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In order to solve our global problems and make progress towards a better, wiser world, we need to learn how to do it. That in turn requires that our institutions of learning are rationally designed for, and devoted to, the task. At present, they are not. They seek knowledge and technological know-how, but do not give priority to helping to solve problems of living, and make progress towards a better world. We urgently need to bring about a revolution in universities around they world.

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The impending disasters of climate change, population growth, destruction of natural habitats and extinction of species, our record of lethal wars, vast inequalities in wealth and power around the globe - all these immense, unsolved global problems indicate we are heading towards disaster. We urgently need to learn how to tackle these problems more successfully than we have done so far, and that in turn means that we bring about a revolution in our universities so that they seek wisdom.

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This page is a summary of: How can our human world exist and best flourish embedded in the physical universe? An outline of a problem-based liberal-studies course, On the Horizon The International Journal of Learning Futures, February 2014, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/oth-11-2013-0043.
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