How to Read This Book

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Introduction

Food for Thought, or What if...?

A Few Key Concepts

Chapter 1: Light at the End of the Tunnel

• Basis for a Positive Future
• Where We're At
• A New Way

Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Connection

• We Have the Potential – Do We Have the Awareness?
• Connection and Alienation
• Discernment with Compassion
• Choice
• New Patterns

Chapter 3: A New Look at Americans

• Moving "Out of the Box"
• Introducing Two Simple Quadrant Models of U.S. Society
• The "Positive Future - Cooperative Integrative" Scale
• The "Social Material Stress" Scale
• Differences and Commonalities – the PFCI-SMS Quadrant Map
• The "Social Traditional-Religious Conservative" Index

Chapter 4: The 8 American Types

• Three Core Traits
• Overview of The 8 American Types
• Examples of Diversity and Commonality
• Further Descriptions of the 8 American Types
• The 8 Types and the PFCI-SMS-STRC Quadrant Models
• Traits and Types  Deeper than Surface Appearance

Chapter 5: What Type Am I Closest To?

• The PFCI-STRC Quadrant Map and How to Use the Question Tables
• The PFCI-SMS Quadrant Map
• The 8 American Types and How to Use the Question Tables
• Find Your Type
• The 8 American Types and the PFCI-STRC Quadrants
• The 8 American Types and the PFCI-SMS Quadrants
• Some Help with Interpretation
• A Vignette

Chapter 6: Conditions for Change

• What Will It Take?
• First, A Little Historical Background
• High Costs to Society and the Individual
• Free-Will, Choice, and Power
• A Glimmer of Light in the Tunnel
• So Why Haven't Things Changed for the Better, Sooner?
• "Social Inertial Ballast," Disconnection, and Disengagement
• Two Estimates of "Inertial Ballast" in Society: The 8.2% Group
• Two Estimates of "Inertial Ballast" in Society: The 16.2% Group
• Roots of Disconnection within Society
• From Disconnection to Differentiation
• Globalization Is

Chapter 7: Future Outlook

• Optimistic
• Pessimistic
• Comparison of The 8 American Types and Their Future Outlook
• A New Roadmap – Identifying Bridges

Chapter 8: Spirituality – A Grand Context and Unifying Field

• A Context of Unity within Diversity
• A Self-Evident Spirituality
• A Sense of the Sacred
• Church, Religion, State, and Society
• Cornering the Market on Spirituality
• Religious versus Non-Religious?
• Religion and Spirituality
• Spirituality: A Bridge Beyond Social and Religious Differences
• The Spirituality Index: Where Are You?
• Forgiveness and Reconciliation
• Unifying Potential of a "Civil" Spirituality
• Wanting Involvement in Creating a Better World
• Social and Spiritual Awakening
• Global Awakening, Spirituality, and Involvement in Creating a Better World
• Waking Up from Our Sleep
• What's Next?

Chapter 9: Movement for a Positive Future

• What We May Have Forgotten as a Country
• Awakening to Spiritual Social Action
• Perception, Science, and Consciousness
• New Conversations for New Actions
• A New Language...of the Awakened Heart
• For a Higher Ground, Some Strategies
• A New Type of Social Leadership

Chapter 10: Politics of a Positive Future

• Society's Need for a New Framework
• Voting Values
• An Emerging New Political Force?
• A New Type of Political Leadership
• Political Labels – What Is the Point?
• The Language of Intent

Chapter 11: Integrating the Greater Whole: A New Paradigm

• Universal Bridges: Connection, Service, and Spirituality
• Connection
• Service
• Spirituality
• A Higher Common Denominator
• Natural Linkages
• A New Dynamic with a Higher Common Denominator
• Integrating the Greater Whole
• What matters most

Chapter 12: For a Decade of the Heart

• An Urgent Call
• For a New Social Initiative
• How?
• A Pilot Project
• Elements of a Campaign
• Facilitation and Coordination
• An Invitation

Chapter 13: The Global Interchange

• The Vision
• A Strategic Hub Focusing the Internet's Full Potential
• Overview of The Global Interchange
• Eight Core User Elements of the GIC
• Operational Units and Implementation
• Success and Risk Factors
• Technology, Research, and Development
• Who Will Use GIC Technology?
• Market Opportunity and Value Proposition
• IMAGINE
• The Global Interchange

Chapter 14: Elections as a Reflection and Projection of Society

• Elections and Society: Destabilization and Opportunities for Change
• An Historical Look at Elections
• Decline in Voting Participation
• Election Packaging and Marketing

Chapter 15: IOOW-2000 Research and Political Demographics

• Voting Patterns in America
• Candidate
• Party
• "Ideology"
• Complexity in Combinations
• Candidate by Party
• Party by Ideology
• Candidate by Ideology
• Candidate by Ideology and Party
• Preferring No Candidate or Not Voting
• Volunteering, Donating, and Not Voting
• Generation and Gender
• Religiousness, Spirituality, and Voting

Chapter 16: Values-based Typologies and Voting

• Expansion or Constriction? A Comparison of Indicators
• Revisiting the 5 PFCI-SMS Types
• Voting Likelihood: 5 PFCI-SMS Types and The 8 American Types
• Candidate Choice: 5 PFCI-SMS Types and the 8 Types
• The 8 American Types, Candidate Choice, and Gender
• The Three Core Traits and Candidate
• Summary Table of the 8 Types
• Illustrated Synthesis of Voting Demographics and Typology
• Summary of Typologies and Voting
• Further Explanation of Wheel Graphics

Chapter 17: Healing and Evolution: Beyond Voting

• Positive Change
• Global Awakening

Epilogue

Three Prayers for Humanity

Appendix A: Background on the Research

• Statistical Research: What Can It Show Us?
• Survey Sampling, Methods, and Standards
• Reliability and Psychometrics
• Comparative Research
• Future Research and Communications

Appendix B: IOOW-2000 Questions Asked by Category

Appendix C: Supplemental Research on Religion in the U.S.

• The American Religious Landscape
• Data and Methods
• Defining the Religious Landscape

Appendix D: Commonalities of Fascist or Proto-fascist Countries

Appendix E: Bibliography Sources

Appendix F: Background on Principal Authors and Contributors

Appendix G: Contact Information