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Persistent Systems Theory

From Stephen Le’s Adaptive Persistence documents · reconstructed by AI

Published 26 October 2026
Release 2026-10-26.1

Question 3 of 6 · Pulling apart

Where do needs pull two ways?

Two needs that both serve one objective, and positions that rule each other out.

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How to read it. Read from right to left: each position is held to meet a need, and both needs serve the objective on the left.

Shared objectiveNeedPositionConflict

Conflict 1 of 1

Open up, or keep your guard?

Real cooperation needs people to say what gets in the way; a competitive field punishes anyone who shows weakness. The summary proposes ways to soften the choice rather than settle it.

Draws on Stephen Le (document).

SHARED OBJECTIVEIt cooperates well enough tocompete.From Stephen LeNEEDMembers need to say whatreally gets in the way.From Stephen LeNEEDMembers need to protect theirstanding.From Stephen LePOSITIONBe open and vulnerable.From Stephen LePOSITIONKeep your guard up.From Stephen Le1

Assumptions under the arrows

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    Any expression of need will be read as weakness, whatever words it is put in.

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In the Logical Thinking Process this view is a conflict cloud, also called an evaporating cloud. How a commons works →