You don't
have to look far to understand the emrgnc philosophy.
Pick up
any dictionary, and have a look what comes immediately after 'emergence'. It is:
emergency - n. 1. sudden state of danger requiring immediate action,
2. condition requiring immediate treatment.
emrgnc
is what precedes and prevents emergency. The ability to consciously think about
the impacts of our actions, before they occur, is a unique human quality. Some
may argue that we don't exercise this capacity enough - hence the state of apparent
emergency we face.
Einstein
is attributed with having said: "The
world we've made, as a result of the level of thinking we have done thus far,
creates problems we cannot solve at the same level of thinking at which we created
them."
The
philosophy of emrgnc involves a faith in human nature,
is one of optimism, and has a leaning towards developmental humanism. Sure humanity
has made some errors, but the belief is that everyone is trying their best, with
what they know. Eventually though, we will need to enable the next level of thinking
(and different ways of being). Because after all, if we cannot solve our own problems
- who will?
In
thinking about a problem that requires a new solution, all the parts of the answer
have usually already been identified. These questions are unanswered, not because
we do not have the answer, but because we have not yet formed the correct questions.
To ask the
real question takes courage. Finding the right solution is then easy. For the
courageous, those who sustain hope for a solution to the problems we are only
too familiar with, there is a way to find the future we believe in.
Discovering
both the real questions, and the answers, by allowing them to emerge naturally,
is the underlying philosophy of emrgnc.