A Changing Humanity: Fast-Paced Living as a New Model of Being

The Sinderesi School dedicated his annual research (2015-2016) to investigate fast-paced living a new model of being. In fact, humanity has passed from a slow and static world to a fast and interconnected way of living. This change has consequences in dealing with space and time, in shaping a culture, in regulating daily work and, most of all, in searching for the meaning of human existence. These were the main fields of investigation, and are here presented as the fruits of a shared intellectual journey. The first section of this collection three lectures regarding the different approaches to human changing, made by the eastern and Western cultural traditions. the second part gathers the findings of a shared and intensive debate on the various aspect of human life mentioned above. Overall, this book shows how humanity is charged with an unprecedented stewardship of the earth that could be assumed only in a reasonable spirit of dialogue and mutual understanding.