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This is the second of a classic two part article on understanding the gift economy. We will posted the first part last week. From First Monday. Eric S. Raymond After observing a contradiction between […]

Reposted from the People Centered Development Forum. David C. Korten culture: (sociology)  “a: the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts and depends upon man’s […]

This is the first of a classic two part article on understanding the gift economy. We will post the second part next week. It is required reading for all serious students. […]

Reposted from First Monday. Richard Barbrook During the Sixties, the New Left created a new form of radical politics: anarcho-communism. Above all, the Situationists and similar groups believed that the […]

More dialogue from the Energy Resources Yahoo Group. Arthur Noll Money and markets are not the only illusionary way of looking at the world that has destroyed civilizations, the more […]

This link was recommended by Ming the Mechanic. Denise Breton and Christopher Largent Ever since we’ve worked on The Paradigm Conspiracy, we’ve been digesting Alfie Kohn’s work on rewards and […]

Reposted from the Energy Resources Yahoo Group. ECO Much of humanity has, over the past 2 thousand years at least, suffered from a severe disconnect from the earth and its […]

This is an excellent post on the need for change in education. A change in education changes the manner in which we think and lays the groundwork for change in […]

Reposted from The Edge. Raymond Kurzweil The concept of the “order” of information is important here, as it is not the same as the opposite of disorder. If disorder represents […]

The dialogue continues at Energy Resources Yahoo Group. See: Moving Beyond the Talk ECO Tom Robertson writes: The question regarding change is from what to what, and how fast. And […]