[OSList] Yes dear Harrison !

Mon Sep 2 23:56:42 PDT 2013

Yes , yes, yes. I subscribe Arturo Uscátegui Restrepo's statement.

and Thanks to Harrison.

best to all

Marianella

2013/9/3 Arturo Uscategui-Colaboremos <arturo at colaboremos.com>:
> Yes, yes, yes and yes ! No matter if we live or not to tell the tale. We are
> fortunate to live it, to build it, to create it, you, we. And what a
> wonderful day is today with more and more open spaces towards increased
> openness, pushing forward the questions. Dear Harrison, thank you to be
> there where you are.
>
> Collaboratively,
> Arturo Uscátegui Restrepo
> www.colaboremos.com
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>   1. A Time for Questions (Harrison Owen)
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>   3. Re: A Time for Questions (Suzanne Daigle)
>   4. Re: A Time for Questions...about Liminality, Ronin &
>      Stigmergy (Daniel Mezick)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 18:59:03 -0400
> From: "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net>
> To: "'World wide Open Space Technology email list'"
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: [OSList] A Time for Questions
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> David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my
> head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from
> my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few
> interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind.
> Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only
> time will tell.
>
> One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's
> (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal
> time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely
> how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed
> success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely
> marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way.
>
> And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was
> at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for
> sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is in
> the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it.
>
> With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the
> joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the
> tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered
> to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange
> creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world!
>
> The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, and
> the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were
> weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as many
> new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling!
>
> But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of answers
> were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write
> knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it
> seemed the rules (answers) were known.
>
> The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it
> seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting
> that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some
> questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or
> Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium.
>
> The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it
> seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties,
> fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the
> end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear
> day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning
> point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my
> friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. Doubtless
> with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for
> richer, for poorer... it was a very different world!
>
> How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first
> time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available
> answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When we
> as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy
> moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I
> think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces
> rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every
> bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the
> tale. But that has always been true.
>
> Harrison
>
>
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD 20854
> USA
>
> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)
> Camden, Maine 04843
>
> Phone 301-365-2093
> (summer)  207-763-3261
>
> www.openspaceworld.com
> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey
>
> David,
>
> I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I
> have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland
> and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed
> by, I have yet to see evidence of OST.
>
> --
> Shalom,
>
> Chris Kloth
> ChangeWorks of the Heartland
> 254 South Merkle Road
> Bexley, OH 43209-1801
> ph 614-239-1336
> fax 614-237-2347
> www.got2change.com
>
>
> Quoting David Osborne <dosborne at change-fusion.com>:
>
> Yes Brett. Being Done.
>
> Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has
> been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the
> news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> David Osborne
>
>
>
> www.change-fusion.com | dosborne at change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777 On
> Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <barndtbrett at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs
> in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake
> in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global
> economies, our livelihoods, and well-being.
>
> The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted
> to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with
> higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a
> result of this situation.
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su
> rvey_n_3826165.html
>
> Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by
> culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one.
>
> OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course
> part of the solution.
>
> This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at
> this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are
> non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice.
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 20:04:15 -0400
> From: David Osborne <dosborne at change-fusion.com>
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] A Time for Questions
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>
> A wonderful description Harrison.
>
> Here's to the questions and the space they open.
>
> David
>
>
>
> --
>
> David Osborne
>
>
>
> www.change-fusion.com | dosborne at change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my
> head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from
> my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few
> interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind.
> Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only
> time will tell.
>
> One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's
> (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal
> time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely
> how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed
> success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely
> marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way.
>
> And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was
> at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for
> sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is
> in
> the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it.
>
> With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the
> joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the
> tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered
> to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange
> creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world!
>
> The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories,
> and
> the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were
> weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as
> many
> new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling!
>
> But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of
> answers
> were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write
> knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it
> seemed the rules (answers) were known.
>
> The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it
> seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting
> that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some
> questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or
> Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium.
>
> The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it
> seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties,
> fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the
> end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear
> day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning
> point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my
> friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there.
> Doubtless
> with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for
> richer, for poorer... it was a very different world!
>
> How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first
> time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available
> answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When
> we
> as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy
> moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I
> think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces
> rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every
> bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the
> tale. But that has always been true.
>
> Harrison
>
>
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD 20854
> USA
>
> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)
> Camden, Maine 04843
>
> Phone 301-365-2093
> (summer)  207-763-3261
>
> www.openspaceworld.com
> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST
> Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey
>
> David,
>
> I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I
> have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland
> and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed
> by, I have yet to see evidence of OST.
>
> --
> Shalom,
>
> Chris Kloth
> ChangeWorks of the Heartland
> 254 South Merkle Road
> Bexley, OH 43209-1801
> ph 614-239-1336
> fax 614-237-2347
> www.got2change.com
>
>
> Quoting David Osborne <dosborne at change-fusion.com>:
>
> Yes Brett. Being Done.
>
> Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has
> been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the
> news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> David Osborne
>
>
>
> www.change-fusion.com | dosborne at change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777 On
> Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <barndtbrett at gmail.com
> wrote:
>
> Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs
> in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake
> in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global
> economies, our livelihoods, and well-being.
>
> The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted
> to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with
> higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a
> result of this situation.
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su
> rvey_n_3826165.html
>
> Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by
> culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one.
>
> OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course
> part of the solution.
>
> This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at
> this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are
> non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice.
>
>
>
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> Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 23:31:17 -0400
> From: Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com>
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSList] A Time for Questions
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> This is Labor Day weekend - a period of pause and reflection as the summer
> comes to an end, busy work resumes, the new school year begins. So fitting
> this journey down memory lane and the important work ahead.  Our theme at
> WOSonOS was the World is Waiting... Are we Ready?  The Millennials asserted
> loud and clear:  "We are ready!"... ready to partner with us, to step into
> their leadership and to jump into the fullness of life in ways that may be
> unlike anything we have lived and experienced before.
>
> Reading what Harrison wrote reminded me of a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.  I
> had been so moved by it that I transposed it on a beautiful Florida beach
> photo and sent it to dozen friends in August 2008.   It was a pre-Open
> Space era for me; guess the soil was being tilled for what would come later
> in my life as I was very drawn to its message.  Now I understand more what
> questions and opening space mean to the vibrancy of life.  So this evening,
> I went fishing for it and buried in the hard drives of an old computer that
> contain many treasures, I found it and it gives me joy to share it with all
> of you in this wonderful world-wide community-- a reminder of the
> privileged work we each love and do!
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9btt1cthfsmyi71/Seeking%20our%20path.pdf
>
>
> Suzanne
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 8:04 PM, David Osborne
> <dosborne at change-fusion.com>wrote:
>
> A wonderful description Harrison.
>
> Here's to the questions and the space they open.
>
> David
>
>
> --
>
> David Osborne
>
> www.change-fusion.com | dosborne at change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777
> On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>wrote:
>
> David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in
> my
> head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However
> from
> my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a
> few
> interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind.
> Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification,
> only
> time will tell.
>
> One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the
> 50's
> (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal
> time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely
> how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if
> followed
> success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely
> marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way.
>
> And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It
> was
> at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for
> sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is
> in
> the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it.
>
> With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to
> the
> joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the
> tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up,
> shattered
> to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange
> creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world!
>
> The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories,
> and
> the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some
> were
> weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as
> many
> new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling!
>
> But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of
> answers
> were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write
> knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it
> seemed the rules (answers) were known.
>
> The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it
> seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even
> suggesting
> that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still
> some
> questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or
> Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium.
>
> The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way
> it
> seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties,
> fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at
> the
> end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright
> clear
> day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a
> turning
> point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my
> friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there.
> Doubtless
> with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse,
> for
> richer, for poorer... it was a very different world!
>
> How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the
> first
> time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available
> answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When
> we
> as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy
> moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I
> think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces
> rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is
> every
> bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the
> tale. But that has always been true.
>
> Harrison
>
>
> Harrison Owen
> 7808 River Falls Dr.
> Potomac, MD 20854
> USA
>
> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)
> Camden, Maine 04843
>
> Phone 301-365-2093
> (summer)  207-763-3261
>
> www.openspaceworld.com
> www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of
> OSLIST
> Go to:
> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
> [mailto: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris
> Kloth
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey
>
> David,
>
> I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already.
> I
> have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland
> and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and
> impressed
> by, I have yet to see evidence of OST.
>
> --
> Shalom,
>
> Chris Kloth
> ChangeWorks of the Heartland
> 254 South Merkle Road
> Bexley, OH 43209-1801
> ph 614-239-1336
> fax 614-237-2347
> www.got2change.com
>
>
> Quoting David Osborne < dosborne at change-fusion.com>:
>
> Yes Brett. Being Done.
>
> Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has
> been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the
> news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> David Osborne
>
>
>
> www.change-fusion.com | dosborne at change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777 On
> Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt < barndtbrett at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs
> in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake
> in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global
> economies, our livelihoods, and well-being.
>
> The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted
> to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with
> higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a
> result of this situation.
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su
> rvey_n_3826165.html
>
> Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by
> culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one.
>
> OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course
> part of the solution.
>
> This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at
> this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are
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> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 09:45:16 -0400
> From: Daniel Mezick <dan at newtechusa.net>
> To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> Subject: Re: [OSList] A Time for Questions...about Liminality, Ronin &
> Stigmergy
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> What a fascinating thread!
>
> "..the forces of creativity soared to the joy and terror of all involved."
>
> Two things are clear: the old rules no longer apply, and individuals are
> reacting WAY faster than institutions. We are liminal. We are no longer
> where we were, and not yet where we are going. We are in transition. The
> Individuals, the whole...the whole ball of wax is going liminal in a
> huge way...
>
> Is everyone more liminal than ever before?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminality
>
> The primary way to make sense of a near-chaos situation (like the one we
> are in) is to inspect everything much more frequently. We know this from
> Agile software methods. When the situation gets really messy, the answer
> is empiricism...iteration...frequent inspection...and frequent
> adjustment. This last part is tricky because it requires a very open
> mind, and more than a little alacrity. In Japanese, the word 'ronin sums
> up this idea. It means 'wave man' or 'wave rider'.
>
> Is everyone a ronin because of what feels like s state of constant
> change.....aka "permanent Liminality?" Are OST Facilitators actually
> playing a Ronin role, serving for a time and moving on?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C5%8Dnin
> http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Way_of_the_Ronin.html?id=G2g5KsKEOfoC
>
> One of the things that seems to be the new normal is 'stigmergy', the
> form of self-organization that depends on one-way announcements and
> unilateral broadcasts. The basic idea is a "send/receive" protocol where
> anyone can "send" a message, and the "receive" is 100% optional. It's a
> kind of invitation to listen. And optionally respond.
>
> Sound familiar?
>
> Is stigmergy the new normal?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy
>
> Everywhere, I see stigmergy, everywhere I see wave-people, everywhere I
> see liminality. Various groups in various places are hosting
> conversations and events, and making plans, and announcing them, and
> going from there. No one group is "in charge" in any sense of that term.
> It's futile to try. Any and all alignments by and between groups are
> based on shared values and relative urgency, in the now. The most
> effective people (both as individuals and in groups) are iterating and
> inspecting VERY frequently now.
>
> I wonder if Open Space is about to emerge one of the most useful if not
> THE most useful piece of social technology for making sense of reality
> in groups when everything is changing. The rise of stigmergy as a way of
> organizing naturally favors the use of Open Space, for brewing new
> things... by and between groups that find each other.
>
> Is everyone more liminal than ever before?
> Are OST Facilitators actually ronin?
> Is stigmergy the new normal?
>
>
> On 9/1/13 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:
>
> David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my
> head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from
> my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few
> interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind.
> Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only
> time will tell.
>
> One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's
> (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal
> time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely
> how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed
> success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely
> marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way.
>
> And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was
> at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for
> sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is in
> the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it.
>
> With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the
> joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the
> tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered
> to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange
> creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world!
>
> The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, and
> the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were
> weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as many
> new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling!
>
> But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of answers
> were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write
> knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it
> seemed the rules (answers) were known.
>
> The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it
> seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting
> that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some
> questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or
> Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium.
>
> The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it
> seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties,
> fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the
> end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear
> day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning
> point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my
> friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. Doubtless
> with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for
> richer, for poorer... it was a very different world!
>
> How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first
> time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available
> answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When we
> as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy
> moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I
> think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces
> rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every
> bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the
> tale. But that has always been true.
>
> Harrison
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kloth
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM
> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne
> Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey
>
> David,
>
> I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I
> have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland
> and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed
> by, I have yet to see evidence of OST.
>
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> Chris Kloth
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>
> Quoting David Osborne <dosborne at change-fusion.com>:
>
> Yes Brett. Being Done.
>
> Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has
> been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the
> news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> David Osborne
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>
>
> www.change-fusion.com | dosborne at change-fusion.com | 703.939.1777 On
> Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <barndtbrett at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs
> in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake
> in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global
> economies, our livelihoods, and well-being.
>
> The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted
> to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with
> higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a
> result of this situation.
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su
> rvey_n_3826165.html
>
> Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by
> culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one.
>
> OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course
> part of the solution.
>
> This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at
> this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are
> non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice.
>
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