Pope Francis in Time magazine
On Families & Children:
The Future You: life is shaped by interaction
Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at the TED 2017 conference as he spoke about power, interaction and the future. His talk, titled "The Future You," was filmed in Vatican City and debuted at the conference in Vancouver. The future--like life--is
shaped by interaction, the pontiff said."Please, allow me to say it loud and clear: the more powerful you are, the more your actions will have an impact on people, the more responsible you are to act humbly," he said.
"I very much like its
title --'The Future You'--because, while looking at tomorrow, it invites us to open a dialogue today: the future is made of encounters, because life flows through our relations with others. Everyone's existence is deeply tied to that of others:
life is not time merely passing by, life is about interactions." Pope Francis ended his talk saying, "The future of humankind isn't exclusively in the hands of politicians, of great leaders, of big companies."
Source: Time Magazine, "Pope's Surprise TED Talk," by L.M.Segarra
Apr 26, 2017
On Government Reform:
Power ruins you unless connected to tenderness
I would like to share today a message about revolution: the revolution of tenderness. And what is tenderness? It is the love that comes close and becomes real. It is a movement that starts from our heart and reaches the eyes, the ears and the hands.
Tenderness means to use our eyes to see the other, our ears to listen to the children, the poor, those who are afraid. Tenderness means to use our hands and our heart to comfort those in need.Tenderness is the language of the young children, of those
who need the other. [But] tenderness is not weakness; it is fortitude. Yes, tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women. It is the path of solidarity, the path of humility. Please, allow me to say it loud and clear:
the more powerful you are, the more your actions will have an impact on people, the more responsible you are to act humbly. If you don't, your power will ruin you, and you will ruin the other, if you don't connect your power with humility & tenderness.
Source: Time Magazine, "Pope's Surprise TED Talk," by L.M.Segarra
Apr 26, 2017
On Technology:
Technological innovation should come with social inclusion
How wonderful would it be if the growth of scientific and technological innovation would come along with more equality and social inclusion. How wonderful would it be, while we discover faraway planets, to rediscover the needs of the brothers and
sisters orbiting around us. How wonderful would it be if solidarity, this beautiful and, at times, inconvenient word, were not simply reduced to social work, and became, instead, the default attitude in political, economic and scientific choices,
as well as in the relationships among individuals, peoples and countries. Only by educating people to a true solidarity will we be able to overcome the "culture of waste," which doesn't concern only food and goods but, first and foremost,
the people who are cast aside by our techno-economic systems which, without even realizing it, are now putting products at their core, instead of people.
Source: Time Magazine, "Pope's Surprise TED Talk," by L.M.Segarra
Apr 26, 2017
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