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so interesting Harrison: all are open, all are self organizing.<br>
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Voluntaryism is the doctrine that relations among people should be
by mutual consent, or not at all. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/30/15 3:16 PM, Harrison via OSList
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<p class="MsoNormal">There comes a moment here in Maine when the
season turns. It is not a gentle, creep up on you quietly,
sort of thing. It is an all at once, very suddenly, kind of
thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell on
the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending.
Beginning. Now. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A time of reflections.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It has taken me a lifetime of living. But.
I have learned two things, or maybe better, come to two
conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All systems are self
organizing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>All Systems are Open</i> is a
complicated way of saying that everything is connected,
including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which
we don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite
complexity which is completely unthinkable. And what you can’t
think, you surely can’t control. So much for THAT vain hope.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>All Systems are self Organizing</i> -- I
know of no way of actually proving this one, but it does seem
a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you find
yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected
environment, where nobody is, or can be, in control, such
systems as are there, must have pretty well gotten themselves
together all by themselves. Of course there are a number of
people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t
have any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to
divine agency doesn’t help us very much. We still don’t have
much control and the systems around us, including those we
think we organized, have a source other than our selves. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Life under the conditions described above
(Open, Self Organizing Systems) can seem a little peculiar to
some people, but it is not so much irrational as different.
Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example,
Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the
only thing that could have, wherever it happens is the right
place, whenever it happens is the right time, and when it is
over it is over. Always works out that way, so I’ve found.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All this appears conducive to a very
passive existence. Not much for us to do. And the truth of the
matter is that doing less always seems to accomplish a great
deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really have
to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which
says – If ever you find yourself in a situation in which you
are neither learning or contributing, you must move your two
feet until you find yourself a new place where you can do the
one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few words: Follow
your passion and take responsibility for it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It took 80 years. Fun!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Harrison <o:p></o:p></p>
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