harrison, thank you for the invitation to share our questions. the ongoing question for me is this:
why is it that in quite a few cultures, at least those that i am familiar with, human beings are "wired" or "programmed" in a way which leads us to gravitate toward centralizing power in organizations, and for trying to take responsibility for things totally divorced from our own behavior? perhaps i am overlooking the many examples where these tendencies don't occur. just seems that so often that this is the case. for example, i could be working with groups of street boys and older boys insisting that younger ones work with me while they themselves don't, or literacy teachers who will invest a full day discussing what the government should do about literacy, when there is no evidence to suggest that their suggestions will even be considered...or, a group of leaders in an NGO (nongovernmental organization) who are trying to dictate the services that unpaid volunteers give to the organization...the list could go on and on. my question is, where does this come from and why is it so difficult for us to see the folly in it? ...at least folly for the well intentioned people. its totally understandable that people who want to dominate and exploit would behave in this manner. but we all watch, wonderful people with good intentions (including ourselves) frequently gravitate toward centralizing power in organizations and trying to take responsibility for things divorced from our own behavior. seems that these things clog up a fluid and life-giving self-organizing process. john ===== Website: http://theexperiment.info Sitentenet : http://eksperyansla.info Site : http://Lexperience.info Patisipe nan konvèsasyon sou entènet la sou Espas Ouvri ak Wonn Refleksyon - voye yon mesaj a : reseauforumouvert-subscr...@yahoogroups.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html