The World We Create

The world is entering a new technological, social and global age and it is our ability to create meaning which will decide whether we face a bright future or a tragic decline.

We are living in an unsustainable state of cultural tension. Stress and depression are becoming more common, we are destroying our environment and while the rich become richer, inequality has spread both domestically and globally. The world's entire democratic system is strained and the only 'meaningful' story left is our role as consumers. We flee to and are trapped by the gilded illusion of happiness that is dictated to us by consumerism.

In The World We Create, Tomas Bj�rkman takes readers on a journey through history, economics, sociology, developmental psychology and philosophy, to illuminate where we have come from and how we have reached this breaking point. He offers new perspectives on the world we have created and suggests how we can achieve a more meaningful, sustainable world in the future.

Tomas Bjorkman an entrepreneur, financier and real estate developer with a great interest in science and philosophy. He has founded several companies and organisations, including Investment Bank AB, and has also been chairman of EFG International. He founded the Ekskaret Foundation, with the purpose of stimulating sustainable development of individuals, organisations and society. He is also the author of The Market Myth and co-author of The Nordic Secret.