Journey to Earthland: The Great Transition to Planetary Civilization

Author’s Preface
Prologue: Bound Together
Part I Departure: Into the Maelstrom
The long prelude
Out of the cosmos
The second Big Bang
Macro-shifts
The Planetary Phase
A unitary formation
Adumbrations
A turbulent time
Tomorrowlands
Branching scenarios
Dramatis personae
Who speaks for Earthland?
Part II Pathway: A Safe Passage
Peril in the mainstream
Triads of transformation
Through-lines
Rising up
Citizens without borders
Dimensions of collective action
Imagine all the people
Part III: Destination: Scenes from a Civilized Future
One hundred years that shook the world
What matters
One world
Many places
Governance: the principle of constrained pluralism
Economy
World trade
The way we are
People
Time
Education
Spirituality
Social justice
Environment
In praise of generations past
Epilogue: Travelers Agonistes
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index