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The Message

The Manuscript

Project Status


The draft cover of the manuscript in progress, showing the all important Kuhn Cycle. The book argues that society is now in the Model Crisis step. This is historically followed by the Model Revolution step. However, that route is so fraught with conflict and unpredictability that is would be to society's great benefit to consider if perhaps there is not a better way forward. The book argues that there is. It is the route shown in green. This fork in the road can be taken by the adoption of a suitable problem solving process, such as the one shown.

A Model in Crisis is the title of a book in progress. 13 out of a planned 23 chapters are done. This book is on hold while a shorter book, Analytical Activism, is completed. This is because Analytical Activism deals with the Transformation Problem, which must be solved before the wider audience for A Model in Crisis will be ready for its message.

The thesis of A Model in Crisis is that it is possible to take an analytical approach to the sustainability problem and solve it, if it is still solvable. This of course implies that an analytical approach is not presently being taken.

Much material from this book has been incorporated into Analytical Activism. Essentially Analytical Activism is an attempt to transform the environmental movement from Classic Activism to Analytical Activism, while giving a sneak preview of the core content of A Model in Crisis.

Dueling Loops Paper

The most popular page on the site. This paper presents a simple model showing why activists have been unable to solve the sustainability problem, and an alternative solution strategy based on high leverage points.

A Little Story about Corporate Dominance and the Occupy Movement

Here's what one reader wrote us about this article:

"This is the most lucid, focused, analysis of the economic quandary of the nation that I have seen. It exposes the indisputable root cause of the widening gap between the goals of people and the goals of for-profit corporations, and demonstrates how those respective goals are mutually exclusive. It does not condemn corporations but offers a solution for refocusing them toward the general goals of people. I urge each member to go over this analysis - it is not long or boring - and challenge it if you think you can."

Change Resistance Paper

This explains why the crux of the sustainability problem is change resistance, rather than what conventional wisdom thinks it is. That's why the problem has remained unsolved for over 30 years. The paper describes a high leverage point that's never been pushed on before that can solve the change resistance problem.

Common Property Rights

This book summarizes all the work at Thwink.org. This includes the System Improvement Process, a rigorous analysis of the complete sustainability problem, and 12 sample solution elements.

The Powell Memo

The most eye popping short read (7 pages) on the site, if you have never heard about it. The memo was written in 1971.

Dueling Loops Videos

These average 8 minutes. They give a quick introduction to the Dueling Loops model and how it explains the tremendous change resistance to solving the sustainability problem.
 

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