At 07:13 AM 11/21/98 -1000, Jay Hanson wrote:
>http://www.cascadepolicy.org/dee_hock
>
>"By Chaord, I mean any self-organizing, adaptive, nonlinear, complex
>community or system, whether physical, biological or social, the behavior of
>which exhibits characteristics of both order and chaos. Or, more simply
>stated, a Chaord is any chaotically ordered complex."
>
>Hock seems to be saying that Chaord is nature's way of organizing.
> Do list members agree?
yes
>
>>>What problem do they solve?
>>
>>hierarchy/dictatorship problems
>
>If there is no hierarchy, how can chaordic structures limit the scale of the
>aggregate human enterprise?
>
>If there is no hierarchy, how can chaordic structures allocate resources
>under conditions of "absolute scarcity"?
I personally prefer Wilber's angle:
the human being is the highest order holon (whole/part) in a world that is
holons "all the way up" to the transcendent, and "all the way down" to the
smallest whatever
Looking at the human being, composed (as we are wont to speculate) of mind,
body, spirit, soul, etc., how is it that when the arsehole (that most
vulgar part of the body) is in urgent need of exercise, even the brightest
mind cedes control to it??
I do not know the answer, but I have often observed the fact.
I speculate that one of our most pressing tasks as beings, is to develop an
organizational system for groups of beings (as parts) that is modeled on
that of ourselves as "wholes".
I was talking to a friend this morning who tells me that her highest
experience of human group organization is working, as a skilled volunteer,
in a team at a hospice.
Doctors, nurses, volunteers, family, meet in a non-hierarchical group,
pooling their wisdom for the benefit of the patient.
As I have oft stated in this list, I believe that Co-operative management
like Mondragon in business, and Direct Democracy in political and
non-profit arenas are two of the PRACTICAL avenues to develop healthy
organizational structures
see http://www.npsnet.com/cdd/
especially http://www.npsnet.com/cdd/current-3.htm -- Draft Report #6 of
the North Vancouver Task Force on Direct Democracy
Colin Stark
>Jay
