The Consciousness Shift - What qualities do we need to awaken the planet?

Does info overload suggest that our humanity is doomed or are we beginning to evolve beyond propaganda & fear?  Waking Times ezine posts a guide of 18 different qualities are required to emerge for us to achieve a planetary awakening.  The questions loom over this; is there a planetary consciousness & how is it evolving?  Are we isolated from one another to the point of dwindling intimacy, evaporating empathy & complacency / apathy of 'current events' - the lack of leadership ...   Is the quest  for a more spiritual awareness a natural symptom or a dying dream?   Hosts Nicole Tomassini and Gwendolyn Holden Barry.   http://www.wakingtimes.com/2016/01/01/18-human-qualities-needed-advance-global-awakening/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=PostShare&utm_campaign=TMU