Dee Hock I have long puzzled where mechanistic organizational concepts so wasteful of the human spirit and destructive of the biosphere originated, and why we are so blind to their […]
Continue readingTerrorism must be defeated by a new social order
My Opinion Bill Ellis September 11 marks the end of the nation-state and the beginning of a fully globalized world. As we all move through the rubble of WTC and […]
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A Gorilla’s Version of The Meaning of Life (And Why We Should Listen) a review by Reason Wilken Imagine this scene: A man is sitting in the dimly lit office […]
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by Reason Wilken In Barry Carter’s recent book entitled “Infinite Wealth”, a unique model for wealth creation is presented. Carter challenges current capitalistic ideals and offers up a more positive […]
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Win Wenger writes: “It’s very expensive to try to override what people are doing for their own reasons. Five percent or more of the Amazonian rainforest, part of our Earth’s […]
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Win Wenger writes: “The fact that declining civilizations fail to solve their problems, which Toynbee attributed to other causes, might very well be attributed instead to that very tendency to […]
Continue readingBeyond Air Travel
Timothy Wilken As air travel comes to a screaming halt with the big time arrival of terrorism in the United States, maybe it’s time to give up commercial air travel. […]
Continue readingA Social Revolution Anchored in Learning
Eliminate Terrorism with A SOCIAL REVOLUTION ANCHORED IN LEARNING Bill Ellis Society is going through a deep fundamental cultural transformation. Every aspect of civilization—economics, education, housing, food supply, transportation, family, […]
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I received the following responses to yesterday’s essay on Community Values by Dee Hock. Chris Macrae writes: I am hugely fascinated by this topic and Dee Hock’s viewpoint. The particular section which gets me […]
Continue readingCommunity Values
by Dee Hock One concept that I have puzzled over is an ancient, fundamental idea, the idea of community. The essence of community, its very heart and soul, is the […]
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