Feedback loops abound in government.
What is it about the accumulation of social power (politics) which makes
individuals act in unique ways?
Why do many people who have power find it so difficult to break negative
loops? For instance, why is it so difficult to say "I'm wrong about that"?
On the other side of the coin, why do so many cultures contain significant
numbers of people who have a degree of longing for the autocratic leader, or
at least the trappings of a dream-state, powerful individual who manifests
magical powers of solutions?
I recall on this list many months ago the observations of someone who wrote
about a group of ordinary citizens who got together at a sort of convention to
solve certain chronic national problems. Their measures were, according to
the reporter, more than simply noteworthy.
These gathered individuals broke out of the traditional circles of politics
and devised strategies both workable and efficient beyond the current models.
But, Alas, nothin' doin'.
-- Barry Mallis bmallis@markem.comLearning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>