Why the #OMN needs a different path

The problem we face isn’t simply that the system is broken, it’s that we’re still trying to fix it using the thinking that built it. This path of only describing how bad things are, identifying the bad actors and demanding that those in power do better have failed to produce the necessary change. We already know the problems. We have mountains of research, reports, campaigns and expert recommendations. Yet the machinery keeps rolling. Why? We should understand by now that the problem is deeper than bad decisions or a lack of information, it’s embedded in the social processes through which we create what we accept as rational, reasonable and possible. the work of composting this mess has important connections with what we’ve been trying to work through in the #OMN. The is a trap we need to shovel is the #mainstreaming idea of rationality. We have inherited a political culture that assumes if we provide enough evidence, make a convincing argument and present a reasonable solution,…

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