Kosmos Top Ten Most-Read Articles of 2024
December 27, 2024 Kosmos Community News
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Kosmos Top Ten Most-Read Articles of 2024
Kosmos Journal’s most-read articles of 2024 reflect the growing urgency and awareness around themes of collective transformation, the rebalancing of wealth, and ecological wisdom. These pieces resonate because they tap into the zeitgeist of a world seeking meaningful change amidst entangled crises.
Nate Hagens’ critique in How Well Do ‘Elites’ Understand the Metacrisis? invites readers to explore systemic failures and the role of power structures, while Chuck Collins’ Cracks in the Wealth Extraction System and Justine Epstein’s Surrendering Wealth speak to widespread discontent with economic inequality. These articles offer both critique and pathways toward more equitable solutions. Redefining philanthropy’s purpose and role by centering social movements reimagines the traditional philanthropic model by emphasizing justice over charity.
Arkan Lushwala’s The End of Human Supremacy challenges anthropocentric worldviews, urging readers to reconsider humanity’s relationship with nature. Similarly, Leen Gorissen’s Biodiversity is Biosecurity captures growing concerns about ecological resilience, linking conservation to human survival.
On a collective level, Fourth Person and Beloved Community Circles highlight the need for shared sensing and grassroots action. Kosmos founder, Nancy Roof’s reflections on The Ageless Wisdom and Earth4All’s insights on systems thinking provide a spiritual and integral lens for transformation.
These most-read articles reflect a readership eager for major paradigm shifts, connecting inner transformation with social and ecological renewal.
The End of Human Supremacy, by Arkan Lushwala
“The healing of the world will be created through the cooperation of everyone who lives on Earth… The Earth knows how to heal the Earth better than anyone. Remembering to listen to all the beings of nature that are not only asking for help but also offering their wise medicine will be the long-awaited end of human supremacy.”
How Well Do ‘Elites’ Understand the Metacrisis?, by Nate Hagens
“The actual problem is we’ve been living beyond our means for several generations, drawing down natural capital well beyond its replacement rate, and treating it as if it were interest and not principal.”
‘Fourth Person’ | Collective Sensing, by Otto Scharmer and Eva Pomeroy
“Fourth-person knowing is knowing that comes through me but is not of me.”
Surrendering Wealth
, by Justine Epstein
“Surrendering wealth is about redistributing resources in a way that heals and repairs, acknowledging the historical and ongoing injustices that have concentrated wealth in the hands of a few.”
Cracks in the Wealth Extraction System, by Chuck Collins
“The wealth extraction system is cracking under the weight of its own inequities, revealing opportunities to build a more equitable and sustainable economy.”
Redefining philanthropy’s purpose and role by centering social movements, by Chung-Wha Hong and Sara Mersha
“By centering social movements, philanthropy can shift from charity to justice, supporting systemic change led by those most affected.”
Inner Dimensions of Systems Transformation, by Earth4All
“True systems transformation requires an inner shift in consciousness, aligning our values with the well-being of all life on Earth.”
The Ageless Wisdom of Nancy Roof, with Rhonda Fabian
“Perhaps I’m still alive today to be one of those voices that supports and lives a new consciousness of expanded relationships and care both horizontally and vertically. Sitting in my wheelchair with my dogs and plants and the luxury of time, I feel more connected to the worlds than ever before through the internet externally and through expanded consciousness internally.”
It’s Time for Beloved Community Circles, by John Bell
“Beloved Community Circles is a network of small groups… who make three commitments: to engage in spiritual practice and healing together; to come to care deeply for each other’s well-being; and to participate in mindful action of the group’s choosing.”
Biodiversity is Biosecurity, by Leen Gorissen, PhD
“Understanding how life creates a livable Earth radically alters our view of the world.”
Special Thanks
We would like to thank Joni Carley, our Kosmos Representative to the United Nations for her years of gracious service. We wish her the best in all her endeavors.
Joni has been consulting and advising values-driven leaders who want to do well and do good for 25 years. Her advisory services, articles and talks help leaders track toward a robust quintuple bottom line: Prosperity, People, Planet, Partnership, and Peace.