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ANDREEA LEONTE's avatar

Hey, great read as always. Your distinction between swimmers and surfers really highlights the systemic challenge. What if the 'swimmer's mistake' isn't just individual ego, but deeply embedded in bureaucratic structures and pollicy-making frameworks that inherently resist agile adaptation to combinatorial tech shifts? This has huge implications for governance.

Paul Epping's Techsurfing's avatar

Thank you for your thoughts. There are so many connected parts. Ego is one of them. I mentioned that because “egos” often act above and beyond rules… The following section will be a deep-dive into how you can escape from that… stay tuned!

Paul Epping's Techsurfing's avatar

Hi Andreea, thank you. The following sections are exciting, where I’m diving into the nitty-gritty of how to ‘escape’ from the fear response cycle. The Adaptive Response Cycle (TM) is a deep research into how we can benefit from the ‘waves’ rather than being paralyzed by them. It is a long chapter that I’m going to post phase by phase (we have eight to go)?