Subject: abstract vs. concrete

Posted by Bill Ellis on 2/7/2006
In Reply To:abstract vs. concrete Posted by Janis Dutton on 2/6/2006

Message:

On 05, Feb 2006, at 8:54 PM, Janis Dutton wrote:

> On Feb 4, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Bill Ellis wrote:
>>> "It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking than to
>>> think your way into a new way of acting."
> Clever as it is, I am not convinced.
BE:
I'm not sure that there is anything to be convinced about.
Your substitute
"Without action there is no knowledge."
Is another way of saying the same thing.
Habitat for Humanity is a good example.
As is Rosa Parks. I don't know how much
she thought about it before acting. But it was her sitting in the front of the bus that changed the thinking of many of us.

I would agree with the statistics on the Internet.
80% is duscussuion. 18% is promoting solutions.
That leaves 2% who are actually taking actions that change society. I still think that if you build a better mouse trap .... The better mouse traps are new economic practices, new learning practices, new housing practices, and other social innovations the empower people at the grassroots and promote community self-reliance and solidarity.

It might be said better. But I'll go with Fuller's

"it's easier to act your way into a
new way of thinking than to think
your way into a new way of acting"

Bill Ellis