Re: Mind's Eye Re: Peer Networking

That "stick of despair" is just one blade of dried grass on my hula
skirt.

On Sep 25, 7:21 pm, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rigs, you seem to be beating here, there and everywhere with your stick of
> despair ! Modernism has only changed the form of effects of our failures.
> Even Neil's post-modern theory of ethics seems needlessly complex.
>
> It's us. Period. Ethics requires people who are moral. Which, in my
> perspective, translates as men who are evolved ... spiritually evolved ...
> with whom, conscientiousness is supreme virtue.
>
> Contemplation will take us back to that Truth, of which I tried to share
> not so long ago.
>
> Honesty is a corollary of truth. It's us. The society you are beating is
> us. Technology and wealth are neutral and inert. If inebriation was in
> alcohol, the bottles should dance !
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:21:10 PM UTC+5:30, rigsy03 wrote:
>
> > The ethics are already in place, Allan- they are just not practised.
> > You could include "greedy" imperialistic nations, berserk cultures,
> > grasping political parties. More's "Utopia" stressed humanism which is
> > under stress due to science and technology today- the new darling.
>
> > On Sep 24, 10:00 am, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Ethics are going to be definitely reinvented getting greeedy individuals
> > > and corporations under control.
> > > Allan
>
> > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > A recent example: "Reinventing Ethics" by Howard Gardner
>
> > > >http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/reinventing-ethics/?s...
>
> > > > 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.
>
> > > > > On Sep 22, 6:29 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > 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.
>
> > > > > > On 22 Sep, 12:26, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > You still have to deal with priorities on that list, however.
> > > > Stadiums
> > > > > > > might trump infrastructure.
>
> > > > > > > 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.
>
> > > > > > > > "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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> > > |_D Allan
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> > > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
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> > > I am a Natural Airgunner -
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