Jim: I have a clear idea about what to do to assist this Great Turning. I want to put my energy in the best place to do that. The energy about worrying about societal problems is helpful. It gets people motivated. Energy for change has to be strong enough to get people beyond past patterns and attachments.
Tim?: Have to be more than talking about challenges and possibilities; I have those conversations multiple times. Concrete ideas that matched/doevtailed the kind of work I do or want to do would bring me back. If I felt my thoughts were helpful to others, that would bring me back.
Heather: I'm going to keep coming back. I care about the issues and the quality of government is so poor. We need fundamental change. And this brings the possibility of it happening.
Bruce: Need concrete proposal rather than just the hot air rising. I want to see a concrete something happen that effectively weaves disparate efforts together in some way.
Jim: We have a concrete strategy for going forwardand are engaged in experiments. I don't want this strategy to be invisible because people are stuck in a particular perspective that doesn't include this strategy. Sees the change that is needed and possible to be the realm of bringing forth a higher level of thinking in"the public" that would be seen as a voice of"we the people".
Bruce: would like to see an kind of activism that brings together the very many groups--pieces of the puzzle--become a"single", integral transformation
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Ben: what possibility inspires you about this inquiry-- and what is one thing you feel is crucial to our success?
Bruce: We are a"diverse" group with a broad range of skills and interests. The"bridge" across this skill-set might be a kind of template for a broader and more inclusive bridge to the entire world. We need local AND global. We need religion AND politics. We need wisdom from everywhere. We need face-to-face AND we need internet. We need a conceptual bridge that can hold all this together, with each person or group helping design this bridge, or fitting in to it somewhere. We need to"make it work here" before we can"take it to the world"-- and I would say that accomplishing this is probably"crucial to our success."
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