& Potsdam Manifesto identify necessary drastic changes concerning our future actions. They demand "... a strategic orientation toward the paradigm of what lives" (Potsdam Manifesto & Potsdam Denkschrift). Because "if we continue to “tilt” our common playing field of life by unrestrainedly striving for power, so that the majority of humankind and a great part of all living creatures are slipping off, our problems will grow into a catastrophe." (Potsdam Manifesto & Potsdam Denkschrift) Appeal to Stop the Suppressing of the Potentials of Evolution They close with the urgent appeal to stop the suppressing of the potentials of evolution via our mindset: "The confrontations and distortions we daily experience in our civilization should not allow ourselves to be led astray. Our existence as human beings today shows us that we, too, are the successful result of a similar development that has already gone on for billions of years." (Potsdam Manifesto & Potsdam Denkschrift) Potsdam Denkschrift & Potsdam Manifest finalise with the position, that the humankind is not imprisoned in its self-constructed conditions, but - as result of an animated, basically cooperative embedding - is capable of acting and transformation: "For omni-connectedness, which we can also call love and from which life springs, is fundamentally inherent in us and in everything else." (Potsdam Manifesto & Potsdam Denkschrift) Signees The Potsdam Manifesto was signed by more than 130 scientists and personalities from all over the world. External links Download of Potsdam Manifesto – English (PDF) Download of Potsdam Denkschrift – English (PDF) German and English book (Potsdam Manifesto and Potsdam Denkschrift) Vereinigung deutscher Wissenschaftler: Potsdam Denkschrift - Potsdam Manifesto 2005 Archive (selected press reviews, comments and additions, list of signees) Political manifestos Physics organizations 2005 in science 2005 documents