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DESTRUCTION AND CREATION By JOHN R. BOYD 3 September 1976 ABSTRACT hand, if the group cannot or does not attempt To comprehend and cope with our envi- to overcome obstacles deemed important to ronment we develop mental patterns or con- many (or possibly any) of its individual mem- cepts of meaning. The purpose of this paper is bers, the group must risk losing these alien- to sketch out how we destroy and create these ated members. Under these circumstances, the patterns to permit us to both shape and be alienated members may dissolve their rela- shaped by a changing environment. In this tionship and remain independent, form a sense, the discussion also literally shows why group of their own, or join another collective we cannot avoid this kind of activity if we body in order to improve their capacity for intend to survive on our own terms. independent action. The activity is dialectic in nature generat- ing both disorder and order that emerges as a ENVIRONMENT changing and expanding universe of mental In a real world of limited resources and concepts matched to a changing and expand- skills, individuals and groups form, dissolve ing universe of observed reality. and reform their cooperative or competitive postures in a continuous struggle to remove or