A quantum frame of reference, in contrast, is holistic and emphasizes the significance of both context and entanglement.

Quantum social science tells us that individuals are always “indeterminate” and full of potential.

Our beliefs influence the perspectives we take on the relationship between self and society, including how we perceive a situation, which actions are considered appropriate, and what the effects or consequences might be.2 Both

Since the English language currently does not have the words to express the nuances of quantum relationships, a forward slash and square brackets will be used here as an interim symbol to communicate relational interdependence, such as [whole/parts], [I/we], and [both/and]. While this may appear inconsequential, symbols can create deep roots in the

For many of us, our relationships to concepts and ideas such as self, other, and nature have been influenced by a classical, mechanistic view of the world. Relationships within a quantum system are characterized by entanglement, uncertainty, indeterminism, and potentiality.

What does “being in superposition,” or “taking a superposition,” mean for social change? First and foremost, it draws attention to possibilities and alternatives, and to the potentiality that exists in every moment.

Cultural historian Thomas Berry emphasizes this point: It’s all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we do not have a good story. We are in between stories. The Old Story - the account of how the world came to be and how we fit into it - is not functioning properly, and we have not learned the New Story.29 In Climate: A New

Bohm and Peat refer to our common tendency to unconsciously defend ideas that are considered significant to “the mind’s habitual state of comfortable equilibrium.”7 They point out that it takes more energy to change one’s mind than to maintain the same pattern of thought.

The technosphere neither includes nor acknowledges the role of human consciousness, intentionality, or interests in shaping systems, and it trivializes the role of individual and collective agency in transformation processes.