Tom Atlee: Intercentricity (Part 2a): Examples – from activism to love and spirituality

Intercentricity (Part 2a): Examples – from activism to love and spirituality In my last post I introduced basic principles of intercentricity – a dynamic worldview of reciprocal aliveness. In this post and the next, I explore how that worldview plays out in a number of diverse realms. It’s a bit long, so I’ve divided it …

Tom Atlee: Intercentricity – the web of reciprocal aliveness (Part 1) A Web 3.0 conceptual narrative

Intercentricity – the web of reciprocal aliveness (Part 1) Back in August 1991 – at the dawn of my co-intelligence work – I wrote an essay exploring the implications of seeing the world made up of source points of engagement and the webs of relationships that from – and fed into – those engagements. I …

Tom Atlee: Can Problem-Solving Itself Be Problematic?

Can problem-solving itself be problematic? (Sense-making, Part 6) This essay is largely a critique of how we tend to focus on problem-solving to address any undesirable situation. However, as I’ve been writing it, the whole issue has become increasingly nuanced and complex, such that I feel impelled both to keep adding more aspects to the …

Tom Atlee: Thoughts on strategic thinking in our current crisis

Thoughts on strategic thinking in our current crisis There is much debate in my circles about how to respond to the the current crisis in democracy and our social fabric. I’m sensing some patterns among independent approaches being promoted separately. In this post, I attempt an initial overview of these and the necessity to validate …