Infinite Path outline

Outline for [[ Infinite Path ]].

1. Context
   • A strong Global Civilization, supported by a World That Works aboard a Flourishing Earth is a compelling destination, but when we’re busy trying to do good in the world, it’s easy to go off track and get lost. We need a north star to help us navigate our way there.
2. Problem
   • problem
3. Discussion
   • Forces
     • Our society is set up to deal with scarcity.
       • It wasn’t that long ago that scarcity was the unquestioned reality. There wasn’t enough to go around and some people were going to get and some people were going to go without. The question became how to decide who is successful and who is not.
       • There were a lot of “experts” that argued that this disparity between the haves and have-nots was just going to get larger and more dangerous.
       • A finite game, in this situation, makes sense because it helps decide the winners and the losers.
   • What kind of game is better?
   • We must play the infinite game, which is focused on continuing the game of life indefinitely.
   • In some ways, many of the previous patterns set up what we mean by the infinite game, this pattern tries to give you a way to test whether what you’re doing is likely to result in staying on the infinite path.
   • We can’t set things up so that everyone can have a high quality of life, but it can only last for one generation. This is closely tied to All Sides Win because setting this kind of this up would violate the idea of not benefiting some at the expense of Nature or the planet.
   • Part of this is the idea of thinking about how our actions will affect people far into the future.
   • Therefore:
4. Solution
   • solution
5. Posttext
   • posttext

Old pattern notes

1. Context
   • There would be no context if this is the first pattern.
2. Problem
   • Too many people are playing serious, life and death games where a few people win and most people lose.
   • Our future depends on all of us winning at the game of life, a game that’s fundamentally different than the one most of the world is playing.
3. Discussion
   • Forces (this happens because)
     • Our society is set up to deal with scarcity.
       • It wasn’t that long ago that scarcity was the unquestioned reality. There wasn’t enough to go around and some people were going to get and some people were going to go without. The question became how to decide who is successful and who is not.
       • There were a lot of “experts” that argued that this disparity between the haves and have-nots was just going to get larger and more dangerous.
       • A finite game, in this situation, makes sense because it helps decide the winners and the losers.
     • We’re not talking about football or chess. These are high-stakes games that we live our lives by: the business game, the finance game and the political game to name a few.
       • Some of us are at the top of these games and benefit substantially in terms of status and income.
       • Others of us are recruited as players who mostly support the players at the top.
     • These kinds of games are called finite games.
       • the goal is to win (make more money, move up the corporate ladder)
       • you’re chosen to play (you’re hired and promoted by others)
       • They are also called win/lose games because the goal at the end of the day is for everyone to agree on who won and who lost.
   • So what can we do about it?
   • Ways to resolve the forces
4. Solution
   • Use the concept of the infinite game as a guide to help you stay on the right path.
   • Look at what you’re doing or the choice you have to make and ask yourself if it helps to ensure that the game of “humans thriving on Earth” keeps playing.
5. Posttext
   • Posttext 1