| Sunday, November 17, 2002 |  |
| Pieces of the Puzzle |
 One of my strong beliefs is that we each hold an important piece of a bigger puzzle, or we ARE that piece. The Earth needs all of us to do what we're here to do. We each need to find out where we fit, and what we need to do there. The world will not completely work without you doing your particular thing, in your particular way.
That is not just an inspiring thing to say to people to motivate them. It is more than a metaphor. More like a principle of self-organization, albeit an intuitively derived one.  The puzzle would be how we all work together as a global brain, I suppose. Which relates to how we develop a planetary organizational system that works for everyone. I postulate that, since we each posses individual consciousness and will, it can only be done in a self-organizing way. I.e. by honoring all of our diverse perspectives, and letting them negotiate the details amongst themselves. And, since we all share the same space and the same components that sustain life, we're inherently inseparable, so our solution has to form a unified non-exclusive fabric.
Chances are that you know something, or you see something, or you feel something that nobody else is feeling or seeing or knowing. If you don't think so, you might have to dig deeper into who you really are. If you don't sharpen up your unique awareness and act on it, nobody else will. And there will be a blank spot or a blind spot in our shared fabric, and your piece will not be connected. [ Inspiration | 2002-11-17 19:03 | 16 comments | PermaLink ] More > |
| Finite and Infinite Games |
 There are at least two kinds of games: finite and infinite.
A finite game is a game that has fixed rules and boundaries, that is played for the purpose of winning and thereby ending the game. An infinite game has no fixed rules or boundaries. In an infinite game you play with the boundaries and the purpose is to continue the game. Finite players are serious; infinite games are playful. Finite players try to control the game, predict everything that will happen, and set the outcome in advance. They are serious and determined about getting that outcome. They try to fix the future based on the past. Infinite players enjoy being surprised. Continuously running into something one didn't know will ensure that the game will go on. The meaning of the past changes depending on what happens in the future. [ Diary | 2002-11-17 20:03 | 7 comments | PermaLink ] More > |