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Two Models for Mapmaking:
Two Core World Views
© Denise Breton and Christopher Largent. All Rights Reserved.
from The Soul of Economies

The methods we use for—

Reductionist methods
(billiard-ball models)

Whole-seeking methods
(holistic systems)
arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Mapping Reality arrowf.gif (77 bytes) We map things that bounce off each other randomly arrowf.gif (77 bytes) We map systems within larger systems that work within the whole.
arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Mapping Ourselves arrowf.gif (77 bytes) We’re isolated one-dimension body bits in the void and have to look out for number one. arrowf.gif (77 bytes) We’re open and evolving systems, developing our individual at-one-ment with the whole on many levels and dimensions of being.
arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Mapping Values arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Good is whatever gets us what we want; arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Good is whatever reveals the whole and brings us into harmony with it;
arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Bad is whatever stands in our way. arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Bad is whatever makes us feel cut off and isolated

arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Mapping Economics

 arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Economies are at war in a Hobbesian, Darwinian struggle for survival, with Malthusian-based control paradigms. arrowf.gif (77 bytes) Economies work best when they’re run according to whole-seeking methods—when they’re based on economic justice or “Dharma” in the marketplace.