Two Loops
This excerpt from NewStories Founder Bob Stilger‘s book AfterNow: When We Cannot See the Future, Where Do We Begin? introduces the Berkana Two Loops model as a practical framework for understanding where we stand in times of profound systemic change. Stilger co-developed the Two Loops at a global gathering in Slovenia in 2002 and has […]
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Galileo Galilei’s revolutionary 1632 work presents a dramatic conversation between three characters debating the merits of the Earth-centered Ptolemaic system versus the Sun-centered Copernican model, effectively making the case for heliocentrism through accessible dialogue rather than a technical astronomical treatise. This 1967 edition, revised from a 1953 version, includes a foreword by Albert Einstein presented […]
The Copernican Revolution
Thomas S. Kuhn provides vivid evidence of how the Copernican Revolution fundamentally altered human thought processes and attitudes by examining this pivotal episode that demonstrates how solving highly technical astronomical problems can transform our basic understanding of reality and our place within it. Beginning with Greek scientific cosmology, Kuhn analyzes the continuing relationship between theory, […]