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Measurements (Symbiotic)
Measured Outcomes
The Life Metrics: Quantifying actual health of communities and ecosystems.
🔮 Sustainability Theorems
A cross-domain analysis of Political, Economic, Cultural, and Ecological theories.
Political Theory
Meaningful participation
Economic Theory
Well-being
Cultural Theory
Cultural Vitality
Ecological Theory
Ecosystem Health
Measures what matters—circulating truth through well-being, cultural vitality, and ecosystem health.
📑 Observations
Establishing a triage containing observations of social experience.
🪞 Self-Enquiry
What would my life look like if my community's success was measured by Ecosystem Health and Cultural Vitality instead of GDP, and my own by Meaningful participation and Well-being?
🩺 Diagnosis Questions
1. Do metrics value what matters or what's measurable?
2. Are measurements co-created by communities?
3. Do indicators guide toward greater flourishing?
Related Variables
- Genuine Progress Indicator
- Cultural vitality indexes
- Ecosystem services health
"Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful speech and the inability to listen to others, I am committed to cultivating… deep listening." — Thich Nhat Hanh, 4th Mindfulness Training
🩻 Targeted Organ
The Vital Signs
Capacity for Truth-Telling
🧾 Rationale
To ensure we are guided by metrics of aliveness, not abstraction.
💉 Extraction/Cultivation
Genuine Progress Indicators, well-being indexes, and cultural vitality assessments.
😷 Defense/Propagation
Reality-Commitment: A collective pledge to measure what truly matters, even when it's difficult, refusing vanity metrics.
❌ Tetrad Analysis
- Object of Perception: Success / Progress
- ENHANCES: Well-being; cultural vitality; ecosystem health; meaningful participation
- OBSOLESCES: GDP growth; vanity metrics; reductionist indicators; externalities
- RETRIEVES: Indigenous prosperity measures with modern statistical rigor
- REVERSES INTO: Measurements guide toward genuine flourishing without external regulation
📝 Partial Diagnosis
Flourishing Metrics: Well-being, cultural vitality, and ecosystem health become the primary indicators of success.
⚗️ Research Repository
🔮 Engagement Circle
🧊 Life Course
🎓 Case Study
Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Index (1972-present)
Bhutan's alternative to Gross Domestic Product demonstrates biocentric measurements through assessment of meaningful political participation, well-being indicators including mental health and life satisfaction, cultural vitality preservation of traditional practices, and ecosystem health through constitutional environmental protection.
Sources: Centre for Bhutan Studies & GNH Research | Royal Government of Bhutan | UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
📚 Literature
"Doughnut Economics" by Kate Raworth (2017)
Raworth's framework for regenerative and distributive economics provides alternative measurements focused on human well-being within planetary boundaries, emphasizing cultural vitality and ecosystem health over GDP growth.
