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naum's review against another edition
5.0
I heard NN Taleb once say that authors rarely branch out onto new topics, that instead, they just iterate, refine, evolve a grand idea that is their life's mission, overarching question or riddle. And that is apt for David Korten, who continues in the same vein as in *When Corporations Rule the World*, *The Great Turning*, *An Agenda for a New Economy*, and other works. This is a slim paperback and its focus is entirely centered on *story*, how victory for humanity won't be won until we replace the poisonous "sacred money & markets" story with a "sacred life and living earth* story. (Which is an *evolving* from the *The Great Turning* where it was framed as *Empire* v. *Earth Community*. Unlike *The Great Turning* (which all should read!), this slim paperback is just a refining of Korten imploring that we need the "change the story" -- that life and time should be held sacred, as opposed to treating human beings as valued only for the use as monetary units or monetary impact.
jhuynh848's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty darn good analysis of the current frame of our money based economy and the importance of moving towards a living earth economy. Some of the framing tools are really helpful - does this serve money or people?
Are we doing work to meet failings of sacred money frame, trying to regulate it or create something new?
Are we doing work to meet failings of sacred money frame, trying to regulate it or create something new?
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