open source

Creating structures that are about sharing is revolutionary, but open source goes further (thanks to technology), they are sharing the implementation details. This empowers participants to add onto a thing and thus evolve/mutate it. This is why the work can be innovative – but also why it’s vital that the mind is liberated from “lower level” value systems while it makes decisions. The quieter voices – in particular, intuition – can lead projects in unimaginable directions (think invention of the personal computer).

 If put into boxes, hierarchies, high stakes, serious, non-communal, selfish work environments – the mind clams up. The mind goes into defense/attack mode. It is fight or flight thinking. Sure the adrenaline may not be pumping, and sure you may get some interesting inventions, but the mind is employing a value system to make decisions that calls upon the less novel aspects of itself. Thus progress is slowed. 

With Open Source, done with the right spirit, the mind can be free. I wish to share ideas how that spirit can be cultivated. Open Sourcing Open Source. Please comment below.