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Syntropic World - a new operating system for changemakers with a reverence for all life
November 19th 2025 Willful resistance Wilful resistance Both of my parents are alive, one is 92 years old and remarried at 80, the other is 88, lives independently and drives. I understand resistance to technology. I am a fan of the Luddite movement, as we must be able to draw the line between real and digital. I am an advocate for cash. But wilful resistance that costs you and others is stupidity. Technology has always been a tension in human affairs. The use of weapons, fire, hammers. The...
November 17th 2025 Replicating outcomes Replicating outcomes How easily do we fall into the trap of thinking we can replicate an outcome someone else achieved by following a sequence of steps that they followed? Rivers teach us this story. You cannot step into the same river twice. We must start with the conditions we have, the ground conditions. They will never be the same as the ground conditions of those we seek to replicate. To do this, do a whole systems account – a Synergistic Account –...
November 16th 2025 From killingry to livingry From killingry to livingry My mentor, R.Buckminster Fuller, introduced the terms killingry and livingry nearly 100 years ago. As a naval cadet, he was trained in ballistics. He determined that the precessional effects – the effects at 90 degrees to the goal – of making weapons to kill – killingry – would advantage living – livingry. When people are oppressed, starved and bombed, they either capitulate or they become extraordinarily creative. They...