I recently reflected on Dolly Parton’s song “9 to 5,” and it has me wondering about “Jolene.” The song “Jolene” is about a woman who’s concerned that Jolene is taking her man (a recent song by Ella Langley, “Choosin’ Texas,” which is one of my favorite songs, may shed light on the same concept). If you expand this indicator species concept microcosmically to macrocosmically, it leads me to hypothesize that industrial earth Kings, cast manufacture Jolene’s concept, and kingdom approaches to living on earth (directly or indirectly). I wonder if the same thing is true, considering the opposite sex, for example, Joe. In other words, industrialization, Kings, castles, and kingdoms knew how to influence people to behave in ways that took advantage of them. Again, it may be the concept of manufacturing behaviors that causes an inflection point according to your religion or laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Does it mean that manufacturers need to go to confession? If you don’t go to confession, you can be taken advantage of by the higher-level King’s castles and kingdoms of industrial Earth. In extreme cases, you can be pushed into a survival zone, suffering, putting you at risk for perturbations or worse. Expanding this concept, one wonders whether domestic abuse, human trafficking, sexual violence, abuse, and other detrimental impacts and behaviors are a result of the King’s castles and kingdoms’ industrial Earth approach to living on Earth. However, it may be something like manufactured drugs, influencing people‘s behavior.(does it mean that there is a war going on between drinking and drugs) Therefore, stimulus addiction theory, such as the one professor Machell (The S.A.T was about everything that one could be addicted to, including power) discussed in 1982, may also be a consequence of the industrial Earth, Kings, Castles, and Kingdoms approach to living on Earth, directly or indirectly. For example, it’s the same kind of concept I’ve talked about before: reading books backwards for the benefit of survival of the fittest on planet Earth.
More than anything, industrial earth, Kings, castles, and kingdoms approach is about survival at any cost. At least that’s my hypothesis as of today. However, an alternative hypothesis is that we don’t have the collective wisdom or cumulative knowledge to understand what is going on in our world today. Therefore. The We-Me Explorers Cycle may significantly help us understand current conditions, enabling us to strive toward our desired future condition adaptively over time. The other approaches use conventional, law-oriented discovery, which tends to take a long time. In fact, it could take centuries or more to determine how close the current state is, given the magnitude of the hypothesized problem. I hypothesize that it’s a spatiotemporal proximity concept across multiple dimensions. It makes sense because investigations take so long and are very few that are successful. Especially when you consider this concept and its magnitude (according to Professor Donnelly regarding environmental problem solving), problems must be defined before they can be solved, and determining the true nature of the problem can sometimes be daunting. It would take forever to figure things out in a discovery-type paradigm. Alternatively, I favored transitioning to an Earth Research Explorers unidiversity approach to solve all of our problems as soon as possible. This negates the need to use reactionary, reductionist, slower methods to figure things out on planet Earth. I have long advocated transitioning people in the discovery paradigm to a more holistic, sustainable, striving, collaborative endeavor. As near as I can tell, the Unidiversity Research Explorers Cycle, coupled with the locational integrated device, seems to solve the problem, especially when integrated with GIS methods and technology, etc. Nobody does it better than each of us and all of us together. World without end….
My recent reflections on Dolly Parton’s iconic songs, particularly the poignant narrative of “Jolene,” have sparked a deeper inquiry into the underlying structures that shape human interaction and societal challenges. The song, at its surface, speaks of a woman’s fear of losing her partner to a captivating rival. However, if we view this as an indicator species concept – a microcosmic manifestation of a broader pattern – it prompts a fascinating hypothesis.
Could it be that certain dynamics, akin to the “Jolene” dilemma, are not merely organic human emotions but are, in fact, strategically manufactured by the prevailing paradigms of our industrial Earth ? I refer to what I might call the “Kings, Castles, and Kingdoms” approach to living on Earth – the historical and ongoing legacy of hierarchical power structures, competition for resources, and control mechanisms. This perspective suggests that these systems have, over time, subtly or overtly influenced human behavior to maintain specific power distributions and extract advantage.
Consider the notion that anxieties, divisions, or even temptations could be, in a sense, ‘engineered.’ Perhaps this is done to redirect our focus from systemic issues towards interpersonal rivalries. In a world governed by such an ethos, the very act of seeking “confession,” as a metaphorical or literal act of compliance, might become a manufactured necessity. Deviating from these prescribed behaviors could leave individuals vulnerable to exploitation by these same entrenched powers, potentially pushing them into states of “survival zone suffering” and increasing their risk of severe perturbations.
Expanding this line of thought, one is compelled to consider whether deeply troubling societal issues such as domestic abuse, human trafficking, sexual violence, and other detrimentally impactful behaviors are, at least in part, byproducts indirectly or directly of this “Kings, Castles, and Kingdoms” industrial approach to civilization. Even manufactured drugs and the resultant stimulus addiction, as discussed by scholars like Professor Machell in 1982, could be direct or indirect consequences of this systemic orientation – a quest for survival and dominance at almost any cost. This mirrors my past reflections on the necessity of “reading books backwards” to truly grasp the undercurrents of survival on our planet. However, much of drug abuse is about survival zone suffering, and needing to get medication affect to feel better.
An alternative, yet complementary, hypothesis is that humanity, as a collective, simply lacks the integrated wisdom and cumulative knowledge required to fully comprehend the intricate workings of our contemporary world. Our traditional methods of discovery, often steeped in conventional, law-oriented, and reductionist paradigms, are inherently slow and can take centuries to yield a comprehensive understanding of our current condition. This linear, siloed approach struggles with the spatial-temporal complexity and multi-dimensional nature of global challenges.
Therefore, I advocate for a radical shift towards what I envision as the “Earth Research Explorers Unidiversity” approach or a “We-Me Explorers Cycle.” for short. This framework aims to transcend the limitations of conventional discovery, moving away from reactionary, piecemeal solutions. It proposes a holistic, sustainable, and truly collaborative endeavor, fostering an environment where knowledge is shared and synthesized at an unprecedented pace. The fusion of this Unidiversity Research Explorers Cycle with locational integrated devices and advanced GIS methods promises an accelerated path to understanding and addressing our most pressing global issues.
I firmly believe that “Nobody does it better than each of us and all of us together.” By embracing this integrated, collaborative, and forward-thinking paradigm, we can collectively strive towards a desired future condition adaptively, evolving beyond the historical constraints industrial earth “Kings, Castles, and Kingdoms” and all direct or indirect hierarchical compartments reports.
Richard Thomas Simmons