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The Boundaries of Inclusion

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Richard Merrick
Sep 10, 2021
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I firmly believe that our transition will be driven by highly motivated small groups loosely linked around a common purpose. Large organisations, from Governments to Corporates, are too invested in what brought them to power, too slow, and too distant from those they serve. Entirely how this will manifest, I haven't a clue, but that's not the point right now.

The point is how we ensure that we have enough small groups, each a small part of that overall purpose, to link. That greater purpose? - The recovery of our humanity and our relationship with all those who inhabit the planet we are part of. Relationships, Responsibility. Reciprocity, Redistribution. The recovery of a thriving ecosystem. The alternative of continued mindless growth supervised by a few people who want to afford to play in space does not appeal.
It is the composition and the health of the small groups that is my focus. How do we create something that will enable them and link them without the hubris of thinking we can…

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