Interesting, but flawed. In essence, Wendell says:
* everything is linked – one change will cause a thousand others
* therefore, we cannot solve anything simply by focusing on a single issue
* therefore, we should try to solve “the world” as a single problem. hurrah for wholistic solutions etc…
in my mind, this is utter nonsense. none of us can hope to solve the entire world as a single problem – it’s too complex.
bees and ants focus on single, tiny prolems and in so doing, their hive exhibits much more complex behaviour. similarly, humans focus on single, tiny problems and together we can accomplish something great. of course, it if fraught with trial and error.
pick your cause. fight for it. let others do the same.
Study of the history of land use (and any local history will do) informs us that we have had for a long time an economy that thrives by undermining its own foundations.
Therefore, we need diversified, small-scale land economies that are dependent on people. Therefore, we need people with the knowledge, skills, motives and attitudes required by diversified, small-scale land economies.
Most people are now fed, clothed and sheltered from sources toward which they feel no gratitude and exercise no responsibility.
Trouble with this and many other articles is that it assumes people need to know stuff and do stuff to affect change. Whereas I reckon it just sorta happens. I mean, that fact that he thought to write this, and I thought to agree with him is proof enough of spontenaity.
ps. yet another article whose title mismatches it’s content.
Interesting, but flawed. In essence, Wendell says:
* everything is linked – one change will cause a thousand others
* therefore, we cannot solve anything simply by focusing on a single issue
* therefore, we should try to solve “the world” as a single problem. hurrah for wholistic solutions etc…
in my mind, this is utter nonsense. none of us can hope to solve the entire world as a single problem – it’s too complex.
bees and ants focus on single, tiny prolems and in so doing, their hive exhibits much more complex behaviour. similarly, humans focus on single, tiny problems and together we can accomplish something great. of course, it if fraught with trial and error.
pick your cause. fight for it. let others do the same.
Things that make me go ‘yay’:
Trouble with this and many other articles is that it assumes people need to know stuff and do stuff to affect change. Whereas I reckon it just sorta happens. I mean, that fact that he thought to write this, and I thought to agree with him is proof enough of spontenaity.
ps. yet another article whose title mismatches it’s content.
so how did it get bad then?
just did
stuff mostly works but sometimes doesn’t. then things go bad.
but, if you try and make is work all the time, instead of just mostly, things go even worse.