How do I envision the economy as a kind of moniculture where the potential for biodiversity of business enters in? What happens? I I think this is a good analogy of that and what the way I see the EOC here is let's say the economy is this monoculture which it's it's not but let's say it is and you enter into that and create this little bit of biodiversity in one little spot. you recapture part of the diversity and what what does that do?
It shows there's beauty in that, right? The variety is so beautiful. It's like a garden. You you uh you plant and you see this variety and so so butterflies start coming in, you know, and there all kinds of wonderful things from biodiversity. And so others notice that and I and I see the EOC being similar. You know, when the EOC first started, I thought, okay, we're going to start the EOC and every business is going to convert to be an EOC business, and that's the goal.
You know, that was an American viewpoint. I wanted to conquer the world and we were going to do this, but that's kind of seen as an invasive species, right? That's not a very good view toward the environment. You're going to go in, cut out the old, bring in the new. And as I've gone on, I've realized that no, it just takes a few of those biodiverse spots to make it all biodiverse, right? It's and so they they they start operating around it.
And then others see this inspiring uh life and they choose to adopt some things. Maybe they aren't all EOC businesses, but they choose something. And in doing that, you you begin to create this beautiful garden. That's a that's a wonderful vision. And I love that vision. It's very environmentally sound. It's something that I believe in and and I think uh there's a lot of similarities.
