Summarizing some of these ideas into a (high-level & tentative) narrative:
Human history can be characterized by ever-increasing social complexity followed by moral progress to meet said complexity:
Human history can be characterized by ever-increasing social complexity followed by moral progress to meet said complexity:
Increasing social complexity (aka technological & informational revolutions) initially cause chaos, but then often lead to prosperity:
Increasing complexity requires increasing decentralization to align “Knowledge & Power”:
Increasing complexity requires increasing decentralization to align “Knowledge & Power”:
This decentralization will (eventually) lead to the disruptment of the Nation State by The Sovereign Individual & Sovereign Collectives (just like the Nation State disrupted The Church before it). They'll exist, just in different forms.
Our economic models of individuals & nation states — and our understanding of individuals & communities and the relationships between them — are not currently up to the task for mapping this future.
Two (somewhat) competing forces shaping the world past, present, and future:
1/ Markets are eating the world and aren't stopping anytime soon.
2/ Egalitarianism is eating the world and isn't stopping anytime soon.
1/ Markets are eating the world and aren't stopping anytime soon.
2/ Egalitarianism is eating the world and isn't stopping anytime soon.
Understanding how egalitarianism has been influencing the world ("The universe bends towards justice") requires looking deeply at the enduring influence of Christianity.
Any understanding of our past, present, and future—as well as our opportunities & constraints—must contain an understanding of geography, demographics, energy. The facts on the ground:
We must also understand our desperate attempts to make meaning in the 21st century, and how all attempts prior fell short:
Where do we go from here? RadxChange says (among other things) change the organizational structures. Game B says (among other things) changes the incentives underlying it.
Or in other words, make the (moral) progress needed to meet the increasing social complexity.
Full circle.
Full circle.
