You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World

The noosphere refers to the sphere of human consciousness and mental activity, especially regarding its influence on the biosphere and in relation to evolution.

quantum entanglement has a specific meaning in quantum systems, where information about separated particles is revealed when a measurement is made on one of them, even though no information passes between them. This non-local relationship can be described as correlated (or “co-related”) rather than causal.

Cultural historian Thomas Berry emphasizes this point: It’s all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we do not have a good story. We are in between stories. The Old Story - the account of how the world came to be and how we fit into it - is not functioning properly, and we have not learned the New Story.29 In Climate: A New Story

The role of agents and their subjectivity (i.e., the so-called “interior” world of beliefs, emotions, identities, perceptions, etc.) in consciously shaping physical and social worlds has long been a source of tension between realists and idealists. Very generally, realists maintain that there is a world out there that is separate and distinct from

individual change is collective change; we are inherently entangled through shared language, meaning, and values.

Feeling safe to talk about feelings, feeling supported when things are hard, being able to safely share about things that really matter when we struggle – these create the sense of mattering that is at the core of PCEs.2

Since the English language currently does not have the words to express the nuances of quantum relationships, a forward slash and square brackets will be used here as an interim symbol to communicate relational interdependence, such as [whole/parts], [I/we], and [both/and]. While this may appear inconsequential, symbols can create deep roots in the

Transformation can be defined as significant changes in form, structure, or meaning-making. It can also be described as a much deeper process, including “the unleashing of human potential to commit, care, and affect change for a better life.”16

The idea that both humans and non-humans are vibrant and have agency has been referred to by biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber as an “Enlivenment” worldview.22 In contrast to the Enlightenment worldview, this perspective stresses the importance of incorporating lived experience and embodied meaning into our understanding of the biosphere. It