{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 07\/20\u2014As This World Ends, the Light at the End...","description":"\u201cWithin just a few weeks\u2014faster than the blink of an eye in geological time\u2014a tiny, microscopic entity brought the global monolith of human civilization, the captains of industry, the might of the world\u2019s militaries, the financial juggernauts of money and manufacturing, to their knees.\u201d--Ahmed Systems are being exposed, leading to profound transformation: Healthcare systems Farming and food systems Economic systems depending on growth, fossil fuels Political systems and intergovernmental systems Trade and travel systems Social systems structured for racial inequalities and class Arundhati Roy described it poignantly: \u201cHistorically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.\u201d  More than that, the pandemic is a crucible, burning away and altering the structures that comprise the old paradigm, remaking who and what we are.  The four phases of the \u201cadaptive cycle\u201d-- Growth Conservation Release Reorganization The crucible invokes the truth that The Only Way Is Through. We need to cross the threshold and step into the crucible rather than fight to hold on to what we had. ","author_name":"The Common Good Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/oneearthjubilee.com\/podcasts","html":"