Mind's Eye Re: Peer Networking

A recent example: "Reinventing Ethics" by Howard Gardner
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/reinventing-ethics/?src=rechp

On Sep 24, 7:50 am, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The government decides how to spend/mis-spend the taxes and fees they
> raise because we thought it wise at one time to give them that power.
> Banks have altered their function and don't forget credit cards as
> unsecured loans. Somehow, my mind drifted to Plato's "Republic"- but
> there are many examples of attempts to organize society- none of
> which, imho, has done a very good job. There is an impossible lack of
> control particularly since the advent of Liberalism.
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> On Sep 22, 6:29 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I think the germ of the idea is in this Don.  All money essentially
> > comes from government - what we get from banks is debt.  Street-up
> > decision-making isn't all of it as rigsy points out.
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> > On 22 Sep, 12:26, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > You still have to deal with priorities on that list, however. Stadiums
> > > might trump infrastructure.
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> > > On Sep 22, 5:22 am, Don Johnson <daj...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > >http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044416580457800851...
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> > > > This is what I'm talking about! Decentralization is key. I believe this is
> > > > your busy bees at work Neil.
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> > > > "Peer networks don't have to involve digital technology. Twenty years ago,
> > > > the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre pioneered a radical new technique called
> > > > "participatory budgeting." Each year, the city's 16 regions conduct general
> > > > assemblies in which neighbors debate priorities for the budget: school
> > > > construction, sewer repair, bridge building. The assemblies create a ranked
> > > > list of projects, and the government disperses funds accordingly. The money
> > > > comes from the state, but the decision of what to fund comes from the
> > > > street."
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