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Find the Right Scale for Action In order forthe problems we outline here to be solved, we needto develop a clear understanding of the correct leveland scale at which the solutions need to be applied.The program for action, the levels at which to enactthem and forces required to perpetuate them, needsto be found in the failures of the past as well as thesuccesses at all levels.Paralysis by Analysis The difficulties imposedby complexity, the lack of perfect understanding,and a method of dealing with these problemsthrough denial, make finding solutions moredifficult. The paralysis is also made worse by asystem of progress based on the need for those thatperceive the potential negative effects to providesufficient evidence commiserate with the systemsbeing questioned. In the case of the globaleconomic system, this imposes a difficult problem,since the scales which perpetuate it areunimaginably large.Disconnection from Nature We currently focusprimarily on the level of our own lives rather thanthat of seven generations or the continual evolutionof nature. Our connection with nature and timeneeds to be re-established.In practice we can see the se difficulties. If we look back at cigarettes, CFC usage andlead in gasoline we find these principles at play. In each case the horrific delay indealing with the deadly affects of these products can be attributed to some, if not all,of these difficulties. These products were not initially understood as their impacttook some time to take effect. The massive scale of the economic system thatdepended on these products made their removal a costly prospect. Eventually as theconnections to problems were made, denial set in. Driven by a need for continuedprofits questions of ethics are thrown out the window. Even as the deadly effectsare proven and bans on the products take effect in the first word, the third world isstill being sold these killers. The me dia was limited in effectiveness at59