Timothy Wilken If we are to create a safe and comfortable future, we must understand our connection to life. Our life connection is not only relevant, it is the crucial […]
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”Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly right now.” -Buckminster Fuller
Beyond Capitalism – Towards the Gift Tensegrity (2)
Timothy Wilken My focus as a synergic scientist is on understanding how humans can relate together using structures and mechanisms that will insure that all parties to a relationship win. […]
Continue readingA Spiritual Basis – Towards the Gift Tensegrity (1)
Timothy Wilken As children we all are taught that it is better to give than to receive. Certainly, that seems likean excellent philosophy for making close relationships and living in […]
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by Reason Wilken There are many ingredients of a good drama. Among them are tragedy, irony and suspense. Thus, it comes as no surprise that the current legal system provides […]
Continue readingDoing Business as a Gift to Society
Gifford Pinchot The next step in the move toward sustainable business is to make the business itself a gift to society. Companies that use sulfuric acid end up with a […]
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Howard Rheingold The first time I learned about that particular cyberspace power was early in the history of the WELL, when I was invited to join a panel of experts […]
Continue readingReciprocity is the Basis of our Future Culture
a review by Bill Ellis “Reciprocity is the Basis of our Future Culture” suggests Dominique Temple in issue No.31 of Golias: Le Journal Catho Tendre et GrinÁant (Golias, BP4034, F-69615 […]
Continue readingDon’t Miss This Book!
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 […]
Continue readingSpeculative 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 […]
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