Connecting the Costs
I cannot disagree with your conclusions above. However, there is one conclusion that could be included in your list, an optimistic conclusion:
People become more resourceful. When focused, that creativity can lead to change.
yes, people do become more resourceful,they always have.
what kind of resourcefulness are we talking about - some is creative, adaptive, and builds better
some is survival-driven, where people stretch less, accept less, and normalize conditions that should not be normal
both are happening at the same time
resourcefulness can lead to change - and also lead to endurance of systems that should have been forced to change
the tension matters
I cannot disagree with your conclusions above. However, there is one conclusion that could be included in your list, an optimistic conclusion:
People become more resourceful. When focused, that creativity can lead to change.
yes, people do become more resourceful,they always have.
what kind of resourcefulness are we talking about - some is creative, adaptive, and builds better
some is survival-driven, where people stretch less, accept less, and normalize conditions that should not be normal
both are happening at the same time
resourcefulness can lead to change - and also lead to endurance of systems that should have been forced to change
the tension matters