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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Book Antiqua"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua"'>Thank you all, for deepening my wondering.<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 was especially struck by <st1:place w:st="on">Harrison</st1:place>’s
comment that capitalism and the market are not synonymous. And by those
of you who spoke about the listening and connectivity that emerges in Open
Space. <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"'>Some continued wonderings, influenced by
yours:<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"'>a. Perhaps the so-called ‘free
market’ is indeed an Open Space, just much much bigger than any Open
Space that any of us has facilitated. And without a clear beginning or
end, it’s taking us a long time to experience the connectivity and sense
of responsibility that happens relatively quickly in a more defined Open Space.<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"'>b. Maybe the thing that invokes
connectivity in an Open Space is the presence of a question or theme. In
an Open Space, we all gather together with a shared concern or intention, and I
suspect that this certainly tilts the odds toward some kind of climax or
resolution, and to experiencing some sense of connectivity through common
discovery. The ‘free market’, by contrast, has the freedom of
Open Space but not the shared intention.<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"'>c. Putting (a) and (b) together:
Maybe the free market is actually an enormous Open Space, <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>but</span></i> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>we
just don’t know what the question is yet</span></i>. Maybe,
because this enormous Open Space has no clear starting point or ending point,
it is taking us a long time to hear one another and realize that we are all
connected, and that we really do have a common question. Maybe we
are just starting to discern the underlying question that called us to participate
in this enormous Open Space. Maybe that question is: <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>How can we share resources equitably on this small
planet? </span></i> Or simply, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>How can ‘separate selves’ live together in peace? </span></i>And
maybe we are starting to discern that there might be, after all, a time limit.<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"'>Marty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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