Comments on: Organized Chaos http://www.rogerhansen.org/2010/02/organized-chaos/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:13:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Roger http://www.rogerhansen.org/2010/02/organized-chaos/#comment-9317 Roger Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:09:11 +0000 http://www.rogerhansen.org/?p=728#comment-9317 On a recent trip to Colombia (South America), I spent several days in the company of Paolo Lugari, legendary inspiration behind the successful eco-development at Gaviotas. Among other things, Paolo is an impassioned crusader against centralized planning, a bit of an anarchist. He emphasized that he felt that the moment that Gaviotas needed a Master Plan was the moment the community would die. One visitor to Colombia stated: "It became clear to us that most of the successes at Gaviotas were not a result of brilliant planning but of a trial and error process, replete with wrong turns and detours." Paolo emphasized that everyone is different. (One size doesn't fit all.) This philosophy resulted in Gaviotas having few laws; but it did have laws against violence. On a recent trip to Colombia (South America), I spent several days in the company of Paolo Lugari, legendary inspiration behind the successful eco-development at Gaviotas. Among other things, Paolo is an impassioned crusader against centralized planning, a bit of an anarchist.

He emphasized that he felt that the moment that Gaviotas needed a Master Plan was the moment the community would die. One visitor to Colombia stated: “It became clear to us that most of the successes at Gaviotas were not a result of brilliant planning but of a trial and error process, replete with wrong turns and detours.”

Paolo emphasized that everyone is different. (One size doesn’t fit all.) This philosophy resulted in Gaviotas having few laws; but it did have laws against violence.

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