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Wisdom
Wisdom
We choose a path of improving so our influence creates a positive impact in the world
We choose a path of improving so our influence creates a positive impact in the world
Vision
Prioritizing long-term reasoning
Prioritizing long-term reasoning
It is the ability to care about consequences
far beyond your own lifetime.
It is the ability to care about consequences
far beyond your own lifetime.
It asks for tolerance of uncertainty,
the discipline of systems thinking,
and the courage to think in abstractions.
It asks for tolerance of uncertainty,
the discipline of systems thinking,
and the courage to think in abstractions.
To do it, you must know one thing:
your actions ripple forward.
To do it, you must know one thing:
your actions ripple forward.
Preserve possibilities for the future
even those you will never taste.
Preserve possibilities for the future
even those you will never taste.
Acknowledging our limits
Acknowledging our limits
We all crave certainty because it gives us an illusion of security,
We all crave certainty because it gives us an illusion of security,
but the universe is too complex for our understanding
but the universe is too complex for our understanding
and our senses and mind just perceive a tiny part of it.
and our senses and mind just perceive a tiny part of it.
Paradoxically, embracing our limits expands possibility
Paradoxically, embracing our limits expands possibility
as we exchange fear of uncertainty for celebration of the unknown.
as we exchange fear of uncertainty for celebration of the unknown.
Using systems thinking
Using systems thinking
It is understanding that everything is interconnected and dynamic.
It is understanding that everything is interconnected and dynamic.
It is the practice of humility, mapping what we cannot control,
It is the practice of humility, mapping what we cannot control,
tracing loops we cannot break,
acting where we cannot predict.
tracing loops we cannot break,
acting where we cannot predict.
Forget the leash and release the hold
Forget the leash and release the hold
just learn the rhythm, brave and bold.
just learn the rhythm, brave and bold.
Chosing moral imagination
Chosing moral imagination
It is the art of empathizing with different perspectives we do not share and understanding needs different from our own.
It is the art of empathizing with different perspectives we do not share and understanding needs different from our own.
It is the courage to design the future and to envision alternatives that does not yet exist
It is the courage to design the future and to envision alternatives that does not yet exist
It is the act of caring about beings we’ll never meet, future generations we’ll never know
It is the act of caring about beings we’ll never meet, future generations we’ll never know
Imagine it. Create it.
Imagine it. Create it.
Balance
The Art of Balance
The Art of Balance
Balance helps wisdom from different perspectives
Balance helps wisdom from different perspectives
by preventing any single reasonable view from dominating, while excluding harmful ones.
by preventing any single reasonable view from dominating, while excluding harmful ones.
A better future is not a destination where everyone agrees.
A better future is not a destination where everyone agrees.
It’s a dynamic dance of differences, held in balance, moving forward,
it’s a dynamic dance of differences, held in balance, moving forward.
letting a trusted voice lead in crisis, then restoring the dance.
letting a trusted voice lead in crisis, then restoring the dance.
That dance is wisdom in motion.
That dance is wisdom in motion.
Personal Balance
Personal Balance
Before you can balance, you must know you are imbalanced.
Before you can balance, you must know you are imbalanced.
Wholeness requires consciously combining your reason and your emotions
Wholeness requires consciously combining your reason and your emotions
Train your tolerance to make decisions based on context
Train your tolerance to make decisions based on context
Only in crisis, when time is key, let one trusted voice lead.
Only in crisis, when time is key, let one trusted voice lead.
Sometimes speed is better than completeness
Sometimes speed is better than completeness
Flexibility beats perfection.
Flexibility beats perfection.
Colective Balance
Colective Balance
Recognition of patterns across cultures makes change possible
Recognition of patterns across cultures makes change possible
Cultures become learning systems, borrowing from each other.
Cultures become learning systems, borrowing from each other.
To progress we need to manage disagreements,
To progress we need to manage disagreements,
creating structures of inclusion where all voices can be heard,
creating structures of inclusion where all voices can be heard,
letting one perspective lead in emergencies temporarily,
letting one perspective lead in emergencies temporarily,
holding accountability and compassion together.
holding accountability and compassion together.
Ecological Balance
Ecological Balance
Currently human demands exceed what nature can regenerate.
Currently human demands exceed what nature can regenerate.
We recognize that every action is embedded in living systems.
We recognize that every action is embedded in living systems.
We are not outside nature. We are nature.
We are not outside nature. We are nature.
Balance with nature requires accepting limits
Balance with nature requires accepting limits
Living within limits is not deprivation but liberation
Living within limits is not deprivation but liberation
We design for regeneration, following nature’s lead.
We design for regeneration, following nature’s lead.