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A wonderful description Harrison.
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Here's to the questions and the space they open.
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On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harrison Owen
<span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:
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David Osborne's statement and Chris's question precipitated something in my
<br /> head. Needless to say David can and should speak for himself. However from
<br /> my relatively isolated corner of the universe (Maine) I have noticed a few
<br /> interesting suggestions that something of a shift might be in the wind.
<br /> Whether it will be sufficient to save Homo sapiens from ossification, only
<br /> time will tell.
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<br /> One such suggestion in the increase of questioning. As a child of the 50's
<br /> (and yes there really were human beings walking the earth in that primal
<br /> time), my world was firmly described by answers. Everybody knew precisely
<br /> how life should be lived. There were rules to be followed, and if followed
<br /> success was assured. Of course there were deviants who were largely
<br /> marginalized and suppressed, but WE knew the Answers... the right way.
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<br /> And then a funny thing called the '60s blew all that certainty away. It was
<br /> at once terrifying, refreshing, and exhilarating. And one thing was for
<br /> sure: The primacy of answers gave way to an avalanche of questions. It is in
<br /> the nature of questions to open space. Answers close it.
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<br /> With all the fresh air of openness, the forces of creativity soared to the
<br /> joy and terror of all involved. Space in all dimensions exploded, and the
<br /> tight societies of Philadelphia and New York, in which I grew up, shattered
<br /> to merge with insular rural communities, and make contact with strange
<br /> creatures on The Other Coast. Strange new world!
<br />
<br /> The 70's and early 80's possessed a rich nutrient openness. New stories, and
<br /> the answers they purported to provide, popped up like mushrooms. Some were
<br /> weird, some substantive, some technological and all of them creating as many
<br /> new questions as the answers they supposedly offered. Thrilling!
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<br /> But as the 80's ended and the 90's arrived it seemed that the age of answers
<br /> were settling more than a few of the questions. Author's could write
<br /> knowingly about "New Rules"... and while there was a breath of novelty it
<br /> seemed the rules (answers) were known.
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<br /> The 90's slid by with almost dream like certainty. At least that's how it
<br /> seemed to me. The Markets were up, America ruled. Some were even suggesting
<br /> that the Age of Aquarius had actually begun! I guess there were still some
<br /> questions, but none that we couldn't handle with the right Process or
<br /> Procedure. And if not today, then tomorrow. So ended the Millennium.
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<br /> The New Millennium rolled in as predicted. Surprise! But in a funny way it
<br /> seemed pretty anti-climactic. To be sure there were lots of parties,
<br /> fireworks, speeches, the usual turn of the Millennia Fantasies. But at the
<br /> end of the day it was pretty much more of the same... Until a bright clear
<br /> day in September. September 11th to be exact. Maybe this was just a turning
<br /> point for those of us in the USA. But I do believe, as I listen to my
<br /> friends and colleagues from around the world -- we were all there. Doubtless
<br /> with different feelings and interpretations. But for better, for worse, for
<br /> richer, for poorer... it was a very different world!
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<br /> How different, we are only just beginning to understand. And for the first
<br /> time in some long time -- the Questions vastly outnumber the available
<br /> answers. This is a Turning Point. And a wonderful one, I do believe. When we
<br /> as a species are compelled to sit in that really uncomfortable and juicy
<br /> moment created by truly profound questions, the Space is truly OPENED. I
<br /> think that is where we are at, and best of all I see lots of new faces
<br /> rising to the bait. Call them "Millennials" or whatever... but it is every
<br /> bit as exciting as the "60's" and we may or may not survive to tell the
<br /> tale. But that has always been true.
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<br /> Harrison
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<br /> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:15 PM
<br /> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list; David Osborne
<br /> Subject: Re: [OSList] Federal Reserve Employees Survey
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<br /> David,
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<br /> I wonder if you could share a little more about what is going on already. I
<br /> have had conversations with Fed officials in San Francisco and Cleveland
<br /> and, while they are doing some things I am very interested in and impressed
<br /> by, I have yet to see evidence of OST.
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<br /> Quoting David Osborne <
<a href="mailto:dosborne@change-fusion.com">dosborne@change-fusion.com</a>>:
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<br /> > Yes Brett. Being Done.
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<br /> > Consider looking beyond the reporting....to the fact that space has
<br /> > been opened for this to be shared and talked about. What is in the
<br /> > news is not always the best reflection of what is actually happening.
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<br /> > David Osborne
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<a href="tel:703.939.1777" value="+17039391777">703.939.1777</a> On
<br /> > Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Brett Barndt <
<a href="mailto:barndtbrett@gmail.com">barndtbrett@gmail.com</a>>wrote:
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<br /> >> Can the OST community perhaps help here? It is a sad state of affairs
<br /> >> in which we all have a stake. Even citizens of the world have a stake
<br /> >> in this dysfunction owing to the interconnected nature of the global
<br /> >> economies, our livelihoods, and well-being.
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<br /> >> The appointees, and congress by association, should not be permitted
<br /> >> to let it go on this way any longer. People are dying out there with
<br /> >> higher poverty, food insecurity, mortality, and suicide rates as a
<br /> >> result of this situation.
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/28/federal-reserve-employees-su</a>
<br /> >> rvey_n_3826165.html
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<br /> >> Discourse and dialogue are the last thing that should be stifled by
<br /> >> culture or any other dysfunction in an institution like this one.
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<br /> >> OST and an open process of multi-stakeholder engagement is of course
<br /> >> part of the solution.
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<br /> >> This seems like it should be well within our rights to insist upon at
<br /> >> this moment in time. We are stakeholders. Albeit. we are
<br /> >> non-consulted, unrepresented stakeholders in the current practice.
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