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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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a brief thought…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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thanks to <a href="http://www.catallaxis.com/">Daniel O’Connor</a>, 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, <a href="http://www.catallaxis.com/">Catallaxis</a> (Integral
Perspectives on Business & Economics) is worth perusing…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Martin Boroson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 01, 2008
6:43 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> just wondering</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>I am wondering …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>I have even sold Open Space to some
corporate execs by pointing out that since they value the free market so dearly
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>outside</span></i> their company, they might
want to try a free market <i><span style='font-style:italic'>for ideas</span></i>
inside their company. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>I imagine Harrison will remind me that Open
Space runs on freedom <i><span style='font-style:italic'>and</span></i>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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