The two extreme answers to this question is each person creates their own outcomes, singularly and by their own choices versus everyone is controlled by a system that is beyond their control whether that system is "big government," "big business," or some evil cartel that is controlling all of history. This is, of course, a false dichotomy. No amount of positive thinking is going to control the outcome of an individual's life 100%. We all have obstacles and limitations. AND the system is far from capable of creating the outcomes of all members of a group no matter how tight it tries to hold its grip.
I'm going to spend the next few entries in my blog examining five concepts that I think are pivotal in addressing this tension, this central question: collectivity, complexity, chaos, control and change.
Just to get us started, let us consider the definition of each of these words.
Collectivity
Involvement in an undertaking that is made by a number of people acting as a group; The people considered as a body or whole.
Complexity
A whole made up of interwoven, intricate parts; the characteristic of a structure that is interconnected and involved
Chaos
# A condition or place of great disorder or confusion; A disorderly mass; a jumble; The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
Control
To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct: To adjust to a requirement; regulate; To hold in restraint; check; To reduce or prevent the spread of; To verify or regulate; To verify by using a duplicate for comparison.
Change
To become different or undergo alteration; To undergo transformation or transition; To go from one phase to another; To make an exchange; To transfer from one conveyance to another; To put on other clothing; To become deeper in tone:
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