so interesting Harrison: all are open, all are self organizing.
http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.html#.VeO8P87sdek
Voluntaryism is the doctrine that relations among people should be by
mutual consent, or not at all.
On 8/30/15 3:16 PM, Harrison via OSList wrote:
There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a
gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once,
very suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a
different smell on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here.
Ending. Beginning. Now.
A time of reflections.
It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things,
or maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2)
All systems are self organizing.
/All Systems are Open/ is a complicated way of saying that everything
is connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,”
which we don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite
complexity which is completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think,
you surely can’t control. So much for THAT vain hope.
/All Systems are self Organizing/ -- I know of no way of actually
proving this one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first
conclusion. If you find yourself in an infinitely complex and
interconnected environment, where nobody is, or can be, in control,
such systems as are there, must have pretty well gotten themselves
together all by themselves. Of course there are a number of people who
are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t have any real problem
with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency doesn’t help us very
much. We still don’t have much control and the systems around us,
including those we think we organized, have a source other than our
selves.
Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing
Systems) can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so
much irrational as different. Certain “strange” things always seem to
happen. For example, Whoever comes are the right people, whatever
happens is the only thing that could have, wherever it happens is the
right place, whenever it happens is the right time, and when it is
over it is over. Always works out that way, so I’ve found.
All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for
us to do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems
to accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we
really have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law
which says – If ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are
neither learning or contributing, you must move your two feet until
you find yourself a new place where you can do the one, the other, or
preferably, both. In a few words: Follow your passion and take
responsibility for it.
It took 80 years. Fun!
Harrison
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