Question 4: How do we shift from “Me” to “We” on both the local and global levels?
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There is no shift from me to we. WE are in it together. This is a fact. We are not alone. With all what that include of good and bad. Those stuck in the Me just need to loose their virginity. We are here with them, locally, globally. It is up to that WE, to change the world into a brave new world and then face the consequences. There is no certainty that we won’t goof!
When the game is compelling (pushed by need, pulled by desire) and THE RULES ARE FAIR we naturally enter cocreative spaces, “we” spaces. An overbalance of “me”-ness has evolved in the expanding global middle class because “we” don’t seem to need one another to get along (money, stuff and enterainment keep us occupied) AND the cultural and political rules are breaking down. Trust in government, corporations and institutions in the US is low. Pension funds go belly up. In that situation, the ‘every man for himself’ mentality prevails and me seems more rational. So we need a better game - better rules, more compelling goals, and where winning comes through collaborating. it occurs to me that social networks on the internet and things like conversatoin week ARE shifts from me to we.
Every ME that recognizes itself as a ME, or “I” think that, your job is to find out if others agree, through talking, try to find a position of WE, WE think or WE feel. This can happen through sharing and conversation. How can you talk globally? How can you find the other MEs out there?