Looks really interesting. 

Thanks Michael

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> On Aug 28, 2018, at 10:40 AM, Michael Herman via OSList 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> and this yesterday in the nytimes...
> 
> https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/27/books/review/splintering-william-egginton-coddling-greg-lukianoff-jonathan-haidt.html
> 
> a review of two books that suggest safety concerns, especially on college 
> campuses and within the iGen cohort that follows millennials, gets in the way 
> of people learning to communicate about important issues, setting democracy 
> up for failure.
> 
> 
> 
> THE SPLINTERING OF THE AMERICAN MIND 
> Identity Politics, Inequality, and Community on Today’s College Campuses 
> By William Egginton 
> 263 pp. Bloomsbury. $28.
> 
> THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND
> How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure 
> By Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
> 338 pp. Penguin Press. $28.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> --
> 
> Michael Herman
> Michael Herman Associates
> 312-280-7838 (mobile)
> 
> http://MichaelHerman.com
> http://OpenSpaceWorld.org
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Dan Mezick via OSList 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Here’s a book that associates computer network efficiency at scale with 
>> civilization-efficiency at scale. And vice versa, which is his essential 
>> point.
>> 
>> The conclusion is that individual agents are the only entities capable of 
>> making promises at that level and that this is actually super-efficient and 
>> in fact optimal in terms of at-scale system level performance:  how 
>> interesting...
>> 
>> Promise Theory: Thinking in Promises
>> 
>> https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Promises-Designing-Systems-Cooperation/dp/1491917873
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Aug 25, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Oh sure. YOU alone a responsible for what you do/are -- unless of course 
>>> you are mentally impaired. And nobody can keep you "honest" better that 
>>> your peers and colleagues. Presuming that they step up and do their job. Of 
>>> course, if they sit on the sideline and allow terrible things to happen... 
>>> It really is about taking personal responsibility for the life you live and 
>>> for those who live it with you. Nothing is perfect, of course, but we try.
>>> 
>>> ho
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr Potomac, MD 20854 USA Phone 301-365-2093 
>>> (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mona Saleh Abd El Salam via OSList <[email protected]>
>>> To: oslist <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: Mona Saleh Abd El Salam <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sat, Aug 25, 2018 12:34 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] A Question About Safety
>>> 
>>> Harrison,
>>> maybe you also indicate having everyone appreciated for what they do, as  
>>> well as having everyone responsible for what they do?
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 2:54 PM Harrison Owen via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Mona… In all the years that I have facilitated/participated in Open Space I 
>>> have never seen any physical violence. Tense situations for sure, but the 
>>> group always handled it and, most importantly, learned from it. I think I 
>>> understand what you mean with a “code of conduct” but I’ve never seen the 
>>> need for it and more to the point such a code could shift responsibility 
>>> for humane behavior from the individual to the Code. My hope is always to 
>>> “ultimize” (no such word, I know) each person’s responsibility for 
>>> themselves and their fellows. That it always (in my experience) seem to 
>>> work may prove something?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> ho
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
>>> Mona Saleh Abd El Salam via OSList
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2018 6:52 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Cc: Mona Saleh Abd El Salam
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] A Question About Safety
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> maybe you mean having individuals with some (common sense) that can be 
>>> listed in a (code of conduct) according to which they behave.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:34 PM David Osborne via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Quoting from Harrison in The Practice of Peace.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Stuart Kaufman's original work which focused on biological systems aka the 
>>> emergence of life on earth describes five pre-conditions for open space, 
>>> one of which is "A safe, nutrient-rich environment."   Harrison goes on to 
>>> describe the equivalent for Human systems as "some kind of safety and 
>>> support in the overall environment."
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I interpret safety as a psychologically safe space where individuals can 
>>> act and speak ( take risks, share diverse views etc.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Can it be too safe to support self-organization?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David R. Osborne
>>> Organization and Leadership Development
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 1120, Falls Church, VA 22042 
>>> 
>>> 703-939-1777   |   [email protected]   |   change-fusion.com
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 2:13 AM, Bhavesh Patel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Curious to know what you mean by 'safety'?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On 21 August 2018 at 07:49, David Osborne via OSList 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Greetings all, 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I have questions about safety related to self-organization I would love 
>>> others thoughts on. 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Is it possible for an environment can be too safe to support 
>>> self-organization? Can safety be at such a high level that it inhibits or 
>>> slows down the self-organizing process?
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> I'm very interested to hear others perspectives.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Best to all,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> David R. Osborne
>>> Organization and Leadership Development
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 1120, Falls Church, VA 22042 
>>> 
>>> 703-939-1777   |   [email protected]   |   change-fusion.com
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
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