(Back to Part 2) (5) The Resolution of Dissonance Creates Paradigmatic Breakthroughs In the course of creating a largescale employment project, dissonance will often arise. Disagreement ensues. A scheme may be abandoned. But history shows numerous examples where dissonance has been the occasion, not for abandoning a scheme, but for creating a paradigmatic breakthrough. Given […]
The Principles of Large-Scale Employment Projects – Part 2/3
(Back to Part 1) (3) Alignment Requires Deadlines A third principle is that the social alignment needed to create a largescale employment project requires targetable, society-wide deadlines. If we want alignment on a planetary scale, we cannot agree to accomplish our project “some day.” We must have a specific deadline to orchestrate the coordination involved. […]
The Principles of Largescale Employment Projects – Part 1/3
The following essay, which was originally written I believe in 1995, concerns a subject area that has always intrigued me: the distinguishing of principles that underlie a context. In this case, the context is “employment.” Whether what I say is correct or not, I’d still like to explore these matters. It isn’t until ideas are […]