The observer cannot be separated from the observed. People influence dynamics by their choices, by what they pay attention to, and by the connections they make. Most connections between cause and effect are impossible to trace. The world is chaotic, complex, and insubstantial. Seeing process and pattern is more important than doing events and achieving outcomes.
People understand eventually that everything is process, and the process becomes the task.
People manage the paradox of conflicting realities until they transcend the limits of their own thought, and see the greater whole. Life is at the center of the ecological worldview, and people's values impact directly their interaction with nature, and their perception of the patterns of life. Growth is limited. Sustainability is what is important. Economic determinism is not common sense.