this is a summary of my view of the :bohemian", but explained by Watt as
being the life of a "Forest dweller" in India.

Alan Watts | Being alone | - YouTube
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On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 6:31 PM Brandon Norgaard <
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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.
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> -Brandon
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> I took a crack at plotting the concepts listed  at
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> <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.
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> I used the dimensions of individual <-> institutional shown vertically,
> and revolutions <-> evolution plotted horizontally.
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> My placement of each concept is approximate at best.
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> What do you think?
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> Are the dimensions chosen the best for illuminating the differences in the
> approaches?
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> Is each approach properly placed?
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> Does this analysis and display provide any insights?
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> Thanks,
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> Lee Beaumont
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