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prosperity as well as well being of the human policy of business which is a very narrow and
populace. However, there is a flip side to this, selfish viewpoint. Conscious capitalism is not
as the way this prosperity has been achieved is about such an approach as truly, business is not
obviously not the right way. Today 80% of natural about machines nor is it a game of profit and loss
forests have dissappreared, 30% of arable land is but rather about real people and real lives.
unusable, nearly 50% of the species alive today
will no longer be there in another 50 years. The The world is changing which is evident in the
toxic burden on humans is increasing and diseases demographic shift to older population, increasing
like cancer is wide spread. Wars and religious life expectancy, better connectivity, more and
fundamentalism is on the rise. faster information, better education, more women
in public offices. The rise of feminine values such as
According to Dr. Sisodia, the single most important compassion, empathy, creativity, cooperation and
factor for such a scenario is the ‘profit maximization’ nurturing are inherent in both men and women