It seems that governance of human systems eventually follows the Law that governs Nature.
And I believe that we are becoming what we were designed to be: Being Human.^^ 2012. 5. 22. 오후 4:04에 "Methorst, Dicky" <[email protected]>님이 작성: > > RrrrrrRrroooooooopopopoopopoopopoopopoopopooppoopPpopopoPpoPpPpPpoPpoPpoPPPPpPpPpPpPdpPpPpPdpPPPpPPPdpPPpdPpPpPpPdpPPPPPPPPPPPPP0PpPPPPpPpPpPPPpPPPPPPpPPPPpPPPPPpPpPpPpPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPpPpPpPPPPPPpPPpPPpPPpPPPPPPPPPPpPPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPPPpPPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPp > > *Van*: Chris Corrigan [mailto:[email protected]] > *Verzonden*: Monday, May 21, 2012 09:02 PM > *Aan*: World wide Open Space Technology email list < > [email protected]> > *Cc*: World wide Open Space Technology email list < > [email protected]> > *Onderwerp*: Re: [OSList] Emergent Governance > > The new forms appear all around us all the time. They bubble in and out > of existence, and once in a while something takes hold and gets more and > more concrete. There is nothing particularly destined about something like > democracy - it just became the experiment that got a significant boost from > power and mass at the right times. And of course it is practiced in many > forms, none of which should ever be thought of as permanent. > > Open Space (by which I mean the unbounded field of self organizing > potential that is always around us) is the primordial ooze that provides > the conditions for the birth of new structures. The methodology we all > love so much is a formal expression of this ooze, deployed for useful > strategic purposes. But it is only in the Open Space of everyday living > that the real organizational forms arise and take shape. And for every > single one that becomes standard practice, there are millions that die as > unrealized ideas. Sometimes these ideas return as the time becomes right, > sometimes they are lost to human memory. > > All governance is and will continue to be emergent. We can be fooled by > the planning that goes into what it takes to concretize a over nance > system, but we should never forget - with great hope - the kind of dynamics > that allows such systems o emerge in the first place. > > Yay! > Chris > > > > --- > CHRIS CORRIGAN > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > +1 604 947 9236 > > On 2012-05-19, at 8:46 AM, Harrison Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Several days ago I had the unique pleasure of joining our friends and > colleagues (by Skype) in the Ukraine for their OSONOS. Given the state of > the Ukraine, to say nothing of the state of the world, the conversation > eventually got around to the subject of Leadership and Governance - and how > could all that work. That conversation seemed to meld seamlessly with one I > had had with a new friend here in the USA... Leadership and Governance. And > mixed in was a new thought (for me) all about Emergent Governance. As I > said to my US friend... > > > > You started me thinking - which ordinarily is a dangerous thing. I can't > quite pin down the logical trail, but that is not surprising because I > usually find myself thinking in circles. But one point along the way was a > conversation I was engaged in yesterday. There is an interest group which > has monthly luncheons at my club with the vaporous name of "The Human > Values Group." In truth we talk about whatever pleases and may or may not > have value. Anyhow the conversation yesterday drifted to a consideration of > various political forms. It seems that some of our members had just > returned from Cuba, so that was the start. Then we got on to dictatorships > of various sorts ranging from China to Singapore... and shortly we were > arguing about the "goods and the bads" - which quickly morphed into > ideologies/political systems, and you know where that one could go. > > > > As the folks headed into the stratosphere of abstraction - I found myself > thinking, wondering might be better - Has anybody ever done a natural > history of governance? Rousseau pops to mind, but he always seemed to me > pretty idealistic, and just as doctrinaire as anybody. For sure we have > certainly done histories of governance, tracing our way back from the > present to whenever. But how about the reverse? Two folks get together, > Adam and Eve for example. Relationships form and certain modes of behavior > seem to work, others don't. It is not a function of laws, and certainly not > legislation or "idealized models." Just very practical - and more to the > point a natural expression of that fundamental relationship which to the > extent that it is ever verbalized might be something like --- the way we do > things around here. Well that might be the beginning of a story, but before > I got too far with that one, my mind jumped. > > > > To Open Space. Funny thing. We have opened space 100,000's of times in > multiple cultures, and the behaviors are almost identical (except for > superficials like language, dress, etc). And nobody ever specified the > rules. The Principles don't count, and yes we do announce the Law of Two > Feet - but all of that is simply to acknowledge what will happen anyhow. So > could we be looking at emergent governance? We are definitely looking at > the process of self organization (I think). Could that be the root of > governance? > > > > Big jump - here's a thought. Rather than thinking about (working on, > creating) models of governance (autocratic, democratic, plutocratic, > sociocratic...whatever) which are then promulgated (you wrote a book, so did > Karl M.), and if implemented are almost inevitably laid on from the top > (wherever the top isJ)... how about starting at the bottom/beginning and > see what grows naturally? Emergent Governance! > > > > It would perhaps become necessary to clean things up a bit, regularize it, > so to speak - but that should be done, I suggest, all under the rubric of > finding the minimal level of structure necessary to sustain life. But all > that could only be done after the fact...of emergence. > > > > Just Thinking... > > > > Harrison > > > > > > > > Harrison Owen > > 7808 River Falls Dr. > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > USA > > > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) > > Camden, Maine 20854 > > > > Phone 301-365-2093 > > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > > > www.openspaceworld.com > > www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > ------------------------------ > Help save paper! Do you really need to print this email? > > Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. 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