A comment about integrity and leadership... About a year ago, I felt the need to take on a very delicate task -- which was to make the attempt of bringing greater coherence to the regenerative movement globally by healing the relational field among people who have problems with my existence. For strange reasons that only make sense in their historical context, I have become a catalyst of both integration and fragmentation among regenerative leaders throughout the last ten years. The outcome being that many of the incoherent patterns across the movement can be felt in the entanglement of relationships that different people have with me. What I have learned from this healing effort is that the most significant breakdowns in the field are not about me at all. They are related to ego insecurities of specific people and their "need" to build their own fiefdoms of prestige and importance. I am an anomaly in the movement because at my core I am just a Missouri farm boy trying to be of service. I don't care about ego recognition or being seen as important. I don't need affiliations with those who hold prestige and power. What I need is truth and authenticity -- together with practical knowledge about what actually works on the ground. Unfortunately, this is experienced as threatening by those who build their fiefdoms on name recognition and affiliation with those who are perceived as powerful within the established systems of organizational leadership and financial positioning. Things I don't really care about. For example, I don't have organizational affiliations. I prefer to work with people directly and I have found that it is the humans (not the organizations) who truly make the difference. Also, I travel the world and immerse myself in real community processes to discover those who are the real leaders of the regenerative movement. What I've found is that the real leaders are quietly going about their work of healing land and weaving community relationships on the ground. You wouldn't know about them if you didn't travel to see them. They don't write books. They don't teach courses with large enrollments. What they do is create living tapestry of well-being among humans and the larger life community in their places. This is where the real integrity is. And it is truly profound how often it is not present in this fiefdoms of prestige and ego-validation that drive too many who have come to be seen as leaders in the movement. Written with love for the world, Joe

Again, I will say this: any time you see a comedic large-scale error by AI, it is evidence that we do not know how to align and control it, that we are not even close.