These days everything ( words, works, feelings, relationships, lives etc)
became a subject for consumption under the so called "free market ideal". It
seems that this "ideal"
didn't bring social and economic justice and equality to our world. It even
destroyed existing social and economic equilibrium according to numbers of the
last 30 years.
In this respect, it very useful to check the genuity and sincerity of our
working area, "OST"
so thank you for the question.
I believe that OST still offers a lot of hope as it opens space for all the
issues to be raised and brought to the market place, so at least all the issues
will be heard and recorded. Then it's up to "the community" to decide what to
do with these issues. I don't believe in the "free market" but i believe in the
wisdom and power of the communities. I always believe that
people should come togehter. OST is still a genuine and sincere way to bring
people together, giving everybody an equal chance of participation around a
circle. Once people meet under OST circumstances, they wouldn't choose tyranny,
tyranny by its nature is not an appriopriate system for human beings who are
individually so genuine, creative and independant.
Regards
Funda ( with a flu) from Istanbul, Turkey
--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Michael Wood <mjw...@admin.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
From: Michael Wood <mjw...@admin.uwa.edu.au>
Subject: Re: just wondering
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 7:24 AM
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Marty
Interesting question you raise. I certainly don't have a clear answer, but just
a few thoughts.
At San Francisco this year someone convened a very interesting conversation
about what happens when communities "self organise themselves into
dictatorships"...or words to that effect. I didn't attend that conversation but
it did get me thinking.
I love Harrison Owen's observation that "Whereever space is opened, peace
breaks out" AND in parallel with that it seems to me possible that Open Space
could be used for people to self organise to evil ends as well as to good ends
(remember the famous TV Character, Maxwell Smart's comment, "If only he had
used his powers for good instead of evil").
So I think that what OS does is to bring things out into the open more
transparently so that we can see what we're actually dealing with. And I
presume that this does not remove the fact that governing bodies still need, at
the end of the day, to make public policy decisions which will involve more or
less government intervention, depending on one's political persuasions...and
this is what constitutes part of the boundaries of the Open Space.
Michael Wood
Perth, Western Australia
From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Boroson
Sent: Wednesday, 1 October 2008 9:43 PM
To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu
Subject: just wondering
I am wondering …
The philosophy of Open Space seems to promote a genuinely free market for
ideas. The underlying belief, as I understand it, is that allowing each person
to follow his/her passion is the best way to discover the best ideas and
solutions. It’s efficient, just like a market. This sure sounds like the
‘invisible hand’ and laissez-faire capitalism to me.
I have even sold Open Space to some corporate execs by pointing out that since
they value the free market so dearly outside their company, they might want to
try a free market for ideas inside their company.
So I have often wondered if people on this list believe as passionately in the
free market for the economy as they do in Open Space. In the current economic
crisis, as the world clamors for greater regulation – i.e. more rules and
limits on the freedom of markets – I am wondering if any of you have any
thoughts or insights to share.
I imagine Harrison will remind me that Open Space runs on freedom and
responsibility… yet the responsibility asked of participants in Open Space is
pretty minimal – naming their passion and showing up for their sessions and
respecting others’ freedom to do the same. It’s well short of socialism.
Marty
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