February 21, 2022

Certainly Uncertain

Certainly Uncertain

Pain is the mother of change, but dreams are its father. – Anon

This is a story of:
“Evolution, disruption, certainty, uncertainty” – the shifting normal;
“WON**” -- the Whole of Nation Approach, envisioning the wealth of a Prosperous Nation;
“POP**” – Productivity of People Movement, the flagship of WON; seeing ‘Ph the Prosperous’.
It is a true story; it is true when we do it; it’s the best way to deal with Uncertainty.

Evolution-disruption-certainty-uncertainty – the shifting normal?

Mother Earth is normally abundant, with resources normally sufficient to support human life; it is the way we treat/mistreat, use/misuse it, the way we view and manage this normalcy that produces a new normal, and another, and another. These shifts in nature and people normally happen very slowly over long extended periods of time -- that’s evolution. But then something happens out of the blue (or so we think) that disrupts this normal pace – that’s disruption:

  • a giant asteroid colliding with earth;
  • the ice age that rendered several species like the dinosaurs extinct;
  • tribal, regional, and world wars;
  • the black plague; the flu pandemic;
  • World War I and II; the atom bomb;
    and now, for us baby boomers, and cascading into the millennials, after 75 post-war years of a placid normal, followed by frenzied, prosperous run-ups to globalization, Covid-19 brings us to a new normal; to new directions that are at best, uncertain and extremely difficult to forecast, and at worst, apocalyptic.

There will be many economic, financial, and social analysts that can plot new settings for the new normal; what is difficult or maybe impossible to predict and program is uncertainty, the uncertainty of two kinds:

First, longevity. How long will Covid-19 last? Will it go to 20, 21, 22, or stay at 19? Will we outlive it or will it outlast us? Who will outlive whom? Are seniors to be protected and excluded from the fray or will it be some seniors who will surface to ride the tail of the tiger?

Second, cyclical -- the cycle for a new normal to shift from one to another; already, we have tested and breached the normal time cycle of the legislative process to a record 48 hours; already, it has breached new levels of fund appropriation, raising allocations with unprecedented size and speed. But the next challenge is to make such record-breaking milestones, year-to-year rather than one time, continuing and consistent rather than case-to-case, proactive rather than reactive, a normal, not an emergency measure.

In the light of these two uncertainties alone, and there are and will be more, what better choices do we have but to find and wrestle with fresh and greater challenges, even at the risk of creating new uncertainties; this is the risk we take, and the price we pay to PREVAIL and not PERISH.

THE WHOLE OF NATION APPROACH

Envisioning the wealth of a Prosperous Nation, wealth hidden in plain sight.

“The moon is always full - it is our view of it that is half,
or full, or a quarter, or a crescent, or blue, or red;
the light of the stars never dims, they are just covered
by clouds or our dimming perspectives” -- Anon

“WON Approach**” is the Nation supporting govt; it is govt supporting the Nation; it is Nation, Govt, People working together in one direction; “POP Movement” is the flagship of “WON”.

“WON with POP” is an Insight and a challenge; it stands or falls with our View; it is full or empty, bright or dim, as our perspective; our message is hidden or revealed, our Prosperity suppressed or released, as we see ourselves in the Insight, working together on the Challenge.

Vaccines trigger antibodies for personal or herd immunity; “POP” is a community antibody like no other; we take it unto ourselves to fight the Infection of Poverty, which is nothing but our cloaked, deferred Prosperity.

POP, THE FLAGSHIP 0F WON

Seeing Ph, the prosperous

“POP” is the flagship of “WON” – the Whole of Nation Approach, the approach to accomplish our National Priorities:
(1) Peace, harmony, reconciliation;
(2) Tax, financial, socio-economic, government reforms;
(3) National productivity and prosperity; and
(4) Eradicate Criminality, Corruption, Insurgency, Poverty.
See more in the attached. **

PH THE PROSPEROUS

The Ph community is an old adolescent -- fragile, malleable, teachable, discovering new paths to growth, maturity, resiliency, and prosperity, its God-given strengths and ebullience unseen by the naked eye, unaided by insights; it has been the envy of Oligarchies, domestic and foreign, corporate and individual, who can discern the rich, poor man of Asia, and know better.

The Ph nation is a conundrum; it is branded one of the least developed, ranking high in global poverty ratings; yet it is potentially the most productive; it had the highest GDP growth rate in ASEAN until the Pandemic disrupted the economic settings.
More on page 7, of the attached PRODUCTIVITY Com**

“WON and POP”. Ph, a rich nation with wealth unseen, suppressed, and deferred until now -- we say “WON” and “POP” will start to uncover this wealth, starting now.

Bob Calida 1/15/22
Attached: a/s: **PRODUCTIVITY Com Productivity
**WON Approach Synopsis