Systems are inherently nebulous *because* they are social, built from contextual demand. Systems all have an invisible mould, it’s their alter-ego. Each system’s alter-ego is a facet of its nebulosity.
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Catastrophic systemic collapse often involves willful blindness to a changed environment - but not always. It’s also true that an evolving society sees the lumbering, stupid, heavy alter-ego of its systems. The invisible mould becomes embarrassingly, painfully visible.
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The crowds gathered at the Berlin Wall in 1989 were *literally* waiting at that check point. They knew how things were. They’d been waiting for years already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bN9ZRj3NBs …
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In But can a machine play? @jesswatmiller exposes the alter-ego of two different system types built for bodies:https://autotranslucence.wordpress.com/2018/05/28/but-can-a-machine-play/ …
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There is no right or wrong system, but there’s different fit. Some have a strong, more clearly defined mould, some are easily adaptable. The type of mould dictates how we relate with them.
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Capacity to be moulded by a system is important and necessary. As an aspect of psychological development in the Kegan framework it’s the basic requirement for Stage 4 participation. This is an act of submission, of surrender, unappealing to many and a key point of resistance.
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The transition into systems mode is blocked by resistance to the rigid aspect of the system: the requirement to just ‘follow the rules’ or understand what the machine needs to make it work.
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