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What is going on a clear night looking at the stars? The distances are so great the light being observed takes years to be seen on earth as stars. Earthians observing the stars are watching a light show from thousands of years ago.
Light from the Sun takes eight minutes to reach the earth. This means we see the Sun as it was eight minutes ago.
While both lighting and thunder are happening simultaneously humans usually experience them as separate. The flash of lightning is usually experienced seconds before the sound of thunder. The less time between the flash and the thunder the closer the lightning is.
This difference in the experience is called time “Lag”. It is just one of many forms of non-simultaneous events happening in Universe. Lag comes in other forms. Understanding the theory of lag provides huge advantages to those awake to it.
The most important type of lag is “Theory Lag”. When a new theory is more predictable it will, over time, supplant the old ones.
Years of research, by Newton, culminated with the 1687 publication of “Principia,” a landmark work that established the universal laws of motion and gravity. Newton’s theory of gravitation remained unquestioned for hundreds of years.
In 1905 Albert Einstein shook the foundations of physics with the introduction of his Special Theory of Relativity and his General Theory of Relativity. Einstein made three predictions that defied Newton’s theories. Each prediction proved correct.
Those who stayed with Newton’s theories or failed to understand Einstein’s more predictable E=mc2 one lived in “Theory Lag”. Those who got out in front of Einstein’s new theory were way ahead. The atomic age was born, and the nuclear bomb (using Einstein’s new theory) basically ended WWII.
What does “Theory Lag” mean to you and your success? As Abe Lincoln said, “Life is much easier when you ride a horse in the direction it is going”. Getting out in front of the newest (more predictable) theory provides tremendous opportunity.
With a new theory, reality takes on a different perspective. Different questions are asked. These different questions provide new answers. Using these new answers, advanced strategies are developed. When these leading-edge strategies are deployed, different outcomes emerge.
The point: get in front of the newest predictable theories. Opportunity abounds when you do.
In the late 1700’s, economist Thomas Malthus advised the world that the human population would always increase faster than the world’s ability to feed them. As a result, there would never be enough for everyone. The world listened and absorbed Malthus’ Theory.
Malthus recommended, in his most famous An Essay on the Principle of Population. It was NOT intended to attempt to alleviate suffering or illness caused by poverty. According to Malthus suffering and illness is helpful. It kills the excess have-not population.
Based upon Malthus’s theory came the idea of scarcity. Economics is based on the concept of scarcity—that there is a finite amount of resources in the world—and the best we can hope for is to figure out a better way of dividing them.
This scarcity-based economic point of view life is what the mathematicians call a zero-sum dynamic. From this “scarcity” context there have been and continue to be innumerable wars, revolutions, political movements, government policies, and business strategies.
Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) defines economics as “the study of how people and society deploy scarce resources.” Today, the vast majority of humans agree with this Nobel Prize-winning American economist.
In the mid-1980’s the famous American inventor, mathematician, engineer, map-maker, philosopher, scientist & comprehensivist, Mr. Buckminster (Bucky) R. Fuller became the Einstein of Economics.
Fuller noted that:
“Malthus could not foresee that refrigeration and hermetic packing would hold foods in good condition for the indefinitely prolonged period.
As Fuller noted in the mid-1980’s:
“We have the wherewithal, the know-it-all to feed everybody, clothe everybody, and give every human on Earth a chance.”
Bucky goes into great detail on how this works. He cites numerous examples, both in the physical and non-physical world. Synergy is the theory of the basis of each of these examples. Abundance through synergy requires co-operation. It is most powerful when the collaboration is aligned with the most predictable theories.
It is like those who embraced early Einstein’s theory of E=mc2, those who embraced the “Economics of Abundance” have a huge advantage. They understand that:
Together is better.
Sharing is having more.
Synergy needs at least two people
Success improves wealth through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
I am a comprehensivist:
“What can I do for you?”
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I am so thankful that I discovered your work when I listened to Darryl Schoon’s interview with Jeffrey Mishlove. I love metaphysics but I work as an Accountant and I do not enjoy my work. I recently got laid off and became very depressed during my current job search because I do not enjoy accounting And frankly I don’t think I’m very good at it. Convincing potential employers that they should hire me just doesn’t feel right because I do not enjoy the work. I wish I could study metaphysics full time but as my wife says “get a job so we can pay bills and stop complaining. Your work has inspired me to see how much the study of metaphysics and spirituality has contributed to the success of so many in the business world. Now I see that there’s an opportunity to apply metaphysics to business. I’ve discovered that so many successful business leaders throughout history have had mystical experiences that contributed to their success and inspired them to apply those concepts in their work and businesses. If I was to compile a historical account of most prominent business leaders that became successful by applying or just studying the mysteries of spirit and metaphysics, I imagine it would be a very thick book. Not just in business but science and the arts as well. From Ford to Tesla to Steve Jobs it seems like MOST successful ventures can be attributed to this phenomenon. Leads me to believe that this is the foundation of progress, a relationship with Spirit is essential.
I agree to the comment “the theory of lag provides huge advantage to those aware to it”. Small business owners — most working IN their business, are so caught up with day to day activities or in survival mode — may miss this – the opportunity to disrupt their industry by collaborating with others.
Lag does present a huge strategic advantage, especially if the change is structural.
I get that we must be present and willingly to accept that we are standing on liquid turf and that things can and will change sooner or later – sometimes when we least expect or wish it to happen. I get that lag is important when a new theory is predictable it will over time supplant the old ones. To me “lag” simply means the time difference between 2 events / items. It could be cause and effect or 2 co-related events.
Theory lag is of particular interest to me. Leaders give. Leaders also make predictions. They stand and fall on the accuracy of their predictions. If there is a better method that enables us to make more accurate predictions, why am we unwillingly to take it up? For me, this could reflect more on my internal state of being. For example we know that Grit is important to success and can be developed, so I should regularly put myself in situations where I can develop my grit quotient and be pertabated. While I have adopted portions of the principle of “grit” in my life, there are still areas of improvement.
With regards to standing out on the adoption curve. It is far better to be ahead of the curve and at the cutting edge of new technology or new theories. There we can stand out and make a name for ourselves. I should successfully use it by finding a niche, standing out in it far ahead of the adoption curve.
Grit works only if you are applying applying it correctly. If it is a structural change you need to support it and take a grit based leadership position. Resisting a structural change is a fool’s play, no matter how much grit you have.
I love your comments. You are clearly demonstrating what you have learned. Thank you!!
A reminder that theories are often conditional & evolve over time. They may appear complete until a broader view makes a new theory more advantageous & explanatory than the existing one. Then we move one more step up the cosmic ladder of knowledge. Chutes & ladders in action…
Theories can never be proved, only disproved. They only get displaced by ones’ that has greater predictive value. Einstein made three predictions that went directly against Newton’s theories. Einstein’s prediction were demonstrated experientially to be very accurate. The outcome: E = mc2, became the better (more predicable) theory to use than Newton’s.