Chapter 15, 16, 17
15. Comparing Characteristics of the 3rd Stage of Democracy to the 2nd Stage of Democracy
| 3rd Stage Democracy | 2nd Stage Democracy |
| Organic design — System Functions | Artificial design – Linear Functions |
| Protective, participatory | Paternalistic, authoritarian |
| Team oriented | Hierarchical and Male dominated |
| Heart and Head centered | Head centered |
| Creative, parallel, discerning | Linear thinking |
| Intuitive, empathic, compassionate | Intellectual |
| Transparent | Opaque |
| Adaptable | Rigid, inflexible, arbitrary |
| Proactive | Reactionary |
| Socially Sustainable ideology and | Political ideology and traditional |
| morality that is consistent, | morality that are inconsistent, |
| integrated, and holistic. | arbitrary, and atomistic |
| Type II, Learning Organizations | Type I, Learning Organizations |
Further comparisons —
The 3rd Stage of Democracy is to the 2nd Stage
As democracy was to the monarchy.
The 3rd Stage of Democracy is to the 2nd Stage
As smart phones are to rotary dial phones.
The 3rd Stage of Democracy is to the 2nd Stage
As Windows 10 and OS X El Capitan are to DOS,
And as digital technologies are to analog technologies.