“Murderer!”, “Assassin”, “Child-killer!” by Marshall Rosenberg I was presenting Nonviolent Communication in a mosque at Deheisha Refugee Camp in Bethlehem to about 170 Palestinian Moslem men. Attitudes toward Americans at […]
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We each view reality from our own unique perspective, only a community of minds can show us the truth.
Benevolence
by Tom Roberts Beggars are an uncommon sight in America. Though it is true that we have problems with the homeless, unemployed and poor in our nation, there are the safety […]
Continue readingThe Obligation Blind-Spot
by Eric Sommer Gandhi once received a letter urging world leaders to draw up a charter of human rights. “In my experience,” he replied, “it is far more important to […]
Continue readingThe Modes of Cooperation
Eric Sommer There are three broad modes by which people may cooperate in the labour which produces the ‘goods’ of life. In addition to the two modes of co-operation already […]
Continue readingDesign for a Faith-Based Missile
by Richard Dawkins A guided missile corrects its trajectory as it flies, homing in, say, on the heat of a jet plane’s exhaust. A great improvement on a simple ballistic […]
Continue readingJustice, Not War
by Kevin Danaher A momentous decision confronts us as a nation: Do we define the violence of Sept. 11 as an act of war or as a crime against humanity? […]
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Approaching BreakPoint!
For a different take on our current world situation, please listen to the following radio interview with contributing editor and author Barry Carter. Listen to the interview
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Towards a Gifting Culture
Timothy Wilken Yesterday, I posted Eric Steven Raymond’s article The Hacker Milieu as Gift Culture as a preface to a series of articles on Gifting, Gifting Networks, Gifting Exchanges, Gifting […]
Continue readingWhy Community Matters
Reposted from Kuro5hin. Rusty Human reality is socially constructed. That is, most of the “facts” that determine our daily lives are socially constructed facts, which are true as long as […]
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Arthur Noll I believe Timothy and I are basically saying the same thing about reductionism and measurement. We can more easily make mistakes in our understanding of complex systems, small […]
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