"Sullivan, Tim J. MCF:EX" wrote: > Good thought, Chris, however....with 5 Billion plus on the planet now, and > increasing by leaps and bounds....we can't all be hunter/gatherers. > It is a metaphor of 'go lightly' that is feasible with much smaller numbers, > and will not drive the system to the "edge of chaos". The eco-system will be > stable. We live in different times. Now, its chaos for breakfast, lunch, > dinner and midnight snack. And the 'edge' is becoming the 'brink'. >
We can't all be farmers either. Not so much a case of "either/or" for me, so much as "both/and." Also not sure about the idea that farmers are better at handling chaos, especially "auto mechanic" farmers, as "ho" has just pointed out. Usually chaos involves people traveling every which way over a field full of freshly planted crops. If you are wedded to that land, you're sunk. Therefore, farmers generally have to fence in their stuff, defend against intrusions and lash out at anyone who wants a piece of it. Low tolerance for chaos. Hunter/gatherers (HGs) are able to move because, while they might be dependent on a few species, they don't care where those species are. If an upheaval strikes, they move. In the same way, businesses and organizations that are "farmers" fence in their market share or property or copyrights and defend themselves against the threats to their future. HG organizations move with the times, exhibit flexibility and an ability to thrive in widely differing climates. Myers-Briggs is a farm. Open Space is a hunting territory. HGs are better at surfing chaos because they are a part of it. Farmers/gardeners take, as their raison d'être, the taming of the chaos, the assumption of which is always a prelude to a drowning. Cheers, Chris ...currently a trapped HG. -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology http://www.chriscorrigan.com cor...@interchange.ubc.ca RR 1 E-3 1172 Miller Road Bowen Island, BC Canada, V0N 1G0 phone (604) 947-9236 fax (604) 947-9238 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
