November 22, 2009
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The Next 20 Years

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September / October 2004
Jon Spayde Utne magazine 
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The Rise of Private Peacemaking
Personal diplomacy will spread as clergy, educators, parents, and other ordinary citizens set up various vehicles (hotlines, Internet groups, meet-ups) to facilitate real dialogue between warring parties in the Middle East and elsewhere.

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Inspired by the Gross National Happiness index (GNH) used in the small Himalayan nation of Bhutan -- and the 'pursuit of happiness' clause in the Declaration of Independence -- forward thinkers will lobby for a nonpartisan Gross American National Democratic Happiness Index (GANDHI), a measure of Americans' happiness, and particularly their satisfaction with the political system, via polling and web-based surveys.

Thanks and Credits: Slow Dating: for dating technology, Jane Weaver on MSNBC. Private Peacemaking: Susan Skog.

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