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You know, TINA ("there is no alternative") is just as much a lie when applied to party politics as it is with regards to economic systems. Just sayin'.
@GuerillaOntologist I read a book about #alternativesAssessment, probably in the 90s or early 2000s… Maybe it was by a lawyer, and it was about #decisionMaking in #environmentalManagement and regulation. … in the case of “should we do X or should we do Y?”: doing nothing is a third option.
@CaitlinWaddick There are always many alternatives, but we humans are very prone to framing effects and intellectual inertia.
@GuerillaOntologist yet, also, as the United States throws so much money at #war in Ukraine and Israel and beyond, … people are talking about how else we could be spending those billions of dollars. … people are pushing back against power structures that confine our options. … People are interested in alternative economics, alternatives to globalization as we know it, alternatives to Big Tech and Big Ag.
How do we create more boundary conditions for creativity?
@GuerillaOntologist I remember #parenting my kids… So, you want to give children responsibility according to their ability. I didn’t want to burden them with choices that would have too big impact, yet I absolutely wanted them to have responsibility for choices, within reason, in which I prescribed the boundary terms. …In the case of “do you want X for dinner or do you want Y for dinner?” My kids questioned the boundary terms: let’s skip dinner and run around outside and play flashlight tag.
