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2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future
Field Guide to Flourishing: E is for Ecosystem
Egosystem vs Ecosystem
An ego-system is structured to satisfy shareholder wants and to privatize decision-making. Financial capital is valued above other contributions, costs are not fully disclosed and transactions lack transparency.
In the ecosystem, all stakeholders are committed to the shared wellbeing of the community. All forms of capital are valued, all costs are considered and transactions are transparent. ~ Egosystem vs Ecosystem
“What’s really needed is a deeper shift in consciousness so that we begin to care and act, not just for ourselves and other stakeholders but in the interests of the entire ecosystem in which economic activities take place.” ~ Otto Scharmer, From Ego-system to EcoSystem Economies
Principles of a Rooted Community Ecosystem
- Community Social Contract — the social network among the participants in the community must continually self-organize up from a shared commitment, held by each participant, to coordinate their living together to produce community thriving. This is the principle of Community Social Contract.
- Full Spectrum Capital — All basic capital forms (such as materials, energy, finance, labor, social…
