38: Bonnitta Roy – We Need to Watch Each Other Grow
Mar 9, 2024
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Bonnitta Roy discusses transcending limiting thought patterns, embracing complexity, and the potential for good in reimagining our way of thinking. The episode explores the shift from linear to systemic thinking, the role of imagination in challenging norms, and the integration of nature-inspired solutions in problem-solving.
Complex Potential States theory challenges linear thinking in addressing global crises.
Imagination plays a crucial role in reshaping perceptions and driving innovation.
Observing and adapting to nature's complexity is vital for sustainable practices.
Deep dives
Considering Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking and the Need for New Perspectives on Global Challenges
Complex Potential States theory presents an alternative view to traditional linear and causal thinking, highlighting the limitations of complex adaptive systems thinking. It emphasizes the need to reframe how we perceive global challenges and crises. By exploring the concept of complex potential states and the Darwinian attitude that underpins existing paradigms, a deeper understanding of system dynamics is achieved. The theory suggests the importance of imagination partnered with real-world problem-solving, advocating for a collaboration between theoretical thinkers and those engaged in practical solutions.
Exploring the Value of Imagination in Understanding Complexity and Adapting to Change
Imagination is considered essential in navigating complexities and uncertainties of the modern world. The podcast episode delves into the role of imagination in reshaping how individuals perceive and interact with their environment. The narrative highlights the significance of imagination paired with real-world experiences to drive innovation and problem-solving. It emphasizes the need to move beyond traditional linear thinking and embrace imaginative approaches to tackle global challenges.
Unveiling the Relationship Between Nature and Complexity Through Personal Insights
The episode showcases a personal anecdote involving a journey of discovery in nature, revealing the intricate interplay between natural systems and human understanding. The narrative details experiences with farming, landscape design, and interactions with the natural world. Through personal reflections on gardening and farming practices, the importance of observing and adapting to nature's inherent complexity is underscored.
Navigating the Intersection of Ethics, Justice, and Morality in Global Governance
A conceptual distinction between ethics, justice, and morality is examined within the context of global governance. The conversation delves into the complexities of navigating values, ethics, and moral considerations in addressing societal and environmental challenges. Emphasizing the interplay between external interactions and internal relations, the need for ethical decision-making processes that enhance the common good is highlighted.
Fostering Meaningful Connections and Deep Understanding in Addressing Global Issues
The narrative culminates in a call to nurture meaningful connections and deep understanding in addressing global challenges. Encouraging young people to cultivate genuine relationships and empathetic connections, the episode invites listeners to engage in dialogues that transcend discursive exchanges. By fostering shared experiences, mutual growth, and empathetic understanding, individuals can work towards creating a more interconnected and compassionate world.
Bonnitta Roy is an author and a teacher. Her work focuses on breaking away from limiting patterns of thought. She is the founder of Alderlore Insight Centre, a non-profit educational organisation focusing on secondary education and insight training for post-formal thinkers. She is Professor in Residence for the MA in Consciousness Studies and Transpersonal Psychology at the Graduate Institute, and an Associate Editor of Integral Review.
Bonnitta is among a brilliant cast of metamodern thinkers. In this regard, her work considers how the sense of crisis many of us feel has as much to do with how we perceive the world as with what goes on within it. We are living through a period of disruptive change and Bonnitta sees these times as an invitation to grapple with the limitations of our inherited toolbox of linear and causal ways of thinking.
In this episode we reflect on the limitations of human consciousness and discuss the potential for good that stems from reimagining the way we think.
Bonnitta’s work can be found here:
https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/
https://www.kosmosjournal.org/contributor/bonnitta-roy/
https://tllp.org/people/bonnitta-roy/
https://systems-souls-society.com/origin/people/
Keep up with Bonnitta on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/bonnittaroy
We discussed:
“Complex Potential States: A theory of Change that can account for beauty and generate life” in The Side View, November 2021
https://thesideview.co/journal/complex-potential-states/
“Time, Change and Causality: Notes toward metamorphosis of mind” in Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and emergence in metamoderntiy (Pespectiva, 2021) (ed. Jonathan Rowson & Layman Pascal)
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