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Gandhi's
"Seven Blunders of the World"
That Lead to Violence
...Plus 6
Steven
W. Gilbert, President, The TLT Group
Revised: June,
1999; May, 2005; May, 2007;
May 2008
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Thanksgiving,
Community, Communication, and Connectedness
In his final years, "...the elder Gandhi kept his
grandson close at hand and set aside an hour every day to be
alone with the boy."
I like the image of a gifted world leader devoting so
much time to a young person, affirming the fundamental human
urge to connect to future generations -- to teach -- and,
perhaps, to learn.
On their final day together, not too long before his assassination,
Gandhi gave this important list to his grandson -- Arun
Gandhi. Here is
Gandhi's list, including an 8th "blunder" added by
Arun Gandhi. I
urge you to add some of your own in the same
spirit.
To get you started, I've added 5 that focus
more on teaching, learning, and technology.
Here is the
combined list of "blunders".
BLUNDERS
OF THE WORLD THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE
Wealth
without work
Pleasure
without conscience
Knowledge
without character
Commerce
without morality
Science
without humanity
Worship
without sacrifice
Politics
without principle
Rights
without responsibilities [Arun Gandhi]
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Disagreement without discussion
Technology without direction
Connection
without community
Teaching
without joy
Learning
without hope
Our Challenge: To use
information technology to improve education
and shape a future
that avoids these blunders.
I learned about Mohandas Gandhi's list of "Seven Blunders of the World"
that lead to violence from Lib Segal who gave me a copy of the article
about it in the
Christian Science Monitor on February 1, 1995 (page 14).
- Steven W. Gilbert
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