Marcus writes:
...
The consequences of their interventions in physical systems is not
necessarily their primary concern, especially if they have reason to think
there is manageable short-term risk. And what better way to keep an
organization intact than to cause and fix the same problems!
So my claim it is these other agendas amplify bad consequences, not that we
ultimately act in ignorance. Anyone that doesn't act in ignorance is
dealing with a trivial system.
I agree... "these other agendas" are what I attribute to what *appears*
to me to be "willful ignorance".
It is only/mainly when a small portion of a group are acting on "these
other agendas" whilst the remainder of the group are kept in ignorance
of the larger picture in favor of a convenient oversimplified
understanding biased toward allowing said few to pursue said "other
agendas" unimpeded.
If only our biggest problem was the ignorance intrinsic in non-trivial
systems... I believe *that* is the fundamental currency of life
itself, attempting to penetrate deeper into increasing predictive
knowledge of larger and larger systems impinging on said life's domain.
In that vein, it is natural that grass-roots organizations, activists,
average Joes and Janes would try to reduce *their* ignorance of the
larger systems they are coupled with, whether it would be the source of
their physical sustenance and shelter, or with the complex organizations
(political, industrial, religions) that have significant control over
those less abstract systems.
- Steve
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