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==Work== | ==Work== | ||
Laszlo applies in his research, teachings and practice systems thinking, policy analysis, and technology assessment to issues of individual and collective empowerment, and community-building activities on the design and implementation of evolutionary pathways for self-directed sustainability. Laszlo teaches on [[evolutionary]] [[leadership]], [[collaboration]], and [[systems thinking]] at a variety of MBA and Doctoral programs internationally. | Laszlo applies in his research, teachings and practice systems thinking, policy analysis, and technology assessment to issues of individual and collective empowerment, and community-building activities on the design and implementation of evolutionary pathways for self-directed sustainability. Laszlo teaches on [[evolutionary]] [[leadership]], [[collaboration]], and [[systems thinking]] at a variety of MBA and Doctoral programs internationally. | ||
==Reinventing Democracy== | |||
Is the 57th president of the International Society for the System Sciences and currently the director of the doctoral program in ledership for systemic innovation at the Buenos Aires Institite of Technology. | |||
He believes that the issue of reinventing democracy in the digital era is of a critical importance. The issues around democracy are issues about participation and engagement in civic life and fundamental issues of how we create meaning together. How we use technology to connect us to life is for him a critical question for participatory and civic engagement. | |||
As he suggests, there are four levels to this challenge, which can lead us through technologies to ways that can connect us in a true participatory reinvention of democracy. | |||
1. How we use technology to bring meaning into our own personal life in the context of our interactions in community (Intra-personal level of democratic life of participation in a civic society) | |||
2. Engaging with others and making decisions together (Inter-personal level of democratic life of participation in a civic society) | |||
3. How do we connetct and make dissicions in ways that are inculsives of other forms of life. Trees, plans, animals, they are active engagers with us in the co-creation of meaning. (Trans-species level of democratic life of participation in a civic society) | |||
4. How do we engage in dialogue with our ancestors and future generations – how do we engage them in the narrative in a participatory way that prepares and anticipates questions and opportunities for future generations and carries forward the narratives and ideas of participation from previous generations. | |||
== Selected publications== | == Selected publications== | ||