‘I don’t accept that. There will always be people who’ll try to frighten us only because they lack the imagination to create a world for all of us.’

Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/1, shaping

'You’re saying people don’t have time? What if we could we give them the time to think? Time to dig deeper. Time to add their bit of reshaping for the future of our world?’

book 3/2, shaping

'Stories can be used to shape our thoughts, to explore who we are and who we want to be. There is a direct connection between creating stories and the development of our brains, even to the extent that we can use stories to expand our understanding.’

©Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/1, shaping

'We explore to discover, to heal, to find out how we can thrive.'

©Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/1, shaping

©Charlie Alice Raya, The end of all wars

'I wonder, is it our lack of imagination or simply insecurity or even impatience which made us choose the path of dominance?’
‘The lack of thinking.
If our ancestors had thought it through, they would have discovered the benefits of coming together instead of dominating, exploiting and fighting.’

'I admit, it was the image of the squishy brain which is so incredibly flexible but at the same time doesn’t just overwrite what it thinks it knows that helped me a lot. My brain, too, needed some additional tracks.'

Charlie Alice Raya, The end of all wars

'With him I can have this kind of conversation where two people explore a subject together, both as curious, free, open and excited as the other, neither having to prove or contradict anything.'

©Charlie Alice Raya, book 3/1, shaping

The watcher is a reminder that humans will only progress if and when they strive to understand what it is they are doing, and when they ask themselves why they are doing it.

© Charlie Alice Raya, book 2/2, travelling

Introduction

With a bit of luck, the playbook will always be a work in progress, a growing collection, discussed and shaped by many. That would make it into an invaluable work.

I make a start with my thoughts and ideas, and I invite you to contribute, both to existing thoughts and with additions.

More actions

- campaigns
- challenge laws
- boycotts
- rallies
- demonstrations
- writing letters
- calling representatives
- filibuster

Building alternatives (coming together)

- people networks
- communities
- political systems
- nations
- trade

Building alternatives (communities/businesses/products/services)

- Villages
- Towns
- Cities
- Tourism
- Transport
- Businesses
- Business networks
- Raw material supply chains
- Internet
- Software
- Operating systems
- Devices
- Services