My goal is to keep this as simple as possible--to find the lowest common denominator,
as much as is possible at this moment, in all that we see and experience around us. If we
can identify a major dynamic weaving its way through the universe, then we have made
a start towards demystification of the universe. We will have to use words in our
discussion of course but let's keep in mind that words are usually very inadequate in
explaining the true picture of anything, even when we adroitly string a bunch of them
together. Mathematics might be the best way to describe reality but then who would
understand it? Not me. So let's do the best we can with words. And let's keep a healthy
dose of common sense on hand.
For an example of confusion emanating from the use of words all we have to do is look
at the electromagnetic spectrum, which is composed of different energy levels of
electromagnetic radiation (EMR). EMR is waves of energy that are produced by
oscillating or vibrating charged particles such as protons and electrons, but most of EMR
is produced by the actions of electrons. On the 'least-energy' end, we have radio waves
with which we are familiar. Then we have microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet
light, X-rays, and then gamma rays. Gamma rays and X-rays are particularly destructive
to life's processes. So though all of this energy is of the same kind, it is the differing
levels that make it benign or dangerous--to us anyway. As you can see, in the everyday
vernacular, one part of EMR is called light, another part is called waves such as
microwaves, and still other parts of the spectrum are referred to as rays such as gamma
rays. If it were a numbering system, I think we would understand it much better. So let's
keep in mind the pitfalls of using words. Often they confuse rather than elucidate.
There is a force in the modern world which drives us to mostly ignore the similarities
among people and emphasize the differences. This force discourages us from seeing the
dynamics in the environment, and therefore we have become adept at concentrating our
consciousness on surface dissimilarities. The concept of cause and effect has practically
become archaic in daily life, its practice now residing mostly in the halls of science. This
situation signifies that we are firmly within the grasp of the dominant energy field
and are exerting little autonomy of thought. But the prevailing energy field does not
want us to see dynamics or cause and effect because that could weaken its grip on
power and control.
The first thing we need to do is go back and start from the beginning. I do not mean we
have to re-learn everything. Actually all we have to do is look at the same material from
a different angle. Much of our confusion and fuzzy thinking comes from the potpourri
of what we have been taught, one theory developing from an-inadequate-other. The
complexity we see about us is an unintended ruse, but a ruse nevertheless. It is like the
weather; the weather looks terribly complex and it is, but at its base it is a manifestation
of a simple dynamic, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. The 2nd Law, which we will look at in
more detail shortly, says that energy spreads out or disperses. That is what weather is--an
attempt to disperse the energy and balance the atmosphere.
Some have bemoaned the lack of interest in science among the populace today,
especially among the young. But I believe that is partly a result of a lack of true
democracy throughout the society combined with an abundance of hierarchal structures.
Science is discovery and discovery requires a lack of boundaries. It also requires the
freedom to fail and the freedom from hierarchal dictates. Presently, powerful political
forces deeply influence subconsciously how human beings approach the challenges of
everyday life. These forces promote homogeneity within their domain, not diversity. A
'force' may say it favors diversity but what it really means is that it wants all the diverse
groups under its domain behaving basically the same. Therefore change usually comes
from the periphery. It has to because the pressures within stifle creativity. It is the same
almost everywhere we look.
Let's don't recoil at the challenge of these age-old questions. Often we are more
intimidated by expectations of difficulty than we are by the challenge itself. Just because
we have been 'taught' or led to believe that certain answers are out of reach does not
mean that they actually are. One reason it might seem so is because we live in a
hierarchal system that directs inquiry to its needs and away from a natural open
curiosity. We think we have free will but that is a misnomer. We have free will within
the parameters set for us by forces beyond our control.
The word science instantly makes many people cringe. They relate it to laboratories and
physics and chemical equations and all of that. But science is really about knowledge,
and learning is a whole lot more fun, and easier too, if you can identify a dynamic weaving
itself through the field of study, a dynamic that everything else is built around. As I said,
complexity is a ruse. Let's not get sidetracked by it. Early modern humans focused on
the simple in the environment with an eye towards cause and effect and their
accomplishments were prodigious.
We like to think of our behavior as obeying one set of principles and the physical world
another, but I think you will see that human behavior and the development of human
civilization are following the physical laws of the universe precisely. If we are to truly
understand ourselves, we will have to put ourselves back into the natural world, which
is where we were for over 100,000 years until agriculture came along and upset the
apple cart. The development of agriculture provided an opening for a small percentage
of human beings to grab control of human society and orchestrate a new reality built
literally on man-made principles, largely replacing the reality built on close relationships
between nature and people. One was real, the other was 'manufactured'. One reality
responded to the needs of all; the other responded to the needs of the 'orchestrators' who
were almost always males.
Human society and civilization actually mimic the structure and behavior of the
hydrogen atom with its one proton and one electron. If we understand what is going on
inside the simple hydrogen atom, we will understand human civilization and its
development. Sound preposterous? Not when we firmly grasp that the dynamic
operates within the hydrogen atom with the lone electron and carries all the way
through to us, modern humans. Complexity emanates from simplicity. Identify
the simple foundation and the rest starts to fall into place.
Sometimes we just cannot see the very simple, the wheel being a prime example.
Remarkably, it was not invented until about 5,000 years ago though millions of very
smart people had come and gone over the previous 100,000 years and more, lugging
possessions over millions of miles. But there is a simple explanation for that also. The
predominant energy field, in this case a mode of thinking, is extremely powerful in its
ability to 'homogenize' its environment. So just because we have not been able to
construct a very simple and valuable model of human culture and its beginnings does
not mean that it is not staring us right in the face.
The universe is energy. Energy is not only IN everything--it IS everything. It is like a
concrete wall; the concrete is the wall and it is in every cubic centimeter of the wall. But
we still have no clear definition of energy, which shows just how much we really know.
We do however have Einstein's formula of E = mc², the most recognized equation-
formula in the world. It is Einstein's masterpiece, or I should say one of them. Energy
equals mass times the speed of light squared. Simple, direct, practical, beautiful. As
Leonardo da Vinci said, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
We may not be able to define energy adequately but we know that there are different
forms of it. The energy of a hurricane is different from the energy of the sun on a hot
summer day. The energy of a mother towards a newborn child is different from the
energy of a soldier going into battle. It is no different in the hydrogen atom; proton
energy is very different from electron energy. The atom is a marriage between these two
energies; most structures in the universe appear to follow this basic model. The proton
is male energy--the electron is female energy. Male energy seems to be more aggressive by
nature and expansive by force, while female energy is more creative, formative, and
productive, and generally more expansive through connections.
Obviously these two energies are manifested in the human race though the lines are
blurred when we talk about the characteristics of each. Like the atom, the energies get
intertwined within each person. But still, at the foundation, females can create new life
and males cannot. In many life forms, males are used almost exclusively as sperm
donors in order to diversify the genome and make it more adaptable to the environment.
Males have carved out a more prominent role for themselves in the human species.
It is no accident that men usually start and participate in wars while women are more
likely to try to prevent them. And notice what is at work underneath--females are
providing the human ammunition through the creative-formative process and males are
usually the ones who are accreting this energy to be used in war. It is the story of the
universe and the nature of the two energies. One is creative-formative-productive
energy--the other takes that energy and uses it for its own ends, often to enlarge its
domain. What we see on the world stage is extreme male energy. It grabs the headlines
and everything else that it can. It is a powerful 'pulling-inward' force, like the nucleus
of the atom, and extremely difficult to bring under control. You will note that when one
'extreme-male-country' overreaches and loses its place on the stage, another one quickly
replaces it.
We are going to continually see that violence usually emanates from the 'male nucleus'
or near the nucleus whether it be cosmic rays which are mostly protons, gamma rays
which result from electromagnetic disturbances within the nucleus, or X-rays which
originate from electrons close to the nucleus. Gamma rays and X-rays are generally
produced around violent events such as supernovae. Also, large amounts of antimatter
in the form of positrons (they destroy electrons) have been found in the vicinity of black
holes and around binary stars where a dying star is accreting from the other. The
accreting entity appears to hold the most potential for violence, probably a result of its
inability to create. Creation is one end of the spectrum; destruction is its antithesis.
We see the same within human society--males are more violent than females and wars
are almost invariably male-dominated events from start to finish. So violence is found
around the male nucleus anywhere in the universe. The black hole at the center of a
galaxy is the most vivid example as it 'sucks in' vast quantities of matter and energy.
Electrons on the other hand make just about everything on earth work--technology,
photosynthesis, molecule formation, including DNA and water, just to name a few.
Electrons are the workhorses. They appear to be the transformative agent, certainly on
earth.
Einstein's formula obviated the need for incessantly difficult calculations and presented
the basics of the universe in a new light. Energy and mass were two sides of the same
coin; the only difference was the form. Can we find a formula that describes the
development of human civilization? I think we can and I think you will find it to be very
simple just as Einstein's formula is simple.
The electron in the hydrogen atom is where it all begins in our study. That means our
story starts about 380,000 years after the Big Bang, when the universe had cooled
sufficiently for protons to capture electrons. Using the word capture to explain the bond
rather than attraction is purposeful on my part and inserts a dynamic into our
discussion. The two forms of energy, though attracted because of their opposite charges,
may actually be adversarial and complementary at the same time, the derivation of the
yin and yang of the universe.
In an atom, the number of positive protons equals the number of negative electrons. But
still things are not 'in balance' except in a very few atoms called the noble gases. That
happens because their outer electron energy levels are filled with the 'right' number of
electrons. The energy level closest to the nucleus wants 2 electrons, the next wants 8, the
next 8, the following 18, then 32, and so on. The atom is not going to be happy until the outer
energy level is full. If it is not full, the electrons in the outer energy level are called
valence electrons. Since the hydrogen atom and all other atoms are probably a manifestation
of the yin and yang and thus have opposite energies and perhaps opposite 'intentions', is it
the electrons that want more electrons in the outer energy level or is it the nucleus or both?
Which part is more concerned about the imbalance? I would say it is probably the electrons.
You will see why I say so as we go forward.
No matter which part wants these additional electrons, the easiest way to get them is for
atoms to share electrons in their valence energy levels, and they do this by bonding in
electron pairs. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons. If two of its 6 electrons can each bond
covalently with the electron of a hydrogen atom, forming a molecule of water or H2O,
then all 3 atoms will be satisfied with the electron configuration in the outer energy
level. One hydrogen atom will have 2 electrons, the other hydrogen atom the same, and
oxygen will then have 8 electrons in its outer level. So a valence electron and its
desire for bonding with another electron are at the base of what drives the production of
a more complex structure. The change agent resides on the periphery. It is
creative-formative-productive energy.
Human beings as a group do not act exactly like the atom but the model is precisely the
same. We are just bigger and slower than atoms though the forces are identical.
Throughout the universe it appears to be the same two forces--one pulling fiercely
inward, the other creating, forming, and producing, mostly from the periphery. It is
inward-pulling energy versus outward-producing energy. There has to be a balance
between these two pressures or collapse is the result, as happens with a dying star that
has used up all of its fuel. The lack of fuel means the cessation of outward pressure.
In human society and civilization, we are going to find the exact same two forces. As a
matter of fact, that is the story of human civilization since the development of
agriculture--the struggle between the 'pulling-inward' force that I call the SN or
structural-nucleus and the creative-formative-productive force of the 'human valence
electrons', the IMPACTS. The IMPACTS are the fuel that has to continually burn or else the
society collapses. Dark ages are times when the IMPACTS' energies have been destroyed,
muzzled, or dissipated. We will explore the topic in depth in the history section.
Quantum mechanics, or quantum physics if you prefer, is the physics of the atom. Mostly
however it is about the valence electron(s) and photons, which can be thought of as
packets of electromagnetic energy. Electrons can move from one energy level to another if
they receive the 'correct' amount of energy. Quantum mechanics is essentially the study of
the confinement--the capture if you will--of the electrons by the nucleus. Civilization is
the same. It is portrayed as a battle between and among 'nuclei' (SNs), but the real story
is in the dynamics between the SN and the captured IMPACTS within a particular country or
empire or group.
I suspect that the musings of post-agricultural philosophers are very different from
those of pre-agricultural philosophers. For one thing philosophy before agrarianism
included everything under the sun--science, medicine, metaphysics, astronomy, the
entire universe. Early humans were not 'captured' by an SN; the SN did not develop
until after agriculture. They were not confined. There was no ceiling limiting discovery.
The 'sky' was the limit. As SN dominance spread, boundaries and barriers appeared in
mass.
The SN-dominated world has essentially chopped everything into little pieces. Again,
this is part of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, a dispersal of concentrated energy. That
is what a hierarchal structure does--it reorients the existing dynamics left over from the
creative-formative time.
So now philosophers talk only about philosophy, or do they? I suspect, since most
philosophers are IMPACTS, what they are really pondering is their state of 'capture'.
What we will continue to see is an accretion aspect throughout the universe just as we
see in the atom. The nucleus 'captures' electron energy which becomes its source of
energy for growth and sustenance of the developing structure as valence electrons bond
with other electron energy. We are going to see this accretion aspect ubiquitously in
human civilization. One force is creating, forming, and producing--doing the hands-on
work--and the other is taking control of the results. You see it in personal relationships,
in business, in politics at every level, between and among countries--everywhere.
Slavery and colonialism were forms of accretion but today people and countries find
more 'civilized' ways of extracting the energy they want and need. But that does not
mean that exploitation is less pervasive. Actually it is probably more so. Now it is
hidden behind the 'social contract' between the SN and the rest of society or humanity--
"Accept your position and follow the rules. We will all play the game as if the rules are
fair for everyone even though we know they are not." The SN enforces the rules in
addition to making them. The story of civilization since agriculture is how to 'civilize'
and rein in the SN. Today's world of unending warfare demonstrates how difficult the
task continues to be.
Now to the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Frank L. Lambert, Professor Emeritus, Occidental
College, Los Angeles, CA, states it well: "Energy spontaneously disperses from being
localized to becoming spread out if it is not hindered from doing so." He phrases it another
way as well: "Energy spontaneously tends to flow only from being concentrated in one place to
becoming diffused or dispersed or spread out." Entropy is the measure of this dispersal of energy.
Examples of the 2nd Law are: Pressurized air escaping from a leaking tire; heat from a hot iron
spreading across the room; the dissipation of a loud noise from an explosion. Energy wants to
disperse from concentrated to diffused. Luckily for us, chemical bonds formed by valence
electrons keep energy from dispersing all around us and within us; these bonds keep the world
and us 'held together'.
We are going to see the same thing in human civilization. Humanity appears to have a
tendency to drift apart just as energy does everywhere in the universe. But there is a
concentrated energy that tries to hold it together, and that is the energy of the IMPACTS.
The SN represents the forces obeying the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics; the IMPACTS
form the 'chemical bonds' holding it together. They are the valence electrons as we will
see throughout.
Activation energy is the energy required to break chemical bonds and release energy. As
Frank Lambert says: "Activation energies protect substances from change." The bonds of
the IMPACTS in society must be flexible enough to permit positive change and strong
enough to prevent negative change. That is a very tall order.
A proton has 1836 times more mass than does an electron but it is very small in relation
to the whole hydrogen atom. Most of the atom is believed to be empty space with the
electron far out on the periphery. If the period at the end of this sentence was the size of
the nucleus of the hydrogen atom, the electron ‘cloud’ would extend out about 50 yards.
We generally refer to protons and electrons as if they are particles of energy but they are
really a wave-particle duality. That sounds confusing to us only because of the
inadequacy of our measuring instrument--our brain. String theory has recently come on
the scene. It suggests that matter is made up of vibrating strings that exist in perhaps
eleven different dimensions compared to the three dimensions with which we are
currently familiar. Most important to our discussion are the two different energies.
We have been taught that the proton and electron are attracted to each other because of
opposite charges, but Einstein's general theory of relativity may have something to do
with it also. Part of the theory states that mass or energy bends and distorts space-time
around it, depending of course on the 'massiveness' of the mass or energy. So it would make
sense that the massive proton or nucleus could influence its surrounding space-time,
in effect capturing electrons beyond the positive-negative attraction.
Here are some important elements of the atomic model to keep in mind as we explore
further:
1. Proton energy and electron energy are very different in nature and behavior
* proton energy is heavy 'pull-everything-inward' energy
* electron energy is light, mobile, connecting, and creative-formative-productive.
2. Electrons seem to prefer to be paired. If they are not, then they are out of balance and
hence the whole structure (atom) is out of balance.
3. The peripheral valence electrons have more energy than do the close-in electrons
because they are further from the nucleus. Hence they can 'slip away' and connect with
other electron energy, thereby changing the structure of the atom--forming molecules.
We can tell a lot about energy by where it is located in the structure. This statement will
hold true not only in the atom but in human structures as well. Because it is creative-
formative-productive energy, we will find IMPACTS energy around 'beginnings' such
as the formation of a molecule, births, entrepreneurialism, immigration, inventions,
artistry, discovery, writing, social movements, and more. IMPACTS energy ‘brings into
being’.
As we will see, creative-formative-production generally takes place in a somewhat
loosely-defined circular environment such as exists with the electron. But when the
development reaches a certain point, a nucleated-hierarchal-entity emerges and takes
control of the structure and the creative-formative-productive energy. Or we could say
the nucleus of the structure accretes it. We see it in businesses and organizations that
usually start with a small circle of boundless and 'boundary-less' energy. Sometimes the
male part of a family does actually capture the female part. This practice still occurs
frequently in many parts of the world and has been prevalent throughout recorded
history. The capture, or accretion if you prefer, of creative-formative-productive energy
is a recurring theme in the natural and human worlds.
The IMPACTS
The valence electron energy level continues to be the template for understanding
IMPACTS energy and therefore IMPACTS people. The valence electron is no different
physically from the inner electron; it just has more energy because it is further away
from the nucleus. It is also in an energy level that is not filled with the required number
of electrons, and is therefore 'motivated' to correct the imbalance. How the Valence Electron Compares to IMPACTS
1. The intent is to connect with other electron energy which will re-establish balance.
Using words to try to explain the actions of the valence electron, we could say that the
valence electron is searching for opportunities that will improve the situation and the
existing structure. We will see that IMPACTS have always had the same philosophy.
2. The actions that would achieve this re-establishment of balance would be the actual
connecting and bonding with other electron energy. IMPACTS have always practiced
this also, trying to connect and share ideas with other IMPACTS.
3. The results of electron bonding would be a molecule which has been created and
formed and which has consequently changed and enlarged the structure. In the process,
the creative-formative-productive energy has become embedded within the new
structure and is now integral to the structure but not necessarily in control of it. It is the
same with the IMPACTS and human civilization; they are embedded but they are not in
direct control of the structure.
4. The entire process can be seen as 'mining' by the valence electron. IMPACTS too are
always mining the environment for anything that will make a difference.
If we understand what is happening in this little corner of the atom, we are well on our
way to understanding IMPACTS energy and its manifestation within IMPACTS people.
It can be very simple if we will un-clutter our mind of teachings.
In this presentation we will travel on a journey and discover how IMPACTS energy
manifested in IMPACTS people was the creative-formative-productive energy for
human civilization and how it was then captured by the emerging SN(s), the structural-
nucleus (nuclei) that developed with agriculture. Why were the IMPACTS captured? To
provide a multitude of products and services built around innovative energy. This
IMPACTS energy has tried to keep human civilization moving forward the last 5,000 to
10,000 years even as the SN has moved it backwards in many ways. Creative-formative-
productive energy has little in common with SN-structural energy just as the electron
has little in common with the proton.
IMPACTS energy resides in people and structures, and it can generally be identified.
IMPACTS energy can best be thought of as analogous to a mother's love of her newborn
child. No matter where you look in the animal kingdom, you see the same general
maternal behavior--creative, formative, productive, hands-on, nurturing, and
protective. It is hard to match the ferocity of a mother protecting her offspring. That is
passionate IMPACTS energy--protection of something deemed to be extremely
valuable. You see this passionate energy manifested by people in many ways towards:
others in need, animals, the earth itself, business development, communities, their
families, their religion, and in countless other ways. There is an unmistakable quality
about IMPACTS energy that emanates from deep caring. But like anything else, there
will also be extreme versions of it which can be the opposite of what we might call
'good'.
IMPACTS energy is like athletic ability or art ability--we all possess varying amounts of
it. There are not many Michael Jordans or Picassos out there but there are many gifted
athletes and artists. So we are going to see varying levels of IMPACTS energy in the
general population.
I treat human civilization as going back about 130,000 years or so when homo sapiens
sapiens emerged. (Yes--two sapiens.) Homo sapiens came on the scene about 150,000 to
200,000 years ago but gradually evolved into homo sapiens sapiens, today's version--us.
The behavior of homo sapiens sapiens appears to have changed little until the advent of
agriculture about 10,000 years ago. Agriculture changed everything because with a
food supply assured, humans could form permanent settlements and societies, each
with its own hierarchal structure and SN leadership. This in turn created the necessity
for new roles that served the structure and the SN: bureaucrats, full-time craftspeople,
scribes, farmers, laborers, and warriors.
To service a structure, you need ever-present energy, and different kinds of it. Mostly
you need loyal, hardworking energy combined with innovative energy. IMPACTS
energy manifested in IMPACTS individuals became the primary source of innovative
energy for the emerging societies and civilizations. With innovation needed across the
board, the IMPACTS became the glue holding everything together--economically,
culturally, socially, scientifically.
In the manner in which I have defined them, I believe the IMPACTS are a small
percentage of the human population, probably around five to ten percent. In some areas
that percentage will be greater; in other areas, smaller. It is not an elitist group and I do
not mean to infer that it is. Most IMPACTS are very regular people and would
strenuously object to being characterized as special in any way. They are no better or
worse than others; they just get things done. Sometimes, they create and form a
structure. Other times, they position themselves within a structure at critical points,
which will often be the most vulnerable positions where a meticulous, steady hand is
required. Most IMPACTS have a positive influence on their surroundings but it is by no
means a certainty. Inventors can invent both good stuff and bad stuff. Did you know
that the same guy, Thomas Midgley, Jr., invented leaded gasoline and
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)? Obviously, the results of innovative IMPACTS are not
always positive.
We are not really talking about people; we are talking about energy. People are carriers
of the energy just as the atom is a carrier of electron energy. But it is easier to talk about
IMPACTS energy in the people world by identifying those who have more of it though
the process will invariably minimize it in people who have less of it. That is an
unfortunate consequence that hopefully can be improved upon in the future.
The SN desperately needs the innovative IMPACTS and their energy on its side because
it does not create and produce. Therefore, it depends on the IMPACTS for its existence.
In the atom, the nucleus does not create a more complicated structure; only the valence
electrons do. The oil companies and automakers and air conditioner people loved Mr.
Midgley and made a ton of money from his work, which translated into power for
themselves and the government which also made a great deal of tax money on all of it.
This is a good example of IMPACTS energy being captured by the SN. Sometimes it
turns out well for society--sometimes not. Conscience far more often resides on the
IMPACTS side of the equation than on the SN side. The priorities are different.
Leaded gasoline was not outlawed in the U.S. until the 1980s, nor was lead in plumbing.
It was the early 1990s before the use of lead was discontinued in canned food products.
But the Roman engineer and architect Vitruvius had already warned of the dangers of
lead in contact with drinking water in the first century BCE. Such is the ongoing battle of
the IMPACTS and common sense against the intransigence and worse of the SN. The SN
has remained basically unchanged since its emergence after the development of
agriculture. But that makes sense--it is the valence electron which changes the atom, not
the nucleus. It is the same in the human world with the SN and the IMPACTS.
If the SN can get the IMPACTS within its sphere, it can channel their dissatisfaction-
with-the-status-quo into innovation that will strengthen SN power and control. But it
will not get them all. Many will stay on the periphery and express their anti-status-quo
attitudes in other ways.
When you see a lot of physical good such as impressive architecture, beautiful and
interesting artwork, a new invention, or a better design of an existing machine, or
abundant social good such as a teacher helping special needs children, a fundraising
walk for multiple sclerosis or breast cancer, the recovery of a blighted downtown area,
or the humanitarianism accompanying a natural or man-made disaster, you can be
certain that IMPACTS and IMPACTS energy are involved in significant numbers.
I mentioned vulnerability; in many ways, IMPACTS are like white blood cells that rush to
the injured area and work to stave off infection. But we will see that that is how the
IMPACTS profile was formed--as a response to illness. As we go forward, it will all
start fitting together like a simple puzzle.
When you see a dearth of good, such as the presence of war, stalemated political
haggling, or poverty in the midst of affluence, it means that IMPACTS energy is in short
supply and that IMPACTS individuals possess little power or control over the situation.
IMPACTS solve problems so if the problems are of a long-term or intractable nature, you
can be confident that walls have been constructed in order to keep the problem-solving
abilities of the IMPACTS out.
In the next chapter we will look at some IMPACTS in today's world so we can start to
get a picture of the two major forms of energy within human society, the same two that
exist within the atom.
Summary
The atom was the first structure and is the template for almost all subsequent structures.
The nucleus is the 'pulling-inward' energy and the electron is the creative-formative-
productive energy. The IMPACTS Dynamic is manifested in the hydrogen atom with the
lone electron which is also a valence electron. Valence electrons work for balance and
optimization as they bond with electrons of other atoms, creating molecules. As the
valence electrons are the change agents for the atom, so too are the IMPACTS the change
agents of human society. They seek to balance and improve human civilization, and they
do it through their own creative-formative-productive efforts and energy.
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