Daniel Pinchbeck is a controversial figure in the psychedelic "movement" and has openly admitted past mistakes of behavior. But he is undeniably one of our sharpest and most well-informed cultural observers—a passionate and visionary advocate for transformational change beyond sustainability to "regenerative societies" of universal well-being as we face increasing destabilization on multiple fronts.

As the sign on the bankrupt store window says, "Everything must go." Well not everything of course, just the mindsets, worldviews and forces that continue to push humanity and the planet altogether closer to the abyss. Our species needs new visions and templates for well-being like never before: increasingly open, egalitarian societies (heterarchical rather than hierarchical as Tyson Yunkaporta puts it), re-indigenization, new inter-gender ideologies and practices, a radically different understanding of time and space, new/ancient (scaleable) versions of viable bio-regional communities, etc.

It appears that the moment of great upheaval with its immense potential and danger has arrived. Humanity needs to hear voices like Daniel Pinchbeck's that offer clear analysis of the dysfunctional current dominating trajectory and equally clear alternative visions based on deep reality-based insight and understanding.

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