Van Jones tells a story. Van Jones coined the
term "green jobs" and he tells the story of how that came about, because he was
traveling between Oakland and Berkeley, and in being around these two very
different cultures: the granola eating upper class, Prius driving middle class,
and then this advocacy, pretty hard charging economically distressed area in
Oakland, and he started putting together the environmental sensibilities of his
friends in Berkeley with the need for jobs in Oakland, and came up with this idea
of "green jobs" at this improbable intersection between these two worlds.
So again, the bringing of diversity. And then
two last principles: one is the idea of "Seek Meaning," because the red thread,
I think that guides us throughout this "wandering in the desert" and
experimentation is what matters here. What is the intention that sparked in the
first place? Because in truth, one of the things about disruptions, is they
wouldn't be disrupting if we didn't care. So, there is some deeper meaning that
may be implicitly or unconsciously guiding us. And so, the more we can seek
meaning we will find the kindred spirits, and find the experimentations that
help us emphasize that. And then the last principle is the idea of "Simplify."
So, one of the insights from the scientist is, it's fascinating how a few
simple principles, a few simple rules that any individual can do, like take
responsibility of what you love as an act of service.
If we're all doing that, it yields very
complex social behavior. And so how can we articulate, and frankly this set of
principles is a set of simple rules that provide guidance and engaging with
this chaotic sense that we seem to be in, as the assumptions of how our world
works seems to be changing. And that is part of the way in which order arises
again, as we come into a coherent system that is more complex, generally in a
sense of having more diverse elements as part of it.
Rob: Let's just take a step back. What are the five
different ones? The first is "Welcoming Disturbance." What's the second one?
Peggy: "Pioneer."
Rob: Say it again.
Peggy: Pioneer. Be a pioneer.
Rob: Pioneer.
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