<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob Reuschlein</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bobreuschlein@gmail.com">bobreuschlein@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 6:16 PM<br>Subject: Macro vs Micro Analysis<br>To: <br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Link to send to others
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://bobreuschlein.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/macro-vs-micro-analysis/" target="_blank">https://bobreuschlein.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/macro-vs-micro-analysis/</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%">Macro vs Micro Analysis</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">by
Dr. Bob Reuschlein</span><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">OVERVIEW</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">The inability of the human mind to comprehend worlds greater
than that which one is working on is why the micro world catches our attention
so much easier than the macro world. We
have the expression “they can’t see the forest for the trees.” That means that the details often obscure the
big picture. We have trouble getting out
of our own way to see the bigger picture.
When a person has lots of training in a wide variety of key fields, then
it is more possible to see the bigger picture, the macro picture. We describe people like this as people who
have “vision.” Vision is often just the
ability to see a bigger picture that explains otherwise hard to understand
concepts and ideas.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">BARRIERS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">Sometimes too much training can keep someone from seeing the new
realities and can even narrow one’s thinking to not recognize the broader
concepts. Even when one does see a new
concept from a broader point of view, it is easier to dismiss the new concept
because it lies outside the normal framework of reference. Summarizing a broader point of view comes
easily to some people and is scoffed at by other people. Even when presented with evidence, some people
are reluctant to recognize new truths and resort to labeling and dismissing
those who are bringing forth the new truths.
Others are naturally curious and will try to understand the new truths
and see if they apply in new circumstances or not. They are willing to give the new ideas enough
credence to put them to the test. But
all too often, people fall back into familiar patterns and forget or dismiss
new truths. This is very easy to do if
you have a silo vision of the world, not so easy to do if you are constantly
experimenting and learning new ways of understanding the world.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">REFLECTIONS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">I have often employed the technique of looking for the common
link between two things that otherwise appear to be contradictory. Maybe there is a grey area between what
appears to be black or white. I let the
thought stick in my mind that way until I run across something new that sheds
light on the situation of the “apparent contradiction.” That can then become my “aha” moment of
enlightenment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">We know from Planck’s Law in physics that sometimes you can get
the position of a particle but not the speed. There is a tradeoff in measuring such
things. This reminds me of a tradeoff I
once discovered in an encounter group. At
the end of the encounter group, each of us was asked to estimate who in the
group grew the most and who in the group contributed the most. When I averaged the results, I learned an
astonishing thing. Those that were
perceived as contributing the most to the group had the least clear vision
about who contributed the most or grew the most. Those that contributed the least had the
clearest vision about who contributed the most or grew the most. So the silent ones had the best idea of who
contributed the most or grew the most. The
lesson I learned is that involvement distorts your perspective, while
detachment clarifies your perspective. That
is the value of meditation, prayer, and other techniques that give you the
necessary detachment to see clearly new frameworks. That is perhaps the reason the “leaders” of
the peace and justice studies organization take it upon themselves to attack me
for trying to teach them new ways of thinking.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">In my work
macro trumps micro the following ways:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Micro
looks at military spending as merely the spending of money.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Macro
looks at military spending as lost economic growth potential and lost capital
investment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Micro
looks at crime as a function of individual decisions and can’t explain the
nineties crime drop.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Macro
looks at crime and sees the direct relationship with military spending changes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Micro
sees the society fraying in the inevitable decline of an empire.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Macro
sees the society shaped by the size of the military and sees growth potential
from reduced military eventually reversing all negative trends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Micro
sees the greenhouse effect as the only significant global warming changer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Macro
sees the evaporation effect separating land from ocean creating a 54 year cycle.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Micro
can’t explain the 15 year stall in global warming.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Macro
sees the land ocean temperature gap stalling global warming for the 27 year
half cycle from <a href="tel:1998" value="+661998" target="_blank">1998</a> to 2025.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Micro
sees conflict resolution.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Macro
sees empire reduction.<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">For an academic class on the way out of micro into the new world
of macro:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Cover
Letter, Proof of Concept, Nine Areas of Mastery, Creating Model, 31 Class
Sessions: <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/11786950/FRAMEWORK_For_Academic_Class_six_pages" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/11786950/FRAMEWORK_For_Academic_Class_six_pages</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dr. Peace, Dr. Bob Reuschlein,
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