Solution Factories

Solution Factories PDF - This 40 page file is the next to the last chapter in the manuscript to Analytical Activism. The chapter is the strategic culmination of the entire book, and draws upon concepts presented in previous chapters, such as memes, certain simulation models, and process. Thus it is not an easy read.

But it is a necessary read. The chapter presents an entirely new concept that is still growing, because the book is still being written, and experiments testing the many novel hypotheses in the book are underway. If the result of these many experiments leads to where the concept of a solution factory says they should, then maybe, just maybe, there is rational hope that the global environmental sustainabilty problem, as will as similar difficult complex social system problems, can be solved.

Dueling Loops Paper

The most popular page on the site by a factor of 3. 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.

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.

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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