| Foundations |
| Scarcity — Never Enough | Abundance — Enough |
| Survival mode | Thriving mode |
| Existence is a problem to be survived | Existence is a mystery to be experienced |
| Territory — mistaking the map for reality | Map — all models are maps, never the territory |
| Dogma — this is the Truth | Consciousness of Abstracting — it is all maps |
| Unconscious — unaware of one’s own framing | Consciousness — awake to how one is seeing |
| Self & Identity |
| Fixed identity — I am what I am | Fluid self — I am a process, not a thing |
| Shame — I am not enough | Self-worth — I am enough |
| Living at Effect — life happens to me | Source — I am responsible for my experience |
| Hope and Hopelessness — passive waiting | Radical Acceptance — meeting what is |
| Story, Narrative — imprisoned in the past | Experience — present and alive to what is happening |
| Depression — stuck, contracted | Excitement — open, energised |
| Not as good as it used to be — nostalgia as escape | What’s Next — oriented toward possibility |
| Relating to Others |
| Us vs. Them — tribal, exclusionary | We are all in this together — inclusive |
| Exclusion — only some belong | Inclusion — everyone has a place |
| Transactional — Win/Lose, Zero Sum | Collaborative — everyone can win |
| Judgment — ranking and condemning | Bearing Witness — seeing without verdict |
| Humor as an attack — weaponised wit | Shared Humor — laughter as connection |
| Envy — resentment of others’ success | Celebrating others’ wins — success is not finite |
| Hoarding knowledge — sharing feels like losing | Sharing freely — generosity creates reciprocity |
| Empathy suppressed — scarcity narrows compassion | Empathy expanded — abundance opens to others’ pain |
| Jealousy, paranoia in relationships | Trust and security in relationships |
| Thinking & Cognition |
| Tunnel vision — fixated on lack | Broad awareness — broaden-and-build (Fredrickson) |
| Short-term thinking — instant gratification | Long-term orientation — planting seeds |
| Analysis paralysis — fear of the wrong move | Decisive action — trust in course-correction |
| Argument, Right/Wrong, Make-Wrong | Possibility, ideas — nothing to prove |
| Explanations, Reasons, Proofs — defending position | Calm consideration — curious, not defensive |
| Closed — defended against new information | Open — welcoming the unexpected |
| There is an ‘answer’ to what is going on | Acceptance of not knowing |
| Frustration with ignorance | Compassion for ignorance |
| Fixed Mindset — intelligence is predetermined (Dweck) | Growth Mindset — intelligence can be developed (Dweck) |
| Resources & Economics |
| Everything has a cost — money as the measure of all things | There is Enough — value beyond the transactional |
| Evolution, Survival of the Fittest — competition is the law | Post-competition existence — cooperation unlocks more |
| That’s mine — hoarding and gatekeeping | Generosity — sharing expands the whole |
| Resources are finite, must be guarded | New value can always be created |
| Micromanagement — control what others do | Delegation and trust — empower others to act |
| Promotions are scarce, competition for recognition | Recognition is not a fixed pool — everyone can grow |
| Centralized architecture — meter out scarce resource | Decentralized network — abundance scales through nodes |
| Transaction costs hoarded inside the firm (Coase) | Agentic coordination — transaction costs fall to near zero |
| Society & Institutions |
| Nation State — guard borders, protect scarce resources | City-State / Network — self-sufficient communities |
| Authoritarianism — control in the face of disruption | Distributed governance — local self-determination |
| Regulation from fear — slow the change | Agile structures — adapt faster than the change |
| Jobs and credentials — the social contract as ladder | Purpose and entrepreneurship — build around what you love |
| Education as certification — pass the test | Education as curiosity — AI as the infinitely patient teacher |
| Social unrest — the dangerous interim | Transition management — bridge to the abundant future |
| Technology & the Exponential Age |
| Technology is happening TO me — victim | Technology is happening FOR me — opportunity |
| Decelerationist — stop the change | Accelerationist — lean into the change |
| Consumer — passive recipient of AI output | Creator — using AI to build, make, express |
| Fear of AI — dystopian narrative (Terminator, Ex Machina) | Positive Vision — Star Trek, abundance through technology |
| Intelligence has infinite cost | Intelligence approaching zero marginal cost |
| AI replaces humans — zero-sum displacement | AI amplifies humans — new domains of value open up |
| Tunnel vision on job loss | Qualia, experience, presence as durable human value |
| Dinosaur — too slow to adapt to the asteroid | Mammal — agile, curious, survives through adaptability |
| Strategy horizon: 12 months, if that | Mindset horizon: navigate two to six years, accept unknowing beyond |
| Consciousness & Being |
| Fear, Anxiety — contracted | Joy, Love — open |
| Distracted, elsewhere — never here | Presence, Being Present — fully here |
| Doing and Having — worth through output | Being — worth without doing |
| Gods and Religion, Shoulds, Sin — external authority | Responsibility — I am the source of my choices |
| Clutter, Hoarding — fill the emptiness | Emptiness, Nothing — spaciousness as resource |
| Pessimism — the worst is most likely | Optimism — the best is possible |
| Reason Why Not — pre-emptive defeat | Why not? — default to possibility |
| Consciousness as problem — who am I, and is that safe? | Consciousness as mystery — the question itself is the gift |