The Predominant Paradigms in the Way of a Participatory Future

Starts at Meadows’s deepest leverage point and names four myths that keep people deferring rather than co-authoring: the consumer mindset, the “brilliant man” theory of progress, the technocratic worldview and meritocracy. Each trains a disposition — react, admire, defer, blame yourself — and together they make a culture of control feel like common sense. A clear worked example of paradigms as the substrate beneath participation, from a practitioner rather than a theorist.

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Also see Leverage points, Worldview, Systems Justification.