An Evolution of Human Convergences
Over the past few decades alone,
computer sciences have exponentially influenced major shifts in how we view ourselves with respect to all that surrounds us. They have fathered the science of complexity, inspired whole systems thinking which spun off Dee Hock's 'chaords' - sublime order at the edge of chaos. Added to the extensive list of catalysts for change is the profound, humbling effect that AI (Artificial Intelligence) is having on the human spirit.
These newer sciences converge physics, biology and anthropology with economics, human resource management, organizational learning and even personal/professional development. Yet unknown to many, these progressions continue to make catalytic contributions to the human convergences now redefining our societies. Here we will view this development through the lenses of emerging forms of entrepreneurship.
Applying programming skills and methods to whatever work I have undertaken since early 1970, my insight and experiences have converged with my sense of who I am as an integral part of a greater whole. The affect my life-choices has had on my children’s past and now threatens their future was a program poorly written in need of reworking. Doing so has sharpened my sensitivities regarding the world into which I sense we must quickly enter.
(Readers interested in these lines of self-examination might enjoy reading my recently revised Healing Fragmented Communities.)
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Striving to generate an income from my newly gained knowledge and honed skills, I am keenly aware that my aspirations for a secure future are converging with the legitimate needs of others for wanting the same. I am witnessing enough similar convergences of purpose and passion amongst the growing ranks of (socio)entrepreneurs to realize the validity of my observation: An evolution of Human Convergences has begun.
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Our lives are exploding with a wide diversity of borderless exchanges. We are communicating as never before. In many instances we are confirming that we are far from alone in our perceptions, fears, anger and hopes. Instantly we are welcome into, and participating with online international counterparts of all ages and academic standing. As a result, our self-interests are converging with the well-being of others sharing an earth made all the more fragile by Industrial Age arrogance and materialistic greed.
An imploded Smokestack Era is sinking like the Titanic into history. People are scrambling to make sense of the instabilities spawned from shattered personal, and obsolescing professional lives. For many, their sense of corporate and governmental betrayal is converging with their insecurities for what tomorrows are hidden by a dense veil of an uncertain fog. Interconnecting through human frailties and shared hopes for a better world, they seek to converge their strengths in kindred collaborative efforts. Their focus is turning to co-create more inclusively meaningful futures rather than risk drowning complacently in a hollow, exclusive past.
As if ignoring the dangers that lay ahead, it seems that our modern day captains are pressing recklessly ahead in the cold sea of bureaucratic icebergs. Documenting 'How 50 Million People Are Changing the World' The Cultural Creatives by Paul Ray and Sherry Ruth Anderson, page 57 reveals the gash across several sectors about to sink the unsinkable.
Expressing similar metaphors at the 1996 Davos conference, Chief Lyons offered his view of the financial community's role played in the world's present situation. Sometime later, conference attendee Elisabet Sahtouris, visited one of Brazil's leading bankers. In discussing the metaphors' accuracy with him, her host confirmed their dark truth. When asked about exploring possible alternatives, the financier's answer was that neither he-nor his counterparts-were interested - claiming that nothing was to be done. Elisabet then asked how he as a grandfather, could reconcile this inaction. "He turned his eyes away. 'Don't ask me that,' he said. 'I can't bear to think about it.'"
I take comfort in knowing that millions sharing in Elisabet's concern are exploring the possible alternatives. The impending collapse of the present is creating unprecedented opportunities for what is destined to replace it. The entrepreneurial laws of success have always been based upon finding a need and filling it. In the coming years, (socio)entrepreneurs who target this concern without losing sight of its origins, will find their greater sense of purpose fulfilled by the 21st Century's socioeconomy.
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Approaching that breakpoint mentioned in last month's Serendipity: A Catalyst For Change Birthright, it is such apathy as reflected by Elisabet's host, that will catalyze the reinvention of the very processes of capitalism, entrepreneurship and enterprise creation. Directly tied to these uncertain pre-breakpoint stages of shifting economies, many of the countless millions of (socio)entrepreneurs with few options for gaining a foothold on the future, are looking towards sociocommercial initiatives. Their ambitious visions and goals introduce another aspect needed in order to alter the face of our societies in keeping with the new socioeconomy. Resulting from limited resources and the complementary skills required for fulfilling their arduous missions, the conventional lines between for-profit and not-for-profit will need to converge significantly.
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Jonathan's Interview | Dwayne's Interview
Jonathan's Reaction to Human Convergences | C4C Initiative FAQ
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