Re: Mind's Eye Re: Peer Networking

Where do you feel Rigsy's stick of despair? She sounds very up to date
to my ears, criticizing our fast unculture (modern positive keyword:
sustainability).

And Neil posted numbered to do lists in order save the world at least
twice, as far as I remember. You would have liked them if they had
sprung off your mind. ;)

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:21 AM, Vam <atewari2007@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:
>> >
>> >
>> > > >http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB1000087239639044416580457800851...
>> >
>> > > > > > > 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
>> >
>> > Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
>> >
>> > I am a Natural Airgunner -
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