[Neurons] 2020 Neurons #33 HOW DID THAT WORK OUT?

Sun Jul 5 21:02:00 EDT 2020

From: L. Michael Hall 

2020 Neurons #33

July 6, 2020

Thinking for a Living series #19

HOW DID THAT WORK OUT?

In NLP we constantly and repeatedly ask what we call the ecology question.
This includes any question that asks about the practicality of something, if
it is pragmatic, if it is realistic, if it is good for all parties, if it is
effective, efficient, if it is holistic, etc.  We ask it as a systems
question- Is something good for the health and well-being of the system?
It could be a family system, business system, economic system, and so on.
We often ask the ecology question in reverse: Will X do any harm or damage
to your finances, health, relationships, mental health, emotional health,
etc.?

The ecology question enables you to think in terms of the whole, the system,
and as such is an important aspect of critical thinking.  It is also
essential for thinking for a living.

Let's now ask the ecology question about the protests in the US.  Four weeks
ago protesters in Seattle went to the streets to protest a mishap in
Minnesota over a rogue policeman who misused his powers.  But then the
protests turned riotous and as the rioters turned anarchists.  They "took
over six square blocks" of downtown Seattle.  It was not theirs, but they
hijacked it.

Interesting enough, the female black Police Chef (Carmen Best) thought it
was a bad idea while simultaneously the female white Mayor (Jenny Durkan)
thought it was "a summer of love."  As the Mayor then allowed the rioters
take the city as a hostage and abandoned the Police Station in the area
(East Precinct)-the anarchists had the brilliant idea of having an
"autonomous zone" - a "cop free zone."

Now with the hindsight of nearly a month- How has that worked out?  First
the rioters turned the city blocks into what looks like a hippie
fairgrounds.  Then instead of being an "autonomous zone" they developed
their own "control" systems with members carrying guns and knifes to enforce
the new rules.  They rejected the police and then they became the police!
And how has that worked out?  Several people have been attacked, others
raped, a few shot, and even two were killed.  And who was shot and killed?
They were - wait for it - two young African American males!  But this time,
they were not by the police, they were shot by other rioters.  Ahh, so I
wonder, if they were to now protest about these killings of young black men,
who would they against?  Themselves?  Yet there's been no protests against
the killings.

How else has that worked out?  Additionally, crime has spiked in Seattle
525%.  And nation-wide from all of the protests about George Floyd, there
have been 21 deaths.  And guess what?  All have been Africa American.  Does
something seem off about this?

Then last week the Mayor, Jenny Durkan, had a change of heart and said that
she would be shutting down the autonomous zone.  How did that work out?
When she sent large equipment (front loaders) to clean out the protesters,
but when the protestors laid down in the road, the Mayor backed down.  Five
days passed.  Nothing happened.  Well, except for four more shootings and
another death. 

And as June was coming to a close, the protesters went out and surrounded
the Mayor's house in protest of her statement that she would close the
autonomous zone down.  Funny thing, she did not like that!  I guess she
didn't take that as "a summer of love" in her neighborhood and around her
house.  Amazing how things change when it gets personal.

Back to the two square city blocks where many citizens live and many others
have businesses- how did it work out for them?  Well, not so well.  The
stores are boarded up, business has come to a halt, and many of the citizens
who live there have filed lawsuits against the city.  Gee, what a summer of
love this is turning out to be!  And when Horace Lorenzo Anderson's 19 year
old son was shot and killed- no one let him know.  To say the least, that
certainly didn't seem to work out very well.

Then on July 1, with the protests at her house, with more shootings and
another death in past few days, suddenly with the rising violence, Mayor
Jenny Durkan had a change of heart.  Now she is more determined to have the
police to clear the area.  About what's been happening in Seattle, today
Police Chef Carmen Best said it has been "lawless and brutal."  And when she
returned to assess the damage, she said that she was "stunned" by the
property damage and all the garbage.

How has rejecting the police and being soft on the rioters worked out?  It
worked out as most people expected it would- with the protesters in charge,
there would be more violence and deaths and chaos.  Law and order is what
enables us to create a civilized community.  Anyone who has a knowledge of
history knows that.   If there's corruption in those we train and hire
(e.g., police) or elect (e.g., politicians) to carry out "law and order,"
then we need to do police and political reform.  Autonomous zones and
cop-free zones are self-contradictory terms and idealistic non-sense.

Ecological thinking- asking about the value, usefulness, and long-term
effectiveness of an idea or a policy-it is a powerful NLP resource.

Further reading: Executive Thinking (2018)

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Neuro-Semantics

P.O. Box 8

Clifton CO. 81520 USA

www.neurosemantics.com   

The stunning new history of NLP--- NLP Secrets.  

Investigative Journalism which has exposed what has been kept secrets for
decades. 

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