Exponentially adopting climate solutions
For exponentially solving the climate crisis
He who can handle the quickest rate of change survives. – Lt Col John Boyd
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Solving the problem of externalities for solving the climate crisis
In the words of environmentalist Paul Hawken:
We need to address what is down here, not up there: the massive rates of resource extraction … and the absurd “tragic science” of economics, which excludes the environment.
To solve the economic problem of “externalities” and solve the climate crisis, I invented a simple decision-making process – called “regenerative decision-making” for meeting human physical needs -- through which people everywhere use “regenerative information services” for …
… identifying options for meeting human physical needs …
… evaluating the measurable performance benefits, the measurable cost savings benefits and the measurable biosphere-regenerating benefits of those options …
… comparing those benefits …
… persuading themselves what options they want to adopt …
… and deciding to adopt “regenerative options,” including “climate solutions,” that deliver:
measurable “performance benefits” because they meet human physical needs,
measurable “cost savings benefits” because they avoid more costs than they incur, and
measurable “biosphere-regenerating benefits” (including climate-crisis-reversing benefits) because:
they scale back extraction flows out of the biosphere measured through increasing the number of species in an area, or
they scale back pollution flows into the biosphere measured through avoiding more pollution than they incur …
Biosphere-regenerating benefits solve the problem of “externalities”:
by measuring the increasing number of species in an area to quantify the regeneration (or healing) of the biosphere attributable to the scaled-back extraction flows of a things-we-extract option, and
by measuring avoided pollution flows more than incurred pollution flows to quantify the regeneration (or healing) of the biosphere attributable to the scaled-back pollution flows of a things-we-use option …
An Observe-Orient-Decide-Act (OODA) loop for exponentially faster decision-making
Regenerative decision-making exponentially solves the climate crisis through people everywhere using a simple feedback loop -- called an “Observe – Orient – Decide – Act” loop (an “OODA loop”) – for adopting regenerative options (including climate solutions) at the exponential rate needed to solve the climate crisis.
What is an OODA loop?
An OODA loop is a simple feedback loop – for faster and better decision-making – through which a person …
… observes a situation …
… orients to a desired outcome …
… decides what to do …
… acts on the decision …
… and observes the results of the action to cycle again through the OODA loop …
Inventing the OODA loop
US Air Force Lt Colonel John Boyd invented the OODA loop for faster and better decision-making during situations of air-to-air combat.
In a competitive situation like air-to-air combat, a person that can process the OODA loop quickly …
… observing the situation (sighting an enemy fighter) …
… orienting to the desired outcome (defeating the enemy fighter) …
… deciding what to do (deciding what maneuver to execute) more rapidly than an opponent …
… and acting (executing the maneuver) more rapidly than an opponent …
… can “get inside” the opponent’s decision-making cycle and gain a winning advantage …
Exponentially faster decision-making for solving the climate crisis
In a cooperative situation like solving the climate crisis, a simple regenerative decision-making process …
… within a simple OODA loop (a “regenerative OODA loop”) delivers:
exponentially faster regenerative decision-making
for adopting exponentially more regenerative options (including climate solutions)
that deliver exponentially more biosphere-regenerating benefits …
… for scaling back the extraction flows & pollution flows of the Human Enterprise and allowing the planet’s regenerated biosphere to heal the climate crisis.
Through people everywhere observing people everywhere adopting exponentially more regenerative options (including climate solutions) and receiving exponentially more benefits (in turquoise) …
… then orienting to deciding & acting exponentially faster to adopt exponentially more regenerative options (including climate solutions) for delivering exponentially more benefits (in green) …
… and then using “regenerative information services” for deciding exponentially faster to adopt regenerative options, including climate solutions (in gold) …
… people everywhere act exponentially faster to adopt regenerative options (including climate solutions) and receive their benefits (in red) …
… and then again observe people everywhere adopting exponentially more regenerative options (including climate solutions) and receiving exponentially more benefits (in turquoise), and cycling again through the simple regenerative OODA loop …
Adopting exponentially more climate solutions for solving the climate crisis
Through a simple regenerative OODA loop, people everywhere decide & act exponentially faster to adopt exponentially more regenerative options (including climate solutions) that deliver exponentially more benefits …
People everywhere exponentially adopting climate solutions exponentially solves the climate crisis
People everywhere wanting, deciding & acting to adopt exponentially more regenerative options (including climate solutions) that deliver exponentially more biosphere-regenerating benefits – scales back the extraction flows and pollution flows (in orange) as a whole, …
… and, at the same time, keeps intact the flows of things-we-use (in chartreuse) for meeting the physical needs of every human being, …
… which allows the biosphere (in deep green) to regenerate itself, …
…and allows the creativity, intelligence and regenerative capacity of the biosphere to heal the ecological crises as a whole, including the climate crisis …
… and allows the biosphere to meet the physical needs of all living beings, including human beings …
Creating the quickest rate of change for solving the climate crisis
In the words of Lt Col John Boyd:
He who can handle the quickest rate of change survives.
People everywhere using a regenerative OODA loop create the quickest rate of change – through exponentially adopting climate solutions – for surviving, thriving & solving the climate crisis.
Thank you for reading The Regenerative Transition.
Peace and Aloha!
Erik
P.S. I cross-posted this article on Medium for greater reach.