On society as anthill, especially the "postmodern" kind, read Guido Giacomo Preparata.
A well-kept secret: the usury-based banking system that sucks in all loose money through compound interest drives people into urban environments because the velocity of money there (speed of spending) can run flat-out, being a desperate means to spend it before the bank vacuums it up.
The happiest state of western society was the towns of medieval Europe when the Church had outlawed usury.
A basic guaranteed income distributed to people regularly would allow local communities and economies to flourish where they could enjoy food sovereignty above all.
"We can escape this machine, and the way out begins with the family. From this basic unit, through kinship to a nation again, towards sensible relations with our brothers in mankind." - used to be a possibility.
My " family" now are strangers from my town and from around the world, and they are better friends than my family or friends ever were.
Choices sure have been scaled down in healthy company, but some of the best meals come from a limited pantry 🌞
Is Scale what has changed the definition of wealth from being what is measured in true assets to being based on the promise of people paying their debts?
What’s the mechanism that counters the movement to scale? How does that happen? What force counters the movement towards scale; is scale not deeply entrenched and as such requires a similar level of force in the opposite direction? Is the argument that because we are now aware of the bad effects of scale, we can now navigate more effectively and avoid the negative effects: will ourselves to change?
I remember listening to a podcast of someone talking about scale, and it's problems, about 15 years ago. The speaker had a weird accent to my American mind. Sort of English, sort of Irish, maybe Welsh, I have no clue. Do you have any idea who that was, because, I have really, REALLY, wanted hear it again. The gist of the talk was that societies operate in an appropriate scale, and when they grow too large, all hell breaks loose.
Just a couple of notes.
On society as anthill, especially the "postmodern" kind, read Guido Giacomo Preparata.
A well-kept secret: the usury-based banking system that sucks in all loose money through compound interest drives people into urban environments because the velocity of money there (speed of spending) can run flat-out, being a desperate means to spend it before the bank vacuums it up.
The happiest state of western society was the towns of medieval Europe when the Church had outlawed usury.
A basic guaranteed income distributed to people regularly would allow local communities and economies to flourish where they could enjoy food sovereignty above all.
Thanks.
Richard C. Cook
"Noticing difference is the same as hatred".
I had so many laughs reading this, thanks Frank!
And tears as well, as this-
"We can escape this machine, and the way out begins with the family. From this basic unit, through kinship to a nation again, towards sensible relations with our brothers in mankind." - used to be a possibility.
My " family" now are strangers from my town and from around the world, and they are better friends than my family or friends ever were.
Choices sure have been scaled down in healthy company, but some of the best meals come from a limited pantry 🌞
Thank you Frank. I am sure we approach the end of the rabbit hole. We have learned a lot in the darkness. I could write a list.
Is Scale what has changed the definition of wealth from being what is measured in true assets to being based on the promise of people paying their debts?
It’s great that you’re optimistic.
What’s the mechanism that counters the movement to scale? How does that happen? What force counters the movement towards scale; is scale not deeply entrenched and as such requires a similar level of force in the opposite direction? Is the argument that because we are now aware of the bad effects of scale, we can now navigate more effectively and avoid the negative effects: will ourselves to change?
SCALE , meet Subsidiarity . "What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun."
I remember listening to a podcast of someone talking about scale, and it's problems, about 15 years ago. The speaker had a weird accent to my American mind. Sort of English, sort of Irish, maybe Welsh, I have no clue. Do you have any idea who that was, because, I have really, REALLY, wanted hear it again. The gist of the talk was that societies operate in an appropriate scale, and when they grow too large, all hell breaks loose.
"Cocteau’s Mater Dolorosa at Notre Dame de France, London"
I was amazed when I came across the church off Leicester Square. Small but lovely inside. And the Cocteau art is great too.
SCALE, the religion of The Machine. I dig it.