As "kindred spirits on the edge" we are human beings caught in the turmoil and the challenge of a most remarkable time in history. It is certain that we cannot solve our problems with the same mind that created them. But what are the ideas that can help us? What is this mind that will facilitate possible solution? Some possible answers are to be found in the principles and processes of synergy as interpreted by Ruth Benedict, Abraham Maslow, Buckminster Fuller, and others.
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