Inventing Governing: Intro

# Inventing Governing

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Governing is decision-making for groups.

Groups of particular people, in particular places, and particular situations.

Perhaps with different conceptions of governing we will do less force-fitting-of-people into structures and more design-of-structures to fit into conversations and decision-making of people.

This fitting of structures to particularities of decisions is what Elinor Ostrom termed polycentric governance. We must everyday ask, which group or coalition of groups is capable of crafting the best approach to each problem.

We must stop dropping problems into incapable slots of our fossilized governments. Every day we must design government to fit the problems at hand--based upon the needs of all stakeholders.

Our current structures and processes of government were built when communication modes and rates depended on horses.

Today we must use communication technology to enact polycentric decision-making and always learning as we go along.

I try to change my language from "government" to "governing" and "governance". Governing must be adaptive, not strictly algorithmic nor rote bureaucracy.

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