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[epic] Updated and consolidated Core SCQH / logic of existence / theory of change including summary "why Life Itself" - Sep 2021 #36

@rufuspollock

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@rufuspollock

Currently we have a large amount of material spread in many areas. We would like a consolidated structure for our SCQHs and at least one root SCQH plus a consolidated summary version so that:

  • We have a clear, simple and short summary for e.g. our front page, for communication
  • We have a organizing structure for our work i.e. any given activity should now be mappable against that hypothesis tree / theory of change

Hierarchically structured SCQHs: Like 5 whys our Why structure is hierarchical flowing down from top-most (most obvious, high-level) to lowest level (concretely what we do). It is likely that we have more than one SCQH, perhaps even one SCQH for each of these levels.

  1. Why: X is not working (polycrisis) (e.g. X is personal wellbeing, climate crisis, capitalism etc)
  2. Why: it needs a paradigm shift (i.e. to address the polycrisis we need foundational transformation - rather than improvements to the existing system)
  3. Why: primacy of being (left quadrants) (a paradigm shift requires (primarily) inner transformation individually and collectively)
  4. Why: how do paradigms shifts in general and esp left quadrant ones?
  5. Why: conscious communities
  6. Why: conscious community living ...

Acceptance

  • When we do a new piece of work or research we can clearly connect it to the existing endeavours
    • We have one (more internal) place with root SCQH (+ issue tree etc) and links downwards. "One overview place from which all is contextualized/structured!"
    • We are clear on foundations of our logic existence (and what would invalidate it / cause it to change). A series of justified and testable propositions.
  • When someone visits our website they have (or can find) a clear explanation of the logic of our existence and work
    • We have a "why" page (or on front page)

Outputs

Tasks

Extras / Inbox

Terms to define:

  • Ontology: nature and development of “being” aka consciousness
  • Ontogeny / ontogenetics: how does development happen? What supports or hinders it?
  • Socio-culturology: study of nature and development of socio-techno-culturo systems (societies/cultures) “macro history”. “Cognitive history”.
  • Socio-culturo-genetics: how does development happen
  • Interbeing

Naming the disciplines related:

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Sub-tree stuff (to be sorted through and included in the issue tree or subtrees or discarded)

What is our near term roadmap

  • Do we need a Big Vision?
  • How many people are already aligned and where are they?

Where do we start?

  • What concrete offers do we have (now)? What do we concretely offer to people
  • What cities are fertile environment?
  • What actions are easy and what actions are important to change the world wisely?
  • How do we communicate and to whom?
  • How do we engage with mainstream media?

Who are the stakeholders?

  • Who are our potential allies and collaborators?
  • What is our relationship to allies/collaborators like anthroposophy, Plum Village lay community, XR, psychedelic scene etc?
  • Who are against us and how do we not let them block us?
  • How do we engage/relate to financial institutions, academia, art world ...?

What do key terms mean?

  • What is dealing powerfully?
  • What does F&F mean (for individuals and communities?)
  • What is wisdom? What is being wise?
  • What does better mean?
  • What are our measures of success?
  • What is a culture?

How do the seedlings connect into a broader movement and general social change?

Analysis

Job stories regarding the SCQH …

[internal] Structure and triage our work

When I am looking at what activities to take on or prioritize I want a grounded structure to evaluate these against and fit them into so our work is focused and coherence and hence more effective, understandable etc

  • E.g. do we work on the real estate fund? Where does it fit into our strategy aka scqh?

How does SCQH relate? SCQH with its issue and hyp tree explicitly spell this out. Any existing or new activity should be relatable to these trees.

[external] what is your: what, why, how …

When looking at Life Itself I want to (quickly) grok your deeper reason/logic for existence i.e. what’s the problem and how are you addressing that … so that I know if it is a match and how i can relate

  • And how do you tell that in a relatively simple compelling way? SCQH is designed as an effective narrative technique for setting up a problem and solution

SCQH explicitly spell out the problem and with the issue tree and hyp tree set out how you need to address them. We could also do something a big more here interface wise.

What’s the pain point today?

  • Several people who have joined report struggling to really understand our thesis and what we are doing e.g. James stated it wasn’t really until July when Rufus did one on one at community day that he understood what we were up to
  • Same goes for external people we speak to (eg Anxx “How it all fits together”)
  • Fitting us into their mental model: who are similar / different to? (and how)?
  • Internally we don’t utilize the SCQH to structure and triage our work e.g. we don’t refer to SCQH much when planning and the detail of them is incomplete (e.g. Issue tree and hyp tree of main SCQH, no linkage from main tree to subtrees etc)
    • Not clear what is the highest value / leverage point that we could act on (even within adult development)

2 products

This implies there are 2 distinct products to produce:

  • [external] Pitch deck like summary of our why, what, how i.e. SCQH distilled as a narrative
      • (perhaps) something that connects to our initiatives (maps against the hyp tree / issue tree)
  • [internal] A comprehensive nested issue or hypothesis tree (with initiatives mapped against that]

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Need for Cultural Evolution

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Source: https://www.greencommodities.org/content/gcp/en/home/global-initiatives/CSI.html

“I used to think the top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, and climate change. I thought that with 30 years of good science we could address those problems. But I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed, and apathy … and to deal with those we need a spiritual and cultural transformation — and we scientists don’t know how to do that". - Gus Speth, World Resource Institute

“The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of an inner crisis that is, for lack of a better word, spiritual" - Al Gore, American politician and environmentalist

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