taught to look for the fatal flaw. So this feels like a good response. But not for a Breakthrough. First comes curiosity, "Hey, can this really work!!?" .... Then critical thinking is helpful. "What about X? what about Y?" ... Please seek to understand more deeply that this really works. And practice building your own understanding by telling others. See the free 5-part seminar "Essential Wisdom for solving society's biggest issues:"
#6 ... Sign up to be one of 'Just Us'?" ...
One big advantage of Society's Breakthrough (i.e. the ToBe Project and the Wise Democracy Project), is it's a facilitative approach, a holistic model for how society can be transformed. We don't need to have the powerful authorities behind us to begin, nor do we need lots of people. If you and I understand the nature of choice-creating and Dynamic Facilitation, we can convene the essential missing "We the People" conversation. We do need a small number of people to understand that this can work and must be done, a few millions of dollars and a few media partnerships. Check to see if you are one of "Just us—global version" or "Just Us—U.S. version" and sign up.
#7 ... Help in your unique way
If you are reacting to this, like we think you should ... i.e. "THIS MUST HAPPEN!" ... please help. Sign up. Hopefully soon we'll tell you about weekly zoom calls. Or maybe you can help us set these up or create your own, or contact people who express interest, or help rework this website, or write to media about this approach, or help us gain the attention of philanthropists, or climate experts, or politicians, or high school students. Heck, we should be talking to the people who are afraid about what's really going. Heck this is really good news!!