The Answer to How Is Yes



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Part 3the requirements

This section is about ways to detach ourselves enough from the power of the culture to have an outside—or, more accurately, an outsider’s— chance of bringing our intentions into being. The “requirements” are more a way of thinking than a list of things to do. My presumption is that we have all the skills, the tools, the training that we need. Plus, we probably already have the leadership from others that we deserve. In the face of all the messages that the culture sends our way, we can choose to become full citizens and become a cause rather than an effect. This means we must act as if our institutions are ours to create, our learning is ours to define, the leadership we seek is ours ...