The Future is Unclear. Adapt accordingly.

It’s easy for governments to ignore issues surrounding creativity and the mounting significance that heart-felt individual action takes in terms of our socio-economic future together.  Outside-the-box, creative, or values-based thinking is readily discouraged even though it is essential for dealing with areas that remain unclear and in the realms of probability, such as our future. 

True, there`s some interest in better ways of getting things done. Governments will continue to ask people to pitch in, and 'submit your ideas'.  Perhaps government employees see themselves as encouraging participation, of switching to a more `participative' style of government.  However participation is directed rather than facilitated.  

The familiar authoritarian style is also perpetuated by this wonderful capacity governments have of setting the questions ahead of time.  Allowing participants to define the terms of a discussion is not an option.  Every question,  every review, every national commission, is phrased into existence based on the solidified and dogmatic assumption that our representatives are there to lead the way to fulfilling needs in each and every situation.  

Nothing can change when government representatives define the terms for a discussion of our great rethinking and our great reworking.  Because of how things are set up for us we can confine ourselves to giving input and contributing in ways that won`t work.