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System Lens

Semantic Lens

Logistic Lens

Evolutionary Lens

For humans it is not possible to reason about the Anthropocene entirely without human bias. The best we can do from our human perspective is to consciously use language that broadens our perspective to include all living agents within the biosphere.

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The correspondence between the elements of evolutionary theory (the evolutionary lens) and human design and engineering activities is illustrated in the following diagram.

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Four of the five categories of the evolutionary lens map to the four basic work streams found in all organisations that practice product line engineering.

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Ecological Lens

The ecological lens is a modelling language for evolving ecosystems, and the belief systems and design practices that humans have developed over thousands of years as part of specific cultures, which are continuously evolving. The ecological lens reflects core properties of human cognition. It can be used to describe and understand modern sociocultural systems as well as indigenous systems of knowledge such as mātauranga Māori.

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A more precise model of the links between the elements of the ecological lens contains multiple links to and from specific elements in the evolutionary lens.

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Learning journeys

The journey towards a healthier relationship with the ecosystems which we are part of starts with the most powerful tool at our disposal, the introduction and consistent use of new language and new semantics. For systematic education, we are curating timeless concepts for nurturing and describing ecologies of care. Many of the concepts of the new language are linked to related articles, each of which link to further sources and related research.

The streams of initiatives and learning journeys below are an attempt to offer a comprehensible overarching three time horizon framework that is universally inclusive, whilst at the same time recognising the level of trauma amongst the growing numbers of marginalised people, and especially intersectionally marginalised people. All four streams taken together can be framed as the project of unWEIRDing society:

The beauty of collaboration at human scale

  1. Ecologies of care (survival) – entry point for everyone: Appreciation of human scale, local collaboration, indigenous wisdom
  2. De-powered ecologies of care (de-powering) – entry point for the marginalised: All of the above, plus appreciation of intersectional solidarity, mutual aid, cognitive and emotional limits, chosen whānau
  3. Ecologies of care beyond the human (de-powering) – relevant for everyone: Appreciation of solidarity beyond species boundaries, plant based diets
  4. De-powered human scale ecologies of care beyond the human (thriving) – direction of travel: All of the above, appreciation of the wonder of life

All education courses AutCollab.org offers relate to one of these learning journeys.

The concepts of ecology and care are at the core of all journeys, reflecting an appreciation of diversity and interdependence as core values. Technically de-powered human scale ecologies of care beyond the human would be a good overall descriptor, since it indicates the overall direction of travel, but it is likely too long and obscure for those who are trapped in survival mode, who don't have the spoons to think beyond the immediate here and now.

The outlined approach offers a distinct entry point for all the marginalised and traumatised people who are ready for and genuinely committed to de-powering. We consistently replace "economics" (scarcity mindset) with ecologies of care (abundance and diversity mindset).