In our previous conversation, Genius Gets Real -- The Workshop of Life, we covered a wide array of related topics -- from brain chemistry, to transformation, to the formation of economies, to personal ethics, and beyond.
As what I hope to be a natural evolution of this conversation, I want to invite us to have a more focused conversation about how systems evolve in our world -- in particular how the economy has evolved from our underlying values systems (i.e. how our view of the world influences the way we sell, trade, or buy products and services amongst ourselves -- and what we believe should be sold vs. what we feel should be given; what should be profit-generating vs. what we feel should be "non-profit" and why).
I'm sure anyone who's been tracking this blog for long will realize it is at this intersection that we've regularly hit the wall, so to speak (i.e. simply reflect on our healthcare conversations). But it is at this very juncture that I think we can potentially experience the greatest breakthrough in our thinking.
So, let's begin by addressing this question: What underlying values do you believe have driven the creation of our economy? What values or beliefs do you think might keep us from exploring new options that might enable us to adapt our systems into a more sustainable model (or do you believe our system is already sustainable)?
From there we can certainly let it go where it will, but I'd like to stay within this general topic-region. I'm hoping that what we find here will generate both multiple a-has that we gain from each other, but that it might also lead us toward different actions.
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