Adaptive environments require managing the causality of processes to address their functionality, dynamics, and evolution. This demands avoiding the imposition of actions based on a dualistic approach, which hinders the management of causality, and replacing judgments of right or wrong, true or false, with confirmations of functionality or dysfunctionality.
The shift from imposition to integration enables the management of binary actions, which are implicit in the functionality of nature and constitute the hidden structure of any kind of adaptive system.
Univocal actions in adaptive environments are impositions and represent a paradigmatic example of dysfunctional dualism applied to the real world. A univocal action is an imposition that can only produce dysfunctional reactions.
These reactions are commonly referred to as resistance or change resistance, but in fact, they are caused by actions that should not have been taken.
Unicist Binary Actions: The Building Blocks of Solutions
The discovery that adaptive systems are driven by binary actions marked a new stage in understanding functionality. In every binary action:
- The first action opens possibilities and triggers a reaction.
- The second action complements that reaction and generates results—without causing further reactions.
This is clearly illustrated in the flight of an airplane:
Propulsion is the first action, generating speed as a reaction. This speed produces airflow, which enables the wings, as the second action, to generate the lift required for flight.
Unicist binary actions address root causes by leveraging functionalist principles. This ensures that actions manage foundational drivers and become the building blocks of solutions that achieve the necessary or desired outcomes in adaptive environments.
Examples of Evident Binary Actions
- Learning + Teaching = Education
- Empathy + Sympathy = Influencing
- Productivity + Quality = Production
- Marketing + Selling = Revenue
- Differentiation + Need Satisfaction = 1st Choice Mktg
- Efficacy + Efficiency = Effectiveness
- Desirability + Harmony = Aesthetics
- Research + Epistemology = Valid Knowledge
Going beyond the imposition of dualism is not an intellectual preference; it is a functional necessity when working in adaptive environments or aiming to create value through proactive actions. Univocal actions, rooted in dualistic reasoning, become dysfunctional when applied to systems that depend on feedback and interaction.
Unicist binary actions are based on integration, not imposition, and define this new stage. They reflect the double dialectical logic of reality, grounded in the functionalist principles of each system, and can be implemented as simple, complementary tasks that ensure effectiveness without imposing or triggering resistance.
The Unicist Research Institute