One World or None: Humanity’s Next Evolution
- Bernard Beitman, MD
- Jul 27
- 2 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
Dr. Bandy X. Lee on violence prevention, collective self-awareness, and Humanity’s big choice.
Is Humanity moving toward self-destruction, or are we still capable of changing course?
In this episode of Connecting with Coincidence, Bernard Beitman, MD speaks with Dr. Bandy X. Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist specializing in violence prevention, about the crisis of collective self-awareness now facing Humanity.
Dr. Lee argues that our greatest threat is not technology, politics, or economics alone. Beneath those visible crises is a deeper psychological and social pattern: Humanity has not yet learned to recognize its own destructive behavior clearly enough to stop it.
The conversation explores structural violence—the systematic deprivation of basic human needs—as a hidden engine behind war, inequality, discrimination, climate disruption, and social collapse. Drawing on decades of work in violence prevention, Dr. Lee explains why societies must learn to identify dangerous patterns early and set firm boundaries before destructive leaders, institutions, and systems spread further harm.
Bernard and Dr. Lee also discuss the possibility of “psychotherapy for Humanity,” the emergence of a Collective Self-Observer, and the need to replace despair with agency. If Humanity can observe itself more clearly, perhaps it can begin to choose differently.
At the center of the conversation is the idea behind Dr. Lee’s forthcoming book, One World or None: Humanity can continue on a suicidal trajectory, or awaken to our shared fate and build a more life-affirming future.
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About Dr. Bandy X. Lee
Dr. Bandy X. Lee is a forensic and social psychiatrist specializing in violence prevention. She taught at Yale Law School and Yale School of Medicine from 2003 to 2020, later joined Harvard Medical School from 2021 to 2024, and is now president of the World Mental Health Coalition and cofounder of Preventing Violence Now.
Internationally known for her scholarship in violence prevention, Dr. Lee has advised U.S. lawmakers, foreign governments, and the World Health Organization. She edited the bestselling book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump and now advocates for a more life-affirming world order, urging Humanity to turn away from collective self-destruction and toward shared survival, healing, and transformation.
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