Societies get into a vicious cycle of ambivalence, procrastination, fai;lures and lack of confidence. This circle lead to Diamond's "collapse trap". Can such a vicious cycle be reversed? The author, in this talk delivered to a TEDxNicosia even on Re-Act, Re-think, Re-Generates argues that Yes! Re- has the power to Re-verse a vicious circle.

1. The Power of Re-
How to Re-verse a Vicious Circle
By
Stavros
A.
ZENIOS
@TEDxNicosia,
9
March
2013.

2. Cyprus 11-7-11

3. Cyprus 2012

4. Cyprus 2013-2015
Short
run
crisis
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Financing
aging
popula1on
Adjus1ng
primary
account
balance

5. Cyprus 2020

6. The Vicious Circle
of Collapse

7. Lack of
confidence
Ambivalence
Incompetence
Postponement

8. The vicious circle at Mari
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9. The vicious circle
in the economy
50 days
250 days

10. Debt
or
income
in
euros
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
… we keep piling up debt
2011

11. … increase our ecological footprint
!

12. The vicious circle
of politics as usual
We can’t solve problems
by using the same kind of thinking
we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein

13. Collapse Trap
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14. Can we reverse
the vicious circle
of collapse?
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16. Invictus
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Henley (1849-1902)

18. Our brave new world
Uncertainty
Complexity
Freedoms

21. “Patriotic rhetoric” Lack of
of resistance to confidence
markets
by markets
Increase interest
rates

23. Empowerment
Institutions
Expertise

25. Values
Social organization
Politics

27. Ambivalence
Postponement
Lack of
confidence
Incompetence

28. Ambivalence
Self-
Postponement
Confidence
Incompetence

29. Vision
Self-
Postponement
Confidence
Incompetence

30. Vision
Self-
Initiative
Confidence
Incompetence

31. Vision
Self-
Initiative
Confidence
Professionalism
Responsibility