Making Global Sense

"thomas paine rallied americans to a new sense of themselves and their possibilities. judah freed does likewise for citizens of the planet."

- Bill McKibben, author, The End of Nature, Deep Economy, Falter;  founder, 350.org; organizer, Global Climate March.

"judah freed has taken the gauntlet from thomas paine and other great innovators of democracy to guide us toward the evolution of democracy itself. Making Global Sense is a vital and wonderful book, well written and inspired by the very same passion that founded this country, and can carry the world into the next era of evolution."

- Barbara Marx Hubbard, author, Conscious Evolution; founder, Foundation for Conscious Evolution. (she saw draft)

"Making Global Sense is at once vast and tangible, disturbing and inspiring. The book conveys both a penetrating diagnosis and a galvanizing vision of possibility."

- Ocean Robbins, cofounder and CEO, Food Revolution Network; author, Transform Your World.

"Making Global Sense is a breakthrough book for people who care about their social and environmental impact in the world. The book offers us real hope when we need it most."

- John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market; co-author with Rajendra Sisodia, Conscious Capitalism.

"Making Global Sense by Judah Freed is truly a masterpiece. He is the first to sense the whole, to track the future of our planet in terms of the bio-psycho-socio-spiritual dynamics that are now waking up. Freed provides humanity with the insights and tools to survive and prosper."

 - Don E. Beck, PhD, cofounder and co-author with Christopher Cowan, Spiral Dynamics.

"Making Global Sense is compelling in its ideas and wonderful in its personal elements!"

- Herb Goldberg, PhD, author, The New Male; The Hazards of Being Male; What Men Still Don't Know.

"judah freed has written the only book i know that recognizes the need to face issues like alpha male rule, authority addiction, and the absurdity of sacrificing liberty for a false sense of security. judah tells the truth with clarity, passion and humor."

- Jed Diamond, author, MenAlive; Warrior's Journey Home.

"in a thought-provoking book, judah freed holds an unflinching mirror up to human nature and offers a blueprint for the spirit and substance we will need to survive and thrive on planet earth long into the future."

- Terry Tamminen, author, Lives Per Gallon; former Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency. 

 "the book is clear-eyed and novel. judah freed charts a path towards greener and more responsi...

JUDAH FREED is a journalist, author, speaker, and consultant based in Colorado. His books have earned two Nautilus Book Awards and a Benjamin Franklin Book Award. Entering journalism in 1976, he worked a decade covering Denver and Colorado. For the next two decades, he wrote for the top U.S. and European media trade magazines, pioneering coverage of interactive TV and the internet, drawing calls to speak on four continents. He next moved to Hawaii, working a decade editing Kauai newspapers and magazines. Today, he's back in Denver, working for a news service, writing books.Judah earned a 1988 double BA in communication and journalism through the University Without Walls program at Loretto Heights College (Regis). Through the Individualized MA program at Antioch University, he researched rhetoric, organizational culture and public communication.

INTRODUCTION: Making Sense of Global Life

PREAMBLE: A Tale of Liberty Lost

PART I: Our Global Awakening

1.world enlightenment

2. shadow forces

3. the global sense movement

4. common global sense

5. sense and insanity

6. split perceptions

7. absurdities and atrocities

PART II: Kings and Other Masters

8. alpha male rule

9. authority addiction

10. money and power

PART III: Thoughts on the State of World Affairs

11. the hazards of autocracy

12. clear and present dangers

13. finding our courage

PART IV: Our Ability to Change the World

14. personal and social transformation

15. gender equality and new men

16. a rebirth of democracy

17. begin the world anew

EPILOGUE: Liberty Found