And I think that you came up with this ahead of 80 - since Open Space has been around in it’s Technology form approx 30 years if Im not totally wrong :-)
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Sokrates > 31 aug 2015 kl. 11:07 skrev Paul Levy via OSList > <[email protected]>: > > I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self". > > We are the selves that organise. > > Beautiful. > > > > > On 31 Aug 2015, at 09:51, Arno Baltin via OSList > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> :) >> >> Arno >> >> >> >> >> 2015-08-30 22:16 GMT+03:00 Harrison via OSList >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Winter Address >> >> 7808 River Falls Drive >> >> Potomac, MD 20854 >> >> 301-365-2093 >> >> >> >> Summer Address >> >> 189 Beaucaire Ave. >> >> Camden, ME 04843 >> >> 207-763-3261 >> >> >> >> Websites >> >> www.openspaceworld.com <http://%20www.openspaceworld.com/> >> www.ho-image.com <http://www.ho-image.com/> >> OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> OSLIST Go >> to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> >> Past archives can be viewed here: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]>_______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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