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An earlier version of this Blog was first posted on 28 October 2020
“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you find out why”
—Mark Twain. Photo via dreamstime
This is the era of busyness,the age of madness, the times of rat race and burnout, in which no one admits to having a spare moment and everyone brags about how busy they are. This has resulted in an era of catastrophe, pain, hurt, depression and anxiety,the era of envy, jealousy,and permanent dissatisfaction with who we are.To reverse this age of self-destruction we need to rediscover our God-given gift: The Art of Positive Daydreaming. The Beauty of Doing Nothing. Carpe diem!
Daydreaming and the path to happiness and wellbeing
'Unlike any other form of thought, daydreaming is its own reward' – Michael Pollan
Ode to positive constructive daydreaming
Nota bene
Me, myself and I and my daydreams
I remember so vividly, the parents evening at my school all those decades ago in Tehran:
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This is a decisive moment in our world history and this is a decisive question for our time: Who and What has Broken the World and Who and What will fix it?
The world and our lives are in a constant state of flux and chaos, because of the dominance of a bankrupt and disgraced economic ideology: Neoliberalism—characterised by deregulation, privatization, marketisation, monetisation, austerity, and free-market fundamentalism, devoid of any human and spiritual values and concerns, resulting in human suffering and environmental degradation.
Time to Rethink
Dear Davos participants, you began your dialogue in 1971 and this is the fruits of your annual dialogue meeting in 2026
Across the world, young and old, black and white, in rich or poor countries, people are going hungry, starving and dying.
'Indian children eat from discarded packets of food meant for railway passengers at a slum area near a railway track in Gauhati'-
ANUPAM NATH/AP'.Photo via The Times
100s of millions of your fellow-human beings are starving, homeless, no health care, no medication, no education, no running clean water, no dignity, no hope: Is this right? Do you know what it means to be human? Perhaps a bit less greed on your part, could be a good start?
N.B. This Blog, originally posted in October 2024, under the title of ‘These are what I have learned from 45 years of teaching economics‘ was updated on 19 January 2026, to coincide with the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, with its main theme of ‘A Spirit of Dialogue’.
A Better World Needs A Better Economics: We Must Unlearn What We Have Learned About Economics
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“Friendship dances around the world announcing to all of us that we must wake up to blessedness.”-Epicurus
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”- Helen Keller
“Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.”- Aristotle
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In this age of virtual friendship, with all our friends on the palm of our hand, in this age of loneliness and isolation epidemic, it seems we are more and more discovering the missing vital ingredient in our lives: Friendship and Connection.
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