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Transcultural Friendship: Our Political Future Chapter Six: The Future Human Section 17: Summary of System Competencies
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To conclude this section, the future human must be capable of promoting one's own interests and those of the groups with which one identifies. The following are ingredients for this capability:
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1) effective communication skills so that illusory issues can be eliminated, and actual disputes clarified;
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2) willingness to compromise and to recognize compromise as promoting the long-term interests of all parties;
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3) creative problem solving skills so that where possible, competing interests can be aligned synergistically;
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4) willingness to use third party interventions;
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5) ability to serve as a third party intervenor;
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6) the ability to recognize mutuality of interest -- this would include avoiding the tendency to characterize one's opponents as evil, carefully distinguishing behavior from the identity of the opponent;
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7) the use of education, including non-violent strategies, to make an opponent aware of the mutuality of interest;
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8) the power and conviction to use resources to protect one's own interests, including the willingness to suffer when (and only when) circumstances merit;
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9) the worthiness and educational ability to rally the support of third parties in pursuing the most desirable resolution to conflicts when necessary.
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These are both individual and system capabilities. Thus, the individual's capabilities include being able to develop and employ conflict resolution on behalf of systems.
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Transcultural Friendship: Our Political Future |
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The Emerging World Order |
The Future Human |
Education in Early Childhood |
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Power Assertion
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Summary of System Competence |
Cross-Cultural Competence |