just wondering

[Peggy Holman]

As many have already said, OS brings a sense of spirit or as Karen put  
it, it invites people to "act from their highest truth".

One thought I'd add to this wonderful wondering....

I frame the Law of Two Feet as taking responsibility for what you  
love.  After hearing from many folks that they perceive this as  
selfish, I've added a phrase that seems relevant to this free market  
question.  It is that when we take responsibility for what we love, it  
is an act of service.  In practice, pursuing what someone love comes  
from their deepest (or highest) selves.  And because we all draw from  
the same stream, it seems to always mean that the good of the  
individual and the good of the collective are both served.

Were economic markets operating from such a deeper place, I suspect  
they might look a lot more like Open Space.

from semi-sunny, but definitely autumn-like Seattle,
Peggy

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On Oct 2, 2008, at 7:49 AM, Karen Sella wrote:

> Thanks for wondering aloud, Martin… a brief thought…
>
> I think that a free market is theoretically aligned with Open Space,  
> but a truly free market doesn’t really exist in practice and is not  
> promoted by current regulations.  It seems to me that what makes OS  
> work is that it “regulates” principles of action or action logics  
> that support people acting from their highest truth (goodness,  
> beauty, what-have-you) whereas markets to date have been regulated  
> by far lesser self-interests.  If the market was truly free and  
> people were expected to act with the transparency, personal  
> responsibility, and respect for others that Open Space “regulates”  
> in a sense—and the market was supported by more principled (more  
> ethically mature) regulation (minimal rules of engagement that  
> support honest, ethical, and efficient exchange), I think that we’d  
> find that people exchange goods and services much more akin to the  
> exchanges found in Open Space.
>
> My twenty-five cents… and special thanks to Daniel O’Connor, my  
> partner who is much more knowledgeable about economics and deserves  
> much credit for informing my thinking about such matters…for those  
> interested in such topics, his blog, Catallaxis (Integral  
> Perspectives on Business & Economics) is worth perusing…
>
> Warmly,
> Karen
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> I am wondering …
>
> The philosophy of Open Space seems to promote a genuinely free  
> market for ideas.  The underlying belief, as I understand it, is  
> that allowing each person to follow his/her passion is the best way  
> to discover the best ideas and solutions.  It’s efficient, just like  
> a market.  This sure sounds like the ‘invisible hand’ and laissez- 
> faire capitalism to me.
>
> I have even sold Open Space to some corporate execs by pointing out  
> that since they value the free market so dearlyoutside their  
> company, they might want to try a free market for ideas inside their  
> company.
>
> So I have often wondered if people on this list believe as  
> passionately in the free market for the economy as they do in Open  
> Space.   In the current economic crisis, as the world clamors for  
> greater regulation – i.e. more rules and limits on the freedom of  
> markets – I am wondering if any of you have any thoughts or insights  
> to share.
>
> I imagine Harrison will remind me that Open Space runs on freedom  
> and responsibility… yet the responsibility asked of participants in  
> Open Space is pretty minimal – naming their passion and showing up  
> for their sessions and respecting others’ freedom to do the same.    
> It’s well short of socialism.
>
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