Our society faces MONSTER problems, those big scary existential issues which seem impossible-to-solve, but which must be solved. They seem impossible because they are not solvable from within our existing System. They are caused by our System. The good news is ... with a slight adjustment to the underlying structure of our System, we can facilitate our System to transform itself enough so all these problems can start to go away! (See "A Holution to the Human Predicament"... from Stanford sponsored MAHB)
At the Center for Wise Democracy we are discovering that the Wisdom Council Process really works. And so far it's only happening in limited forms. Certainly governments can use this process as a way to more fully involve citizens in helping to solve problems. But even more important is how this process can transform the System, which is ultimately causing the Monsters. And this can happen at all levels of society: i.e. the nation, the world, the city, the locality, etc.). Ordinary citizens with adequate funding can use the Wisdom Council Process to facilitate all the people to come together as "We the People," the ultimate authority in society. This is especially needed at the global level where there is no form of global governance, no "owner" of global problems like climate change, species extinction, poverty, etc.
At the Center for Wise Democracy we've identified an accessible 8-step process by which a citizens group can proceed. We call it The ToBe Project. Here is a way that we can start solving society's biggest issues and transform our System so it becomes sustainable ... not just governance, but economics as well. Here's a way to involve people in solving Monster Problems and achieving "Wise Democracy" ...
At the Center for Wise Democracy we are discovering that the Wisdom Council Process really works. And so far it's only happening in limited forms. Certainly governments can use this process as a way to more fully involve citizens in helping to solve problems. But even more important is how this process can transform the System, which is ultimately causing the Monsters. And this can happen at all levels of society: i.e. the nation, the world, the city, the locality, etc.). Ordinary citizens with adequate funding can use the Wisdom Council Process to facilitate all the people to come together as "We the People," the ultimate authority in society. This is especially needed at the global level where there is no form of global governance, no "owner" of global problems like climate change, species extinction, poverty, etc.
At the Center for Wise Democracy we've identified an accessible 8-step process by which a citizens group can proceed. We call it The ToBe Project. Here is a way that we can start solving society's biggest issues and transform our System so it becomes sustainable ... not just governance, but economics as well. Here's a way to involve people in solving Monster Problems and achieving "Wise Democracy" ...
- At the Global level -- e.g. "The ToBe Project—Global" .... here's how we can finally start addressing climate change, pandemics, wars, poverty
- At the National level—e.g. "The ToBe Project—USA" ... to overcome the threat of Authoritarian takeover, distrust of the institutions of government, quarreling over healthcare, the corruption of money in politics, etc.
- At the State level -- e.g. "The ToBe Project—your state" ... how to involve all citizens in providing responsible direction to state government on taxes, education policy, land use planning, etc.
- At the Local level -- e.g. "the ToBe Project‚—your town ... how your community can converse respectfully and creatively to determine bond issues for schools and hospitals and resolve local conflicts
- In organizations -- e.g. "the ToBe Project—for your local democratic organization" e.g. a new governing structure for your food co-op, church, land trust, community foundation, etc.
For political scientists ...
This 39 min podcast is episode #34 of “Facilitating Public Deliberations”, where Jim Rough is interviewed by Dr. Lyn Carson, Director of Research at the New Democracy Foundation in Australia. In the episode Jim describes how the field of "political science" currently constrains itself to look only for solution possibilities within the existing System. But how System transformation will open the door to a whole new set of possibilities.
https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/2020/11/26/episode-34-wisdom-councils-and-dynamic-facilitation-with-jim-rough/
https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/2020/11/26/episode-34-wisdom-councils-and-dynamic-facilitation-with-jim-rough/
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