The Tradeoff Between Societal Coordination/Unity and Flexibility of Governance

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Societal resilience and adaptability are lacking on a national and state level, particularly highlighted during the pandemic. Authoritarian governments can respond quickly due to forced unity, but this may disintegrate people's agency. Grassroots initiatives are essential, and the government should act as a safety net supporting these initiatives. There is concern about citizens becoming passive consumers rather than active participants in democracy. The challenge lies in animating people's agency and empowering them to determine their lives and neighborhoods.

In this episode, Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined in conversation with Richard D. Bartlett. Rich is the author of Patterns for Decentralised Organising and a contributing author for Better Work Together. He is a co-founder of Loomio and The Hum. He is a Director and longstanding member of Enspiral. In finding where convergence resides among them, Vince and Rich explore many interesting topics including Decentralised Organising, Microsolidarity, Fractal Narcissism, and the Occupy Movement.

Memorable Quotes

“In a time of massive disruption, where the stakes are really high and everyone has skin in the game, who is saying stuff that feels sensible? That feels like it’s giving me guidance?” - Richard D. Bartlett

“The world is great when there is a huge variety of different ways of being and they form some complex, uncontrollable network. That we’re all enmeshed together and we’re all playing different parts…” - Richard D. Bartlett

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👤 Richard D. Bartlett, aka Rich Decibels

👤 Rich @ Twitter

👤 Rich @ Medium

📖 Better Work Together

📖 Patterns for Decentralised Organising

🔗 Enspiral

🔗 Loomio

🔗 The Hum

🔗 Microsolidarity

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