• Four undiscussed trends

    by  • October 18, 2010 • 1 Comment

    Back in black elephant territory again today. 5 billion cell phones. Over time, much more 3G. What happens in a world where everybody has an internet-connected cell phone but billions live in absolute poverty? Collapse of previously first-world countries like Iceland, Greece, Ireland… and America? How does it feel for 20% of the population to [...]

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    The green shoots of a new, Big society

    by  • October 17, 2010 • 10 Comments

    It all started with a question on twitter Question of the day: Can #BigSociety take over functions from the Market as well as from Government? Answers to #BigSociety please!less than a minute ago via TweetDeckVinay Guptaleashless I’ve been asking this question over and over again, and no-one will touch it. Zero replies on twitter, when [...]

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    Nice line from an interview…

    by  • October 12, 2010 • 0 Comments

    Monbiot is so keen on allotments that he has seven of his own. But it never occurs to him there might be six other people out there. Have you heard his thing, “the Land is Ours”? Yes, the land is yours: you fuckin’ own it, you cunt!

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    Where the Spirituality fits in

    by  • October 3, 2010 • 2 Comments

    Until I was 31 all I really did was study meditation and write enough software to half-pay the bills. I wasn’t aiming to be a guru or a teacher, but it was generally expected that when I matured I would teach. Then 9/11 happened and put an end to all that. The lineage of teachers [...]

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    Five thorns and four seeds

    by  • October 3, 2010 • 1 Comment

    These are the cores of the pieces I’m writing for The Future We Deserve. The five thorns Climate Technological risk including small group destructive power and monsanto Poverty Political violence including genocide and economic violence The big one: governance The four seeds Population stops growing as infant mortality drops Cheap solar panels, wind energy and [...]

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    We have everything we need, but not for this…

    by  • October 2, 2010 • 3 Comments

    “I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe: Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion; I’ve watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.” In 2002 I discovered the hexayurt, a simple geometry that was to change my life. In 2003, I opened the door on the first hexayurt and stuck my face [...]

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    Chronos, Kairos and The Future We Deserve

    by  • September 24, 2010 • 5 Comments

    Kairos (καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of undetermined period of time in which something special happens. [...]

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