Comparing & Criticizing Approaches

Each approach appears to have links with a particular type (Level) of experience in the THEE framework of experience.

In other words, it is not possible to «see» without imagination; welcoming diversity requires identifying with what is alien; cooperating in a community needs intuition to handle people; markets require brands and businessmen must maintain their image; believing requires ideas to believe in; power-centredness thrives on sensations and excitement; families rejoice in being drenched with emotion. See more here.

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L	Mentality in Interactions	Process & Benefit	Inclusion & Exclusion	Natural Social Role	Group & Binding Force	Time Orientation	Link to PH4 Experience
7	Reality -centred	Seeing & Unifying essences	Inclusionism & exclusionism as required.	Advisor	Fluid association bound by freedom & responsibility	Inter-relation of past, present and future	Imagination (L7)
6	Perspective-centred	Learning & Welcoming diversity	Maximal inclusionism e.g. pluralism	Thinker	Constructed group bound by the will to coexist	Multiple timescales	Identification (L6)
5	Kinship -centred	Belonging & Ensuring security	Maximal exclusionism e.g. ghettos	Relative	Clan bound by blood ties	Past	Emotion (L3)
4	Community -centred	Cooperating & Progressing socially	Moderate inclusionism e.g. membership	Participant	Community bound by consensus on common values	Present, near future, and selections from the past	Intuition (L5)
3	Cause -centred	Believing & Finding meaning	Mild exclusionism e.g. factions	Adherent	Sect bound by obedience & loyalty	Indefinite future	Idea (L4)
2	Power -centred	Controlling & Dominating	Moderate exclusionism e.g. class	Chief	Clique, gang, cabal bound by pecking order	Present that is emerging from past trends	Sensation (L1)
1	Market -centred	Competing & Making money	Mild inclusionism e.g. networks	Entrepreneur	Partnership bound by gain for all involved	Definite future, but not too far away	Image (L2)

It is likely that you were uncomfortable with, or disapproving of, some of the approaches—but, as you must have noticed, none escape censure. We should be aware of the variety of potential negatives: both as affirmers and recipients of such views.

Negative Reactions Table

L	Type of Mentality for Interactions	Process & Benefit	Dangers, Criticisms and Negative Reactions by Non-adherents
7	Reality-centred	Seeing & Unifying essences	Irrational even mad; cruel and unfeeling; disruptive to individuals and harmful to society; views are impossible to accept because untestable, too mystical or black-box.
6	Perspective-centred	Learning & Welcoming diversity	Too intellectual; too academic; over-complicating; too disconnected; fosters detachment; lack of commitment; permits passivity; bites the hand that feeds.
5	Kinship-centred	Belonging & Ensuring security	Too claustrophobic; too inward-looking; crushes individuality; too limiting; too tradition-bound; too emotional; too paranoid; anti-social; fosters nepotism; breeds racism.
4	Community-centred	Cooperating & Progressing socially	Too intrusive; too «do-gooding»; generates dependency; accepts mediocrity; denies deep differences amongst people or cannot accommodate; impractical; leads to burnout.
3	Cause-centred	Believing & Finding meaning	Too idealistic; too rule-bound; utopian; too demanding; fosters thought-control; too blinkered; too intolerant; leads to extremism, fundamentalism &/or fanaticism.
2	Power-centred	Controlling & Dominating	Amoral; immoral; escalates violence; promotes corruption; anti-social; dishonest; foolish; stupid; self-destructive; harmful; lacking in self-control.
1	Market-centred	Competing & Making money	Too materialistic; too limited; too insensitive; unprincipled; ignores the human element; poor ethical standards; leads to inequalities; accepts the status quo even if harmful to many.

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• See the FAQ's showing common objections.
• Work out “What Words Mean …” when interpreted from within the various mentalities.
• See some easy, useful applications of this framework.

Originally posted: July 2009. Amended: 29-Aug-2016.