Our society faces MONSTER problems--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 bad news is ... all the "solution-actions" we are familiar with ... e.g. education, mass demonstrations, new policies, fighting for change, adopting the right religion, etc. ... do not recognize that we are in a System. They all may make things better, maybe even improve the System. But the System is the problem. It no longer fits our Situation.
The good news is ... it is possible to add a particular kind of whole-system conversation to what currently exists and this can be enough to transform the System to where "We" start solving these Monster Problems! (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. While governments can use this process as a way to more fully involve citizens. More importantly, this process could be used to put the citizens at "We the People" back in charge, like they are supposed to be. To achieve this transformation doesn't require government action. Just an ordinary group of citizens with adequate funding can use the Wisdom Council Process to facilitate all the people to come together as "We the People." This is especially needed at the global level where there currrently is no form of global governance. There is no "owner" of global problems like climate change, species extinction, poverty, etc., just individual actors in a System that cannot work.
At the Center for Wise Democracy we've identified an 8-step process by which a citizens group can proceed at the global level. We call it The ToBe Project. Here is a way that we can start solving society's biggest issues and transform our System at the same time ... not just governance, but economics as well.
The bad news is ... all the "solution-actions" we are familiar with ... e.g. education, mass demonstrations, new policies, fighting for change, adopting the right religion, etc. ... do not recognize that we are in a System. They all may make things better, maybe even improve the System. But the System is the problem. It no longer fits our Situation.
The good news is ... it is possible to add a particular kind of whole-system conversation to what currently exists and this can be enough to transform the System to where "We" start solving these Monster Problems! (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. While governments can use this process as a way to more fully involve citizens. More importantly, this process could be used to put the citizens at "We the People" back in charge, like they are supposed to be. To achieve this transformation doesn't require government action. Just an ordinary group of citizens with adequate funding can use the Wisdom Council Process to facilitate all the people to come together as "We the People." This is especially needed at the global level where there currrently is no form of global governance. There is no "owner" of global problems like climate change, species extinction, poverty, etc., just individual actors in a System that cannot work.
At the Center for Wise Democracy we've identified an 8-step process by which a citizens group can proceed at the global level. We call it The ToBe Project. Here is a way that we can start solving society's biggest issues and transform our System at the same time ... not just governance, but economics as well.
- At the Global level -- e.g. "The ToBe Project—Global" .... here's how we can finally start addressing climate change, pandemics, wars, poverty, etc.
- At the National level—e.g. "The "We the People Project—USA" ... to overcome the threat of Authoritarian takeover, distrust of the institutions of government, the scourge of misinformation, 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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