This is a question about means versus ends, tactics and strategy verses vision and aims. Means and ends are often confused. Likewise, it would be easy to confuse The Venus Project's path vs its direction. We may consult a compass to take many paths, but all paths can lead North. The direction of The Venus Project is defined by a set of values that promote the health of life for as much of Earth as possible. These are the ends. The concept of a Resource Based Economy, or other concepts such as Circular Economy or Steady State Economy, are the means to this end. It would be ideal to express these values at the global scale, however, practicality may dictate the expression of these values at a smaller scale for the time being. Likewise, changes in methods, tactics, technology, opportunities, risks, constraints, and emerging facts may alter the The Venus Project's path at any given time. Equifinality is a law of complex systems and entails that multiple paths can lead to the same outcome. This implies that the means may change while the ends do not. In practice, The Venus Project is expected to be an evolving system consisting of innumerable contributors. There is no way to guarantee control over where they will take the development as the system scales.
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Will The Venus Project ever change direction?
This is a question about means versus ends, tactics and strategy verses vision and aims. Means and ends are often confused. Likewise, it would be easy to confuse The Venus Project's path vs its direction. We may consult a compass to take many paths, but all paths can lead North. The direction of The Venus Project is defined by a set of values that promote the health of life for as much of Earth as possible. These are the ends. The concept of a Resource Based Economy, or other concepts such as Circular Economy or Steady State Economy, are the means to this end. It would be ideal to express these values at the global scale, however, practicality may dictate the expression of these values at a smaller scale for the time being. Likewise, changes in methods, tactics, technology, opportunities, risks, constraints, and emerging facts may alter the The Venus Project's path at any given time. Equifinality is a law of complex systems and entails that multiple paths can lead to the same outcome. This implies that the means may change while the ends do not. In practice, The Venus Project is expected to be an evolving system consisting of innumerable contributors. There is no way to guarantee control over where they will take the development as the system scales.
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