Design Revolution outline

Outline for Design Revolution.

1. Context
   • This pattern helps complete World That Works.
   • Humans have a history of reacting violently to injustice and threats to their survival; this pattern explains how we can react creatively so that the gains we’ve managed so far are not lost.
2. Problem
   • Social change, at the scale we need now, has sometimes come about through violence and destruction, and that is something that we can’t afford.
3. Discussion
   • Forces
     • Creating a better world is a fiercely creative act. By that I mean that destruction and violence have no place in creating a better world.
     • The kind of change that is brought about by violence will at best set us back, and at worst, destroy us.
     • Historically, these kinds of big transitions were bloody and violent, but no matter how bad they got, they only affected a small portion of humanity. In our globally interconnected world, that kind of destruction could bring about the end of humanity, or at least the end of the civilization that supports humanity, resulting in mass starvation among other problems.
   • There is only one kind of revolution that is bloodless and moves us toward a better world and that is a revolution of design and creation.
   • We’re talking about redesigning how our world works, not by demanding that government redesign it or businesses redesign it, but by doing it ourselves. Remember that the world we have now was designed (intentional or not) by our ancestors, and we have the right and responsibility to continue what they started.
   • Therefore:
4. Solution
   • “Life-sustaining systems and practices.” from Active Hope, p. 32 (Kindle Edition)
5. Posttext
   • posttext