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Eduard Punset, a Spanish thinker who writes about many different ideas around networks, neurology, society, economy…has posted today on his blog about the new emerging way of relating to each other (here in Spanish, translation in English). According to him we are witnessing the emergence of the structures of relationships between each other, other life beings and our environment based more on independence, diversity and respect (these three dimensions are my interpretation of his words). One of the most important factors of this change is social networks. Very recently, I have experienced a direct evidence of this.

This process is part of what I call the “emotional revolution“, a movement of conscience about the importance of our emotions, how we feel them, know them, communicate them and work with them. A process that will put at the centre of our lives and our societies the emotional energy that pushes us forward as individuals and communities, in harmony with our environment and all life beings around us.

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Ulysses and the Sirens (Herbert James Draper)

Ulysses knew how to pass safely by the coast of the Sirens. In the Odyssey, we are told how he instructed his sailors to put wax in their ears, bind him tightly to the mast, and by no means release him until they had passed the Sirens’ island. Ulysses knew that the Sirens’ temptation was such that he won’t be able to resist it without restraint. He knew that the wonderful Sirens’ song meant in truth destruction. It had, therefore, to be resisted.

Technology has a sweet, melodic and very attractive singing. It promises humans to do, make and achieve the impossible. It wonders us at all ages, and we fall quickly for its wonders. We imagine new perfect worlds that will bring us happiness and plenty, all thanks to our technological advances. Yet the Sirens of technology, if not resisted, can easily bring us to destruction. History is witness of this danger.

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