Better Global Future · Module 1: Evolving · worksheet

Evolving: Your first thoughts

Capture your own view before you hear anyone else's, then notice how other people's answers stretch it. Use it with steps 1 and 2 of the module.

Allow 10–15 minutes. Read the complete worksheet below. Nothing downloads until you choose the download link.

A box for your name and the date, so you can find this sheet again later.

1 How has humanity evolved, and is it a story of progress?

Write what comes to mind first: the changes that seem most important to you, and whether the overall story feels like progress.

Step 1: Your initial thoughts
2 What comes next for the human family, and how do you feel about it?

Note your hopes and your worries. Your first, unfiltered answer is valuable: you will come back to it.

Step 1: Your initial thoughts
3 Whose view was closest to yours, and whose was furthest away?

Note the speaker and the idea. Listen especially for a view that differs from your own.

Step 2: Hear what others think
4 What did someone say that you had not considered before?

How does it change or stretch your first answer?

Step 2: Hear what others think

Keep your reflections for yourself, or choose what you would like to share with others.