Ed,
The vision need not be anything but the stuff of reality, which still
leaves us with what our minds will inevitably envision.
Reality is the only vision that is guaranteed to work. So, perhaps you
would agree that following the natural laws of the universe that have
done a splendid and perfect job of things since the beginning of time,
we can realistically hope to rejoin the natural stream of evolution.
Any natural system such as that of our esteemed Earth, capable of
forming and efficiently sustaining life and its necessary and
interdependent ecosystems for approximately 8 million species, has got
to be the most scientifically trustworthy model to implement, yet it
continues to be ignored--at least since, say, humankind started cooking
its food or the first economist started profiting from dismantling
sustainable economies.
We rely on natural law for every aspect of our being, from the most
impressive of technologies to our constant heartbeat, yet because we
have continued to violate these laws at almost every turn of modern
living, we mis-create anxieties and render our children defenseless or
defensive against a world fast losing touch with creativity and fulfillment.
Nature's model is orderly, efficient, and essentially evolutionary. And
its example can be applied to every aspect of civilized life to restore
balance. A nation that follows natural laws would swiftly lead as an
example to other nations, precluding any disputes about correct realities.
This is a huge undertaking, yet the facility with which we could
implement these laws would quickly unravel the complexities of existing
governmental systems. The will to do so depends either on necessity or
education. Hopefully the latter, by consensus, soon.
Natalia Kuzmyn
Ed Weick wrote:
I’m not so sure that we need another vision. There have been
thousands of them since humankind began. They’ve begun with beautiful
inspirational thoughts. They’ve usually ended with repression and
slaughter. Christianity began with the simple words of Christ and
became a vast, repressive and all controlling machine. In its
essence, communism is built on the simple and beautiful idea that the
people who do the work should own the tools they work with. Out of
that came Stalinist Russia. Instead of more visions, what we may need
is a stronger sense of realities of the world we live in. Perhaps
that’s not possible. It could lead to huge fights over which sense of
reality is the correct one and should therefore prevail.
Ed
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*From:* Arthur Cordell <[email protected]>
*To:* [email protected]
*Cc:* Futurework <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Thu, June 10, 2010 9:18:30 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Futurework] [Ottawadissenters] Great foresight
Agree. We really need a positive image for the future. Economic
growth, development, regional expansion, etc. have all been seen to be
wanting at the least and more often seen to be destructive.
What positive images have people come across.
Arthur
*From:* [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Lawrence de
Bivort
*Sent:* Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:12 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Cc:* Futurework
*Subject:* Re: [Ottawadissenters] Great foresight
Good catch, Steve.
Yes, we have now become dependent and dominated by the very
megasystems that we have ourselves created. And they are too complex
to understand and too expensive to improve.
But the game is not over, by a long shot, and we humans have many
tools yet in our toolbox. The main threat comes, I think, from those
sunk in despair because they lack the imagine to find solutions, and
from those so swallowed in anger that they lack the energy for
anything else.
Cheers,
Lawry
On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Steve Kurtz wrote:
"We have geared the machines and locked all together into interdependence; we have built the great cities; now there is no escape. We have gathered vast populations incapable of free survival, insulated From the strong earth, each person in himself helpless, on all dependent. The circle is closed, and the net Is being hauled in."
~ From The Purse Seine, Robinson Jeffers, 1937
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