CADMUS THE WEALTH OF NATIONS REVISITED Inside This Issue We need a fair dose of humility and wisdom to remember that all our scientific work is a product CADMUS of human consciousness. William Byers, What is Reason? PROMOTING LEADERSHIP IN THOUGHT The aspirations and intentions of the leader awaken THAT LEADS TO ACTION NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MAJOR GLOBAL ISSUES and release the energy of other individuals. The adoption of the SDGs is a rare and remarkable instance of leadership. Garry Jacobs, Donato Kiniger-Passigli & David Chikvaidze, Global Leadership in the 21st Century The need of the hour is for the gradual emergence of Volume 3, Issue 6 May 2019 ISSN 2038-5242 effective institutions for global governance founded on an awakened sense of the psychological unity of all human beings. Inside This Issue Ashok Natarajan, Ideas that Changed the World ARTICLES Social evolution is the evolution of social What is Reason? — W. Byers consciousness. Dimitar Tchurovsky, Mankind at the Crossroads Global Leadership in the — G. Jacobs, D. Kiniger- 21st Century Passigli & D. Chikvaidze New economics will arrive and endure only with wider cooperation among dissident economists, Ideas that Changed the World — A. Natarajan and an effective strategy to promote the value of Mankind at the Crossroads — D. Tchurovsky nature’s services, alternative measures to GNP, the Ten Essential Ideas for role of social capital. Sustainability Leaders — M. Marien & D. Harries Michael Marien & David Harries, Ten Essential Ideas for Sustainability Leaders Some "New" Governance Models for Europe and the US — P. Destatte To achieve harmony, democracy requires rationality Toward a New Paradigm and organizational methodology from citizens and of World Governance — F. El Guindi politicians. Philippe Destatte, Some “New” Governance SCI and the SDGs — F. Dixon Models for Europe and the US People-Centred Preventive Actions — D. Kiniger-Passigli We do not need to ‘patch up’ a globalist model of governance, but to rethink with fresh ideas as Contribution of Economy to to how we can bring about a new paradigm in Emerging Global Governance — E. Hoedl governance. Educating for the Future: — C. Blanco-Pérez, Fadwa El Guindi, Toward a New Paradigm of Empowering the Human Mind A.Pérez-Casares & World Governance and Redefining Values R. Rodrigáñez-Riesco In the shorter-term, SCI probably is the most Politics of Connectivity — H. Henderson effective way to drive the systemic changes needed Need for a Global Government — J. Leinen & A. Bummel to achieve the SDGs and maximize the long-term Who should Govern on what well-being of humanity. principles? — E. Çepni Frank Dixon, SCI and the SDGs Towards a New Economic — R. Grinberg & Theory of the State A. Rubinstein Continued… Power & Climate Change €10 Governance — D. S. Pinheiro EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief: Orio Giarini, Director, The Risk Institute, Geneva and Trieste; Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; Honorary Member, Club of Rome. In future, humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities will have Managing Editor: Garry Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, World Academy of Art & Science and World to be more “risk informed” and sustainable. This will require a fundamental University Consortium; Member, Club of Rome; Vice-President, The Mother’s Service Society, India. change from planning and programming “risk-insensitive” political priorities Chairman: Ivo Š laus, Honorary President, World Academy of Art & Science; Member, Club of Rome, towards establishing a world-wide practice of long-term strategic planning. European Leadership Network and Pugwash Council. Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Fragile Contexts & People-Centred Preventive Actions Members: Zbigniew Bochniarz, Professor, Kozminski University, Warsaw, University of Washington and Harvard There should be a far-reaching shift from the outdated Bretton Woods Business School, USA; Member of the Board of Trustees, World Academy of Art & Science. Agreement to creating a “new global social contract” which will effectively Erich Hoedl, Vice-President, European Academy of Sciences & Arts; Former Rector, Wuppertal contribute to the development of a more democratic global governance model. University and Graz University of Technology; Member, Austrian Chapter of Club of Rome; Member of Erich Hoedl, Contribution of the Economy to Emerging Global Governance the Board of Trustees, World Academy of Art & Science. Michael Marien, Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; Director, Global Foresight Books; Senior We need to elevate the teaching profession, work on developing the Principal, Security & Sustainability Guide. political and cultural environment required for educating the next generation Winston P. Nagan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chair of Program Committee, World Academy of responsibly, in a way that would hopefully foster a more equitable world. Art & Science; Editor of Eruditio Journal; Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Florida, USA. Carlos Blanco-Pérez, Alexandre Pérez-Casares & Ramón Rodrigáñez-Riesco, Ashok Natarajan, Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; Secretary & Senior Research Fellow, The Mother’s Service Society, India. Educating for the Future: Empowering the Human Mind & Redefining Values Thomas Reuter, Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia; Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science; We already possess all the technological tools, innovative social strategies Senior Vice-President, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. and human knowhow to achieve more equitable, sustainable global societies. Alberto Zucconi, Secretary General, World University Consortium; Member of the Board of Trustees, What we need now are willpower, democratic political leadership and World Academy of Art & Science; President, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Italy. widespread participatory vision. Editorial & Technical Staff: Vasugi Balaji, Latha Chandrasekaran, Shashini Kumar, Hariny Narayan, Hazel Henderson, The Politics of Connectivity Janani Ramanathan, Ranjani Ravi, Subiksha Senthil, Vani Senthil, Ranganayaki Somaskandan & Avanthikaa Subramanian No one has a right to unlimited self-determination, or to the unlimited exercise of power. All states, institutions, bodies and actors are in one way or another The CADMUS Journal accountable to others. The acronym of the South-East European Division of The World Academy of Art & Science— SEED—prompted us to initiate a journal devoted to seed ideas—to leadership in thought that Jo Leinen and Andreas Bummel, The Need for a Global Government leads to action. Cadmus (or Kadmos in Greek and Phoenician mythology) was a son of King Global crises raise challenges that cannot be resolved by any single country. Agenor and Queen Telephassa of Tyre, and brother of Cilix, Phoenix and Europa. Cadmus is Societies are interconnected and cannot act in isolation. It is the credited with introducing the original alphabet—the Phoenician alphabet, with “the invention” responsibility of every one of us to bind the community of humanity together, of agriculture, and with founding the city of Thebes. His marriage to Harmonia represents to build a common space that excludes no one, regardless of continent, origin, the symbolic coupling of Eastern learning and Western love of beauty. The youngest son of age or gender. Cadmus and Harmonia was Illyrius. The city of Zagreb, which is the formal seat of SEED, was once part of Illyria, a region in what is today referred to as the Western Balkans. Cadmus will Elif Çepni, Who should Govern on what principles? be a journal for fresh thinking and new perspectives that integrates knowledge from all fields of The Future of Decision Making science, arts and humanities to address real-life issues, inform policy and decision-making, and enhance our collective response to the challenges and opportunities facing the world today. In the real world there are no perfect institutional conditions, where self- regulating mechanisms would work without mistakes. Copyrighted to & Published under Open Access policy guidelines by The Mother's Service Society, Ruslan Grinberg & Alexander Rubinstein, 16192, Coastal Highway, Lewes, DE 19958, USA Towards a New Economic Theory of the State Visit http://cadmusjournal.org/content/editorial-policy for Editorial Policy. Our conception of power externality considers the interconnections between Websites: www.cadmusjournal.org – www.worldacademy.org – www.newwelfare.org economics and the entire system of social power relations and governance E-mail: [email protected] structures. Editorial Office: 5, Puduvai Sivam Street, Venkata Nagar, Pondicherry 605011, India Danielle Sandi Pinheiro, Power & Climate Change Governance Printed by: Akaram, Plot No.1, Nirmala Nagar, Thanjavur, India PROMOTING LEADERSHIP IN THOUGHT THAT LEADS TO ACTION THE WEALTH OF NATIONS REVISITED CADMUS NEW PERSPECTIVES ON MAJOR GLOBAL ISSUES Volume 3, Issue 6 May 2019 1 CADMUS VISION The world is in need of guiding ideas, a vision, to more effectively direct our intellectual, moral and scientific capabilities for world peace, global security, human dignity and social justice. Today we face myriad challenges. Unprecedented material and technological achievements co-exist with unconscionable and in some cases increasing poverty, inequality and injustice. Advances in science have unleashed remarkable powers, yet these very powers as presently wielded threaten to undermine the very future of our planet. Rapidly rising expectations have increased frustrations and tensions that