Conversations For Transformation: Essays Inspired By The Ideas Of Werner Erhard

Conversations For Transformation

Essays By Laurence Platt

Inspired By The Ideas Of Werner Erhard

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Nothing's Wrong Still

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March 8, 2023


"I have the space to have a personal relationship with everyone."
... 
"Putting Integrity Into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach."
... scholarly paper co-authored by    and Michael Jensen, Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Harvard Business School 
"Never be afraid of something that you can whistle."
... Burt Bacharach
This essay, Nothing's Wrong Still, is the sequel to The Land Of "Nothing's Wrong".

Werner Erhard's intentionally broad assertion "Nothing's wrong" could be contextualized in so many ways. Here in this essay, it's my intention to flesh out two of the pertinent ways "Nothing's wrong" pertains to these Conversations For Transformation essays (to any  conversations for transformation, actually).

When Werner originally touted "Nothing's wrong" like a possibility, it was not as a mistaken judgement of what's going on in the world. "Oh come on, there is  (something wrong)!" is the oft flustered, indignant challenge to "Nothing's wrong", followed by a finger-wagging list comprising hunger, climate change, plastics pollution, war, financial integrity (ie the lack thereof) etc etc ... you know, the usual gang of suspects of what's going on that is wrong in the world.

Even if Werner's "Nothing's wrong" were a mistaken judgement of what's going on that's wrong in the world, we all know well by now that we could make a difference, a big  difference in whatever's going on that we've deemed to be wrong. We could feed everyone (we now know we can, we just have to do it), we could fix climate change (we now know we can, we just have to do it), we could clean up plastics pollution (we now know we can, we just have to do it), we could end war (we now know we can, we just have to do it), we could instate financial integrity etc etc (we now know we can, we just have to do it).

First off, that's really only an interim possibility of "Nothing's wrong" (ie when it's deemed to be a mistaken judgement of what's going on that's wrong in the world). "Oh come on, there is  (something wrong)!" the skeptics say, rolling their eyes at this mistaken judgement that "Nothing's wrong!". But there's more.

Second off, it's that the ultimate possibility of "Nothing's wrong" is it's a place to stand, not a judgement (mistaken, or otherwise). It's a possibility to try on, a space to come from  (if you will), a context in which things are exactly the way they are and aren't the way they aren't. When things are exactly the way they are and aren't the way they aren't, they're perfect. It's in this  way that things are perfect, that "Nothing's wrong" (and stop lying about it). In this  way that things are perfect, "Nothing's wrong" encompasses ... well, everything  (look: everything is exactly the way it is, and it isn't the way it isn't, is it not?).

There's something profound that's revealed about both "Nothing's wrong" when it's deemed to be a mistaken judgement, as well as when it's encompassing everything - which is this: it's only when we stand in / come from "Nothing's wrong" like a space ie like a context which encompasses everything, that we're really empowered to make a difference in the areas where "Nothing's wrong" is deemed to be a mistaken judgement. Especially regarding "Nothing's wrong" encompassing everything, what's true is nothing was ever wrong in the world in the first place. What's true is nothing was wrong when Werner started this work in 1971, just as now in 2023 it's true that nothing's wrong still  (that's "Nothing's wrong" like a space ie like a context which encompasses everything).

Gee! I hope you get that: nothing's wrong, things are perfect. It's the truth, a truth that isn't temporary, doesn't belong to any one era, and is never out of fashion. When "Nothing's wrong" is a context, something profound and wonderful becomes possible (even if it's a mistaken judgement, it's a call to action).


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