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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together

10d ago

“Should Trump's tariffs on Brazil be considered legitimate environmental policy or protectionism?”

  • ↳onThe Open Question April 22: Who decides what's good for the planet?by
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    David Supernova·...
    As an architect and student of human nature I have thought long and hard on this subject.  I do not think it is so much deciding who gets to be the arbiter of the way things are as it needs to be How are we behaving that is contrary to our and the planets best interest....
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    sustainability
    environmentalism
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    David Supernova·...
    Don Miguel Ruiz talks about this in the Four Agreements.  Each family/culture programs their children with the rules to live by, the things to fear, the things to be admired.  These prototypes over time have morphed into harmful at best paradigms that need to be broken....
    sustainability
    environmentalism
    colonialism
  • ↳onThe Open Question June 17: What would you do with a trillion dollars?by
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    candyISdandy·...
    I would convince the elite that life on Mars is sustainable, and grant them all VIP vouchers to the first rocket ships to colonize Mars.... Then I would start the journey to protecting and correcting mother nature, back to its uncolonized pre industrialized state....
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    environmentalism
    space-colonization
  • ↳onThe Open Question June 17: What would you do with a trillion dollars?by
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    From my frame of mind, you don’t use it to build a bigger empire or buy your way out of the world. You use it to decentralize everything, turning that massive capital into millions of tiny, unstoppable engines of self-reliance....
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  • ↳onExperiment: How is whatever's happening serving the greater good?by
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    Fredwage·...
    I would reframe this dialog. In the big symmetries, humans travails are a thrashing calidescope of energies trying to evolve into greater complexity and energies trying to succumb to entropy. Two Arrows of Time. We humans have an impending reckoning of choices....
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    sustainability
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    MamaZoeKnows·...
    Hi W.M. & Hello to all my fellow peeps reading this.  I'm not much for organized religion , however,  I love discussing religious theory and find there is truth in all religions as well as fiction....
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    personal-reflection
    environmentalism
  • ↳onThe Open Question April 22: Who decides what's good for the planet?by
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    JenniferT·...
    I spend a lot of time thinking about this. And you and I have discussed some of these topics. I won't be able to join the 2pm event, so I'll share some thoughts here. There is no way to assess planetary "health" objectively; we have a biased perspective, typically homocentric....
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    environmentalism
    biodiversity
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    James Sarafin·...
    What would be good for the planet is for humanity to become an intelligent species because an intelligent species would live within its natural environment with the least amount of artificial means....
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    environmentalism
  • ↳onIs having children selfish or selfless?by
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    Okay, thoughts. On the selfish side: A major reason - perhaps the major reason - that people have children is because of a selfish, felt-sense compulsion or desire to do so....
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    environmentalism
  • ↳onWhat more do you want seeing in the worldby
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    Curious of any opinions thoughts on the chat gpt version of this post: I want to see more change-makers—those deeply engaged in addressing the world’s issues, people who identify wrongs and dedicate their time and resources to making them right....
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    media-studies
    politics
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