Causal Layered Analysis

Examine issues through four progressively deeper layers to create more holistic understanding and genuinely alternative futures

Topic / Issue Being Analyzed

Litany

What are the observable trends, events, and data?

What social, economic, technological, or political structures drive these?

What deeper worldviews, assumptions, or paradigms support these structures?

What deep stories, metaphors, or archetypes underlie these worldviews?

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Work from the deepest layer back up: propose a new myth/metaphor, then envision the new surface reality it would create.

New Metaphor

Reimagined Litany

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