Hi Brandon,

Good questions.

I would say:

  * Revolution: tipping point cascading of events due to lack of organic
    development due to political incompetence
  * Evolution: distribution of agency among people, which allows them to
    adjust locally

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent 
revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

/ Lene

On 02-12-2021 00:30, Brandon Norgaard wrote:
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> That’s awesome, thanks Lee!
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> Some thoughts:
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>   * I can see how the vertical axis lines up with the Influence Matrix
>     in a way similar to how Waldamar explained in a graphic shared
>     with this list a few days ago, wherein he showed it was closely
>     related to the upper vs. lower quadrants of Integral Theory.  This
>     individual vs. group dynamic keeps popping up in all kinds of places.
>   * It is unclear what is the crux of the distinction between
>     revolutionary and evolutionary approaches.  We might start with
>     the overarching assumption among probably all of these approaches
>     that there is a very high likelihood of negative large-scale
>     impacts in the not-to-distant future.  That assumption is baked
>     into the acknowledgement of the meta-crisis.  I’m interpreting
>     your revolution vs. evolution dichotomy as hinging upon whether
>     people in that camp want active interventions in an effort to make
>     serious course-corrections or whether they want incremental change
>     through a series of mini-interventions that would be informed by
>     feedback from the prior mini-interventions.  Evolutionary
>     approaches, I suppose, don’t have a grand strategy, or at least
>     there is an assumption that there are natural forces driving this
>     whole thing and the best we can do would be to make adjustments
>     that might have a large-scale impact down the line, but not in a
>     way we can foresee ahead of time.  Is this accurate, partially
>     accurate?  Or perhaps am I really just misinterpreting?
>   * Isn’t doomer defeatist more of an individual thing rather than
>     institutional?
>   * I find myself agreeing more so with the approaches closer to the
>     center and less with those further out in one direction or
>     another.  As I see it, we need a more balanced approach.
>
> -Brandon
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> ToK Folk:
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> I took a crack at plotting the concepts listed  at 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikiversity.org_wiki_Level-5F5-5FResearch-5FCenter_Escaping-5FDiscontent&d=DwIDaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=leiKqnNzRn1k-dT4VlG7nQxpnOHEWXeStagNYcLaPAg&s=wwKHUZv1hqTs5w4wHymzzZMOXdMZDlISHEMHc_QNOdk&e=  
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__en.wikiversity.org_wiki_Level-5F5-5FResearch-5FCenter_Escaping-5FDiscontent&d=DwMFAg&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=ZGlLUyQYhmS1e_AEhYTCtpeaEwId_wmwoICfGJUvzX8&s=lcZk2TUW_kidgjB9K5xi1sxohABiwWFuidO_-7sfdmA&e=> on 
> a grid, shown below.
>
> I used the dimensions of individual <-> institutional shown 
> vertically, and revolutions <-> evolution plotted horizontally.
>
> My placement of each concept is approximate at best.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Are the dimensions chosen the best for illuminating the differences in 
> the approaches?
>
> Is each approach properly placed?
>
> Does this analysis and display provide any insights?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lee Beaumont
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