The world doesn’t change by “getting things across” to CEOs and politicians. If a CEO’s enlightenment gets int the way of his fiduciary responsibilities, he will simple be replaced.
It’s about systems, not Great Men.
It’s about systems, not Great Men.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory
"In terms of its effects, a system can be more than the sum of its parts if it expresses synergy or emergent behavior. "
Systems don’t change because people as individuals decide to do things differently. That’s not sociology, that’s just individualism. Unfortunately(?) there is no way to avoid analysis at the systemic level. Neither individuals nor “smart contracts” can get around that.
One simply has to wonder if these systems either select for or change those they come in contact with. Which would then point to a systemic rather than individual responsibility role.
12. Constants, parameters, numbers (such as subsidies, taxes, standards)
11. The size of buffers and other stabilizing stocks, relative to their flows
10. Structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport network, population age structures)
9. Length of delays, relative to the rate of system changes
8. Strength of negative feedback loops, relative to the effect they are trying to correct against
7. Gain around driving positive feedback loops
6. Structure of information flow (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information)
5. Rules of the system (such as incentives, punishment, constraints)
4. Power to add, change, evolve, or self-organize system structure
3. Goal of the system
2. Mindset or paradigm that the system — its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters — arises from
1. Power to transcend paradigms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_leverage_points
Note that "members of the system" doesn't even make the list.