Category Archives: Life

Slowing Down Violence

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Perhaps the one of the best ways to slow down violence is to create proximities so engaging, enticing and rewarding that people wouldn’t even really think about doing something (like violence) to deny themselves being a part of these proximities.

This method is something nature uses. Consider sex. Sex is so great you wouldn’t really think about cutting it out of your life completely. Sex is a proximity which is engaging, enticing and rewarding.

So how could we more consistently create engaging, enticing and rewarding proximities, and in doing so slow down violence? I think ProxThink and the ProxThink Growth Model could be of some service to us. Together, they provide some ideas, tools, models and processes which people can interpret for their proximities. They were designed to capture some of what good relationships are about, and what creativity is about, both of which people find engaging, enticing and rewarding.

To find out more about what I mean by “proximity,” as well as the ProxThink set of ideas and the ProxThink Growth Model, join ProxThink.com.

Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind.

My TED Wish

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The TED Prize was created as a way of taking the inspiration, ideas and resources that are generated at TED and using them to make a difference. Each winner is granted a wish. If I were to win a TED Prize, this would be my wish.

I wish that the ProxThink Growth Model would be adopted and adapted widely, and that it would become a viable evolution for capitalism and/or parallel process to capitalism. This wish would be aided by people becoming more and more: 1) honest and transparent with their ProxMonitors, 2) creative with their Vadi Agreements, 3) active about their RelatePoints, and 4) generous with their ProxRewards (proxri). This wish would be aided by widespread data and network availability to coordinate these four items, yet also widespread low-tech implementations as well. This wish would be aided by heightened senses of and qualities of relationships and boundaries, as well as heightened creativity, flexibility and fun, which the ProxThink Basics and ProxPatterns could serve and support, in addition to serving and supporting items 1 through 4 above. I believe progress towards this wish could serve us in our challenges with climate change, conflict at many scales, and growth along many dimensions, including personal growth and the growth of groups of people.

To find out more, please join ProxThink.com.

Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind.

Play Situations Probabilistically

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Since there are limits to (Limits of One) pretty much every element and every relationship in every situation and proximity, it makes sense to play situations probabilistically (Relate a Variety and Value of Some). This is a key lesson in life. Of course, this strategy has limits too.

In other words, you generally can’t depend on any one element for everything, but you can often depend on an element for some things. So don’t reject an element because it can’t do everything. Rather, keep that element for the some things it can do for your situation and the proximity.

Wondering what I’m talking about? Join ProxThink and find out.

Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind.