Music and the Human Spirit

What role does music play in your life?

Why are musical tastes so different, subjective and sometimes polarizing?

How deep does your connection to music go?

Are there spiritual aspects to music?

200 Countries, 200 Years.

Do you believe the plight of humanity as a whole is improving or worsening?

Do you expect the relationship between developed and developing nations to change in the future?

How do you contextualise your obligations and relationships? (familially, locally, nationally, globally) 

Does the scale* used in for income undermine the idea of global improvement Rosling suggests?


 * The scale for income is logarithmic (without the logarithm, the distance separating the wealthiest nations from the poorest would span a much greater visual distance).

Reading Your Moral Compass.

Do you have a personal moral code?

What influences have informed your 
moral perspective?

What moral systems do you agree with? Which ones do you disagree with?

How do you deal with moral conflict: Personally? Professionally? Culturally?

Why do we believe in concepts like right and wrong? Where have those concepts come from?

Do Not Disconnect

In your experience, is technology helpful in connecting with other people, or does it create more distance? How do you think new technologies will address social connection/disconnection in the future?

Why do people seem disconnected from one another in urban environments? Does this change in different neighbourhoods, cities and towns?

Do you tend toward introversion or extroversion? How does this affect your interactions in public spaces?