From experience to principle to practice

People are, in general, quite adept at predicting the behavior of others in the immediate and the short-term. This is part of our heritage as extraordinarily social beings. People also, in general, try to avoid harming their neighbors, their friends, their families. At the personal level, the costs of harm are quite clear.

This Guide is about scaling this inborn insight to larger groups of people, across longer time-frames, and in compassion towards people who are not our immediate neighbors or acquaintances.

To do no harm requires a willingness to observe closely, to think, and to plan ahead. It also requires flexibility and adaptability in the face of constant change. It requires an ability to understand and participate in real, grounded relationships based in sympathy and fellow feeling. Finally, it requires accountability in ourselves toward our impact on the present and the future. To do no harm is to aim toward significant, positive, lasting change.

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