It is an interesting article containing many sparks, aspects, some contradicting, some visionary, but overall despite the title talking about a "shift" the article still falls short of suggesting a real shift, staying within the boundaries and human-made rules of the present framework.

Maybe two points to pick:

1. Mr. Soros says: "..As a result, the crisis has transformed the EU from the “fantastic object” that inspired enthusiasm into something radically different. What was meant to be a voluntary association of equal states that sacrificed part of their sovereignty for the common good – the embodiment of the principles of an open society – has now been transformed by the euro crisis into a relationship between creditor and debtor countries that is neither voluntary nor equal. Indeed, the euro could destroy the EU altogether...."

There is no such thing as partial, "part of" in a natural system. There cannot be partial unity. If nations decide to unite such union has to be complete. In a natural, integral system everything is absolute, almost black and white, something is either united or is separate. The European Union is not falling apart because of the Euro, it is falling apart because they did not have the courage to integrate fully, going the whole distance, instead they tried to build a roof for a house that had no foundations either walls. No they are retreating and trying to build walls, but still without foundations. We try to reinvent laws that are absolute, we think we can appeal against nature, or that there are short cuts, tricks, but there aren't any.

Tricks, shortcuts, appeals are only in this imaginary human bubble we created and which is now falling apart.

2. Mr Soros says "...The other great unresolved problem is the absence of proper global governance..."

This is true and this is the foundation we all need. But again only if we understand that it means a comprehensive, no-compromise, supra-national governance for the sake of the whole system, above any individual or national self-calculations.

In today's global, integral world our usual ruthless, exploitative competitive behavior, attitude has become destructive.

We entered the age of mutual responsibility, mutually complementing cooperation.

The shift we are facing has to reflect that.