Until humans understand the ecosystem, social system
and economic system much better, the world is, indeed,
poorly managed. And,
from all available evidence, humans have failed in about every way that I can imagine,
short of nuclear holocaust (and we're not out completely of the woods on that, either).
However, the same principles as management of much smaller portions apply world-wide.
Our principle obstacles are found in flawed human organizational artifacts -- economics,
politics and law, and social justice.
Until we can manage our own microcosm of
the planet well, there is no reason to think that we can do any better with more
complexity to monitor and evaluate. As a logical step in this direction, our focus can be
to learn as much as possible in the relatively simple system of our own life, and as we
learn good management there we can improve our management of increasing spheres of the
global system. Walking comes before running, and we think that walking our talk comes
before political activism with a goal of telling others how they must live their lives.
We view "management" as investing our heartbeats
– the ultimate
nonrenewable resource – so that we have a sustained Cornucopia of choices.
Implicitly, this has a similar effect on all forms of Life. That's our
view. What is yours? |