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We Need a Grassroots Movement

The author emphasizes the need for a new social order that aligns with human nature, highlighting historical civil collapses due to unmanageable complexity. They critique existing structures like the Strong Man, Holy Man, and Man of Science for failing to adapt to evolving knowledge. A grassroots movement is proposed to enhance collective intelligence and leadership, addressing our inherent diversities effectively.

The Code of Nature: A Fractal Journey Toward Wisdom

We live in a universe of exquisite complexity—a vast, unfolding pattern of space and time, of entities and events, of form dancing within matter, guided by invisible laws. As a natural philosopher trained in both philosophy and systems theory, I’ve spent a lifetime asking not just how things work, but why they exist in such ordered beauty. And in my quest, I’ve come to believe that we are all part of something much larger than ourselves—an intelligent, self-organizing cosmos seeking meaning through pattern and value.

Diary of X’aloren, Observer of Civilizations

**Abstract:**
The diary of X’aloren, an extraterrestrial observer, chronicles the unfolding civil entropy of Earth’s global civilization. Through a systems worldview, the alien reflects on humanity’s maladaptive patterns: the amplification of chaos, bureaucratic overgrowth, social fragmentation, and the myth of infinite growth. As X’aloren examines the recursive dynamics of decline, the diary contemplates whether humans will transcend their systemic limitations or succumb to a slow, asymptotic collapse.

“Its The System!”

My grandfather Ben Garside was 35 when he saw a car for the first time. He lived long enough to see men walk on the moon. When my mother was born, astronomers disagreed about whether there were other galaxies besides the Milky Way. When she died they estimated there were hundreds of billions of galaxies.Continue reading ““Its The System!””

Adopting the Systems Worldview

Dear Diary: It should be clear by now that all living things are value generators. We all, humans plants and animals, take inputs from our environments and produce outputs that are of greater value for ourselves and others. And when we do so, we sustain a state of happiness. So what is that “value“? PartContinue reading “Adopting the Systems Worldview”

The Simple Systems Worldview

Our civilization is becoming increasingly complex. But our brains are not getting smarter. We need to adopt a more efficient “methodical intelligence “. Science, for example, is a methodical intelligence. However, our conventional sciences evolved piecemeal and in disciplinary silos. Similarly, management practices have been sufficient in local contexts, but now all local economies competeContinue reading “The Simple Systems Worldview”