Jim Mann Undoubtedly the most relevant book on social evolution published this year—in the last 20 years, in my opinion—is Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright. The […]
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We each view reality from our own unique perspective, only a community of minds can show us the truth.
Speculative Microeconomics for Tomorrow’s Economy
J.Bradford DeLong & A. Michael Froomkin Governments and societies that bet on the market system become more materially prosperous and technologically powerful. The lesson usually drawn from this economic success […]
Continue readingCommunication Techniques Drive Social Evolution
Jim Mann Community and communication have the same root, historically as well as etymologically. Whether family, village or nation, a community cannot happen unless people agree to live together and […]
Continue readingSynEarth Remodel
Timothy Wilken Notice anything different? I am pleased to announce that the look of the synearth.net websites is changing. Thanks to the help of web designer Bryan Bell and system engineer […]
Continue readingTwo Worlds – One Real and One Economic
L. W. Nicholson At this time in our history, the human species is finding it ever more difficult to maintain some degree of synchronization between the two worlds in which […]
Continue readingSuperior / Inferior
by Dee Hock Retirement on the job at the National Bank of Commerce was not all reflection. One day stands out. I had been sent to a suburban office to […]
Continue readingThe Gift of Generalized Exchange
by Ira Nayman In times of hyper-capitalism, where everything is naturally seen as for sale, the idea that anybody does anything without expectation of financial compensation is considered absurd. Where […]
Continue readingThe Gift – Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property
A book review by Eric Nehrlich After reading Trickster Makes This World, I went back and picked up this earlier book by Lewis Hyde. Again, his mastery of mythology amazes […]
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Barbara J. Pescan Trobriand Islanders of the South Pacific have an elaborate ritual way of passing gifts of necklaces and arm bands made of shells. The shells themselves are nicely […]
Continue readingThe New Counterculture
A Book Review by by Margaret Talbot In the 1980s, when newspapers and magazines first started reporting on parents who had rejected school in favor of teaching their children at […]
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