Re: Good science and Permaculture.
Steve Hart <[email protected]>
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LL..I do not disagree with your sentiment "Steve, to have to be constantly reminded of the negative forces we face saps our energy." but I find we often miss the reality of ewhat actually is. The world is not really a warm fuzzy place. Not yet. So to move forward I find we need to see the freality first. we need to recognise where we have come from and why, it is all part of the pathway..Steve On 5 April 2018 at 11:14, Lawrence London <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Steve Hart <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Financial reality..new economic theory....before we can realise a way > > forward or even begin to see a pathway is to first fully understand the > > history and where we have journeyed through that. The reality is we have > > been dictated into a world of usery by one very small gang who dictate > > every facet of the monetary system. Perhaps this is one reason why crypto > > is taking off. People finally see a way out of the slavery. so before we > > can move forward we need to recognise what we are part of and the reality > > of how we are enslaved, and have been as part of a very well orchestrated > > plan for centuries. > > > > About the group in Mexico trying to find a safe place to live, after having > left the violent criminal environment in their home countries: > > Yeah, send in the Army to protect the US from a little caravan of Hispanic > folks from severely crime-ridden El Salvador and Honduras, huddled together > for group safety trying to find some place to live where they are not > constantly facing violent criminals. Makes sense. This touching display of > fortitude, common sense and insistence on living in a civilized society > sends a far greater message than a militaristic response to immigration > issues. > > > > So we need to see this and start lighting the fires. Demonstrate rather > > than demonstrate..Steve Hart. > > > > On 4 April 2018 at 22:13, Lawrence London <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Perhaps John Taylor Gatto is right..our education system has > created a > > > >> world full of mooorons. > > > >> > > > >> The education system is excellent and teachers are skilled and > > > dedicated. > > > > Students have to want to learn and become well-rounded, informed, > > > > knowledgable, employable, skilled adults. > > > > When AI, machine learning, quantum computing, robotics begins to > > realize > > > > its potential there will be far fewer jobs. > > > > That is why I have advised forming communities physical and virtual, > > > > establish cottage industries, build a free marketing network, find > new > > > > careers and livelihoods that are part of local, community economies. > I > > > > could go on about this for many ages. Maybe someone else has ideas. > > > > > > > > > > One thing I was thinking recently after seeing a traditional Japanese > > > craftsman making beautiful fountain pens from scratch was that I > realized > > > the value of small scale businesses of all sorts, people making things > or > > > making foods or performing services. Then I thought about how, under > the > > > right circumstances, communalism and collectivism need to continue to > > exist > > > as valued survival tools for humanity, but that those who promote them > > need > > > to focus more on the people who need it and how they, with the skills > > they > > > possess, can make use of it, preemptively, i.e. now rather than later > or > > > pie in the sky. Money rises to the top of the economic heirarchy like > fat > > > on the surface of the brew in the cauldron on the fire. If people don't > > > take control of their lives they will face new difficulties surviving > and > > > become dependent not on their own skills but on welfare. > > > In other words support your local economy, the kind that is independent > > and > > > sustained by the people who need it and who make it work. It is not > > > difficult to see how this can work. It is obvious that what I am > > proposing > > > is not "taking back the wealth" but creating your own from scratch from > > > work you do alone or with others, generating wealth for yourself and > for > > > those others who do the same, within the system they have created to > > ensure > > > their survival. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or are we all tooo busy in survival mode or just keeping abreast of > all > > > >> subjects in this fast moving changing world. > > > >> > > > >> All of the above. We would be doing this anyway. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Lawrence F. London, Jr. > > > [email protected] > > > https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared > > > permaculture mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: > > > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Kia ora Ehoa > > > > [image: Picture] > > *Steve Hart* > > *Ecology Architect* > > *Designer, Teacher, Builder of Ecologically Sustainable Resilient > > Environments, through Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture > > and Systems Ecology.* > > Skype: tipenemanawa > > Phone: +64 220 75 62 11 > > > > Permaculture Global Design: > > www.permacultureglobaldesign.org > > > > The Permaculture International College > > www.permaculturecollege.eu > > https://permaculturecollege.academia.edu/SteveHart > > > > GAPPS The Global Alliance for Permaculture Partnerships and Solutions. > > www.permaculturepartnerships.com > > permaculture mailing list > > [email protected] > > subscribe/unsubscribe|user config|list info: > > https://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture > > > > > > -- > Lawrence F. 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