Lawry,
I'm not sure what you mean
by:
"Thank you Ray. As a species, we face a key decision: do
we buy into the laissez-faire approach to futuring ourselves, or do we
engage coherently in the process of managing our
evolution?"
Maybe you should have said:
"Thank you
Ray. As a species, we face a key decision: do we engage coherently
in the laissez-faire approach to futuring ourselves, or do we buy
into the process of managing our
evolution?"
Whatever you
wish. Laissez-faire means essentially 'leave them alone' - 'let them
be'. It assumes that people should be free to make their own decisions and
go their own way. It used to have "Laissez-aller" attached to it.
However, you bring
'us' into it. Who are the 'we' who will manage 'our' evolution? We will
assume they will 'engage coherently' in spite of much evidence to the
contrary, but what would be the objective of our 'managing our
evolution'?
Harry
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Subject: RE:
[Futurework] Future of our Species
Thank you Ray. As a species, we face a key decision: do we buy into
the laissez-faire approach to futuring ourselves, or do we engage coherently
in the process of managing our evolution? If it is the former, we will
surely end up with a toxic society. If it is the latter, we have a chance to
build a healthy world for our kids and theirs. It will take a lot of hard
work, but we might just be able to do it.
I
sent a manuscript on this to a publisher a couple of weeks ago; with a bit
of luck it might serve as a rallying point for others who have the same
concern and interest.
Lawry
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