A conscious democracy pays attention. Recognizing that "the price of freedom is eternal vigilance," a conscious democracy is vigilant, watchful, and wide awake. A semiconscious democracy was characteristic of the...industrial era: Leaders and citizens wandered through the social landscape half asleep, inattentive to critical trends and events, and only momentarily awakened by the shock of some catastrophe. A great tragedy, triumph, or scandal was required to break through the complacency and distractedness of the masses. Once the public was aroused into momentary wakefulness, it was not long before a new issue, emergency, or scandal would dominate social consciousness, pushing aside or obscuring previous concerns. Because the body politic was not in charge of its own consciousness, industrial-era civilizations often stumbled into the future---forgetful of the past, fearful of and reacting to enemies often more imagined than real, and aggressively pursuing short-run interests even when they conflicted with long-run well-being. A semiconscious democracy is no match for the new global challenges.Awakening Earth
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