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Posted on May 16, 2009 - 11:26pm :: Editorial
By Nicanor Perlas www.truthforce.info
12 May 2009
In an earlier article, we detailed the contradictions and the dangers of assessing the potential of candidates for positive politics using traditional political concepts of winnability. (See "The Trap of Traditional Notions of Winnability".) One of the tasks of new innovative politics is to reframe old notions of winnability and not to remain trapped into letting old winnability concepts dictate the future of new politics. So, if we are NOT going to rely on money, organization, reputation, and endorsement as BEGINNING criteria for winnability, what shall we rely on? And how will we ensure that candidates running under the banner of new positive politics will ultimately win electoral contests and be able to govern effectively?
12 May 2009
In an earlier article, we detailed the contradictions and the dangers of assessing the potential of candidates for positive politics using traditional political concepts of winnability. (See "The Trap of Traditional Notions of Winnability".) One of the tasks of new innovative politics is to reframe old notions of winnability and not to remain trapped into letting old winnability concepts dictate the future of new politics. So, if we are NOT going to rely on money, organization, reputation, and endorsement as BEGINNING criteria for winnability, what shall we rely on? And how will we ensure that candidates running under the banner of new positive politics will ultimately win electoral contests and be able to govern effectively?
Posted on April 8, 2009 - 9:29pm :: Editorial
Nicanor Perlas www.truthforce.info
06 April 09
The good news is that there is a tremendous burst of initiatives in the Philippines trying to reclaim authentic democracy in the national elections of 2010. The bad news
is that the would-be bearers of change politics are still stuck with the thinking of the old politics. Nowhere is this more evident than in their concept of "winnability". To win in 2010 means, for them, to have, from the beginning, name recognition, political machinery, financial and other resources, and endorsements. If they continue to view "winnability" in this traditional manner, then the political reform movement would be its own worst enemy, severely limiting and even preventing truly new politics from emerging.
06 April 09
The good news is that there is a tremendous burst of initiatives in the Philippines trying to reclaim authentic democracy in the national elections of 2010. The bad news
is that the would-be bearers of change politics are still stuck with the thinking of the old politics. Nowhere is this more evident than in their concept of "winnability". To win in 2010 means, for them, to have, from the beginning, name recognition, political machinery, financial and other resources, and endorsements. If they continue to view "winnability" in this traditional manner, then the political reform movement would be its own worst enemy, severely limiting and even preventing truly new politics from emerging.
Posted on March 27, 2009 - 5:46pm :: Editorial
By Nicanor Perlas, www.truthforce.info
26 March 2009
Today the biggest scientific question is no longer about life and its origins. Today the biggest scientific question is why the universe is so friendly to the emergence of life and intelligence. Understanding this will mean not only appreciating the foundational basis of a science of the impossible. Knowing the answer to this great riddle not only means understanding the cosmic dimensions of human creativity. It also means that one can now harness this knowledge to overcome seemingly "impossible" obstacles to profound societal change and evolution, including the power to change corrupt governments.
26 March 2009
Today the biggest scientific question is no longer about life and its origins. Today the biggest scientific question is why the universe is so friendly to the emergence of life and intelligence. Understanding this will mean not only appreciating the foundational basis of a science of the impossible. Knowing the answer to this great riddle not only means understanding the cosmic dimensions of human creativity. It also means that one can now harness this knowledge to overcome seemingly "impossible" obstacles to profound societal change and evolution, including the power to change corrupt governments.
Posted on March 18, 2009 - 5:23pm :: Editorial
By Nicanor Perlas, www.truthforce.info
15 March 2009
Overcoming our sense of the "impossible" is arguably the most difficult challenge facing all those who want to create a better world. Many believe, for example, that it is "impossible" for a very qualified candidate for new politics to win if that person has no money, machinery, or exposure to begin with. This belief will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. And voters will settle for the famous "lesser evil", in effect, throwing away their hopes for inaugurating a new politics of integrity, accountability, and performance. Yet, as the Obama victory demonstrated, in the "impossible" is a new world waiting to emerge. And new developments in science point to how change agents can attain the "impossible" and usher in a new and more moral and sustainable world order.
15 March 2009
Overcoming our sense of the "impossible" is arguably the most difficult challenge facing all those who want to create a better world. Many believe, for example, that it is "impossible" for a very qualified candidate for new politics to win if that person has no money, machinery, or exposure to begin with. This belief will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. And voters will settle for the famous "lesser evil", in effect, throwing away their hopes for inaugurating a new politics of integrity, accountability, and performance. Yet, as the Obama victory demonstrated, in the "impossible" is a new world waiting to emerge. And new developments in science point to how change agents can attain the "impossible" and usher in a new and more moral and sustainable world order.
Posted on March 10, 2009 - 4:39pm :: Editorial
Science of the Impossible and Societal Transformation, Part I
By Nicanor Perlas, www.truthforce.info
08 March 2009
Recently US President Barack Obama reflected on the impossibility of his victory. '…what started out as an improbable journey when nobody gave us a chance was carried forward, was inspired by, was energized by young people all across America.' In the Philippines, in 2004 and 2007, Governor Grace Padaca and Governor "Among Ed" Panlillo respectively, also achieved the impossible. Both defeated well-organized, wealthy, powerful, and well-connected political dynasties without money, without political machinery, and without political experience. Is there a science of the impossible that would empower societal reformers not only with an understanding and a methodology for profound change, but with a force that can topple diseased societal structures and create new futures and civilizations?
By Nicanor Perlas, www.truthforce.info
08 March 2009
Recently US President Barack Obama reflected on the impossibility of his victory. '…what started out as an improbable journey when nobody gave us a chance was carried forward, was inspired by, was energized by young people all across America.' In the Philippines, in 2004 and 2007, Governor Grace Padaca and Governor "Among Ed" Panlillo respectively, also achieved the impossible. Both defeated well-organized, wealthy, powerful, and well-connected political dynasties without money, without political machinery, and without political experience. Is there a science of the impossible that would empower societal reformers not only with an understanding and a methodology for profound change, but with a force that can topple diseased societal structures and create new futures and civilizations?
