Global Citizenship
Module 1
The Big Picture
11 Courses
Systems Thinking and Complexity Platform: FutureLearn Institution: UNESCO UNITWIN The Complex Systems Digital Campus Started: 06/09/2017 Finished: 01/09/2020 Big History: Connecting Knowledge Platform: Coursera Institution: Macquarie University Started: 03/03/2016 Finished: 25/10/2016 International Affairs: Globalisation Platform: FutureLearn Institution: The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Started: 27/01/2018 Finished: 22/02/2018 The Sustainable Development Goals – A global, transdisciplinary vision for the future Platform: FutureLearn Institution: University of Basel Started: 06/03/2019 Finished: 11/03/2019 Global Trends for Business and Society Platform: Coursera Institution: University of Pennsylvania Started: 31/01/2018 Finished: 21/04/2018 Business Strategies for Social Impact Platform: FutureLearn Institution: Griffith University Started: 16/02/2018 Finished: 20/04/2018 Unleash Your Potential: Global Citizenship Platform: FutureLearn Institutions: University of Bristol Started: 02/03/2018 Finished: 13/03/2018 Unleash Your Potential: Innovation and Enterprise Platform: FutureLearn Institutions: University of Bristol Started: 02/03/2018 Finished: 15/03/2018 Unleash Your Potential: Sustainable Futures Platform: FutureLearn Institutions: University of Bristol Started: 02/03/2018 Finished: 14/03/2018 How to Change the World Platform: Coursera Institution: Wesleyan University Started: 06/03/2018 Finished: 01/09/2020 Mysteries of the Universe Platform: FutureLearn Institution: National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) Started: 18/04/2023 Finished: 18/04/2023
15 Books
21 Lessons for the 21st Century Author: Yuval Noah Harari Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Published: 2018 Started: 10/05/2019 Finished: 10/06/2019 Origin Story: A Big History of Everything Author: David Christian Publisher: Little, Brown Spark Published: 2018 Started: 30/01/2019 Finished: 07/04/2020 Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present Author: Cynthia Stokes Brown Publisher: The New Press Published: 2007 Started: 21/01/2017 Finished: 01/05/2017 The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself Author: Sean Carroll Publisher: Penguin Published: 2016 Started: 09/06/2021 Finished: 24/06/2021 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Author: Yuval Noah Harari Publisher: Random House Audiobooks Published: 2015 Started: 09/01/2019 Finished: 18/01/2019 On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition and Fiction Author: Brian Boyd Publisher: First Harvard University Press Published: 2009 Started: 08/02/2014 Finished: 07/08/2020 A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing Author: Lawrence M. Krauss Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: 2012 Started: 17/08/2015 Finished: 10/07/2015 Discovering Gravitational Waves Author: John Gribbin Publisher: Kindle Published: 2017 Started: 02/01/2019 Finished: 03/01/2019 The Time Illusion Author: John Gribbin Publisher: Kindle Published: 2017 Started: 03/01/2019 Finished: 06/01/2019 Before the Big Bang Author: John Gribbin Publisher: Kindle Published: 2017 Started: 07/01/2019 Finished: 09/01/2019 The Quantum Mystery Author: John Gribbin Publisher: Kindle Published: 2017 Started: 09/01/2019 Finished: 12/01/2019 The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory Author: Brian Greene Publisher: Vintage Published: 2000 Started: 19/04/2018 Finished: 01/02/2021 The Global Village: Transformations in World Life and Media in the 21st Century Author: David Peter Stroh Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Published: 1992 Started: 08/09/2017 Finished: 24/10/2017 Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Author: Yuval Noah Harari Publisher: HarperAudio Published: 2017 Started: 22/01/2019 Finished: 08/02/2019 Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results Author: David Peter Stroh Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Published: 2015 Started: 05/02/2019 Finished: 19/03/2019
“Earth has entered a new geological age, the Anthropocene epoch, or the ‘era of humans.’ In just a century or two, building on the huge energy flows and the remarkable innovations of the fossil-fuels revolution, we humans have stumbled into the role of planetary pilots without really knowing what instruments we should be looking at, what buttons we should be pressing, or where we are trying to land. This is new territory for humans, and for the entire biosphere.“
David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
We live in a world that is becoming increasingly globalised as one big interconnected system and, whether we like it or not, we are all a part of that big picture reality.
The concept of systems thinking – viewing systems from a broad perspective that includes seeing overall structures, patterns and cycles in systems, rather than seeing only specific events – is essential for understanding and building confidence in our complex and uncertain world.
More importantly, successfully utilising systems thinking allows you to overcome willful blindness – when you could have known, and should have known, something that instead you strove not to see.
Misinformation and information overload are key challenges that must be overcome because they threaten global progressive development.
It’s not accidental that this is the first module of the first concentration of the first major, this broad and open-ended module sets the stage for everything that follows in my MTA Portfolio.