Gathering an unruly group of ordinary mortals and setting
our sights on solving some of the most challenging problems humanity has ever
faced sounds ridiculously grandiose and has about as much chance of success as
an attempt to herd cats, but if we can break it down into modular micro tasks,
we can seed a self-organizing benevolent storm to be reckoned with.
Because of the complexity of the problems, information
overload, backlash, polarization, and gridlock, there has to be a division of
labor that distributes the actual responsibilities involved in deliberative,
forward-moving, democratic decision-making and in execution of the decisions.
It’s about being able to more broadly distribute the
responsibility for facing difficult truths and coming up with creative
solutions. An engaged citizenry could transform the entire political climate if
we were able to break the effort down into intrinsically rewarding tasks that
ordinary human beings could eagerly embrace.
If each of us can find ways to translate our own hopes and
dreams of a more compassionate and just society into language, imagery, and action,
we can create a contagious movement that others will want to be a part of.
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