‘Hope, when bold, is strength. Hope, with doubt, is cowardice. Hope, with fear, is weakness.’ G I Gurdjieff   During the six months of winter-spring 2010-2011 I was busy writing what would eventually become my book New Revolutions for a Small Planet: How the Coming Years Will Transform Our Lives that was published in 2012 (Watkins Publishing). I had spent six months of full-time writing on a book that I felt was my most complete (and longest) work yet. The book was released and … immediately sank without a trace. [...]