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Sep 11Liked by Richard Merrick

Thank you for sharing these insights. I really appreciate how you’ve captured the essence of the artisan’s role and their relationship with cycles of growth and change. The idea of craftsmanship as something that transcends the pressures of scale resonates deeply with me, especially in a world so focused on efficiency and deliverables. Your thoughts on diviners and the 4E cognition framework are also thought-provoking – there’s so much to reflect on here about how we engage with the world around us. Looking forward to reading more of your work.

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Thanks Scott. Appreciated. Its an interesting area, of little interest corporates as it fails the formula/ ROI test, but I think of increasing importance to individuals who want to expand their options when faced with a “tenancy” approach to their role, and increasing uncertainy as to when they find themselves with a “no fault” eviction.

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I like the 4E framework. Though it has sort of a mechanical feel to it as if we are robots designed to exhibit the 4Es. I think we need a fifth E. (Personally) Emergent. By this we individually and collaboratively discover the future. I don’t believe futurists can predict the future. After all they were the ones a century and a half ago who thought there was nothing left to invent. They were wrong and they are wrong now. If we look at the history of discovery a couple of things can be discerned. 1. Innovation is done by individuals that institutions capitalize. The greatest female scientist of all time, Marie Curie, made her initial discoveries in a Paris shack because she didn’t fit inside the walls of the scientific institution. She went on to earn Nobel prizes in two separate fields. New discoveries emerge from individual initiative. 2. What is discovered is rarely what was being sought for. Emergent reality is filled with surprises. When was the last time you were surprised dear readers of my friend Richard’s brilliant work? Live a life of Personal Emergence. Let those other 4 Es fill your life with purpose and the willingness to ignore all those naysayers. The people who claim to know the future because they have plans and systems to prove it are only working with what they have chosen to accept as valid knowledge. The “unknown Unknowns” is where the future will be created. And, this is the genius of humanity.

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