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I think you put that extremely well. One thing ... > until the concept of power itself is what is at stake You mean we need a reach a point where power is not

• mr-wendel 6y ago
  Yes, and no. Power will always be needed, as it represents a differential between knowledge and control over resources. For example, I wouldn't want kids to grow up without benevolent parents! There are obviously other societal layers on top of that that will never go away. It's more about how power is legitimized and used. The more arbitrary it is, the harder it will to keep folks from fighting over the traditional levers of control vs seeking out more organic ways of bringing about and enforcing change. It's utopian thinking for sure, but that doesn't mean it's not feasible to scale out... just hard. My wife and I don't always get along perfect, but we get along well because neither of us ever plays power cards to get our way. We hope to build a family along those lines, and have been fortunate to be employed based on these terms too. Ultimately there is only "win-win" and "lose-lose". The "win-lose" scenario is delusional: it's ultimately self-defeating to benefit at someone else's expense no matter how hard you pretend otherwise. Our societies are a long ways from internalizing that, but I think we've made amazing progress!