Entangled

Rather than wicked problems, we should think of our global challenges as ‘entangled’. Wicked implies something evil and tempts us to look for villains. Instead, these problems – like poverty, climate change and ecocide – are more like an entangled ball of twine. How ‘knotty’ the problem is depends on whether it is loosely or tightly entangled and whether there is convergence or divergence between those tugging at the strings. Simply pulling harder on one string will probably only make it worse. The only way to untangle these problems is to work patiently, locally, carefully and collaboratively at loosening and unravelling.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 3. Buy on Lulu ↗