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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When doing the right thing for the planet costs more or asks more of us, what has actually kept you going, and what made you stop?”
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- Eric Stevens...
An Introduction
My name is Eric Stevens I want to be clear about who I am and why I am here. I recently published my book, Evolution Mine: Genesis. You can read it for free here: https://nowweevolve.com/view-the-book I made it free on purpose. The idea matters more than the money.... Well said about the indifference and inaction. I feel that, and even focusing our attention on it now is a tiny attempt of mine to move out of that freeze.... - nat...
Dead shopping malls are coming back. But not the way you’d expect. (This is about taxes).
See that empty shopping mall over there? The one that died during Covid 19? It has a huge footprint, but generates little to no tax revenue to fund the city. Not property taxes, not sales tax on purchases, not even income taxes for the state. It’s like a black hole.... A bad solution is bad, then, because it acts destructively upon the larger patterns in which it is contained. It acts destructively upon those patterns, most likely, because it is formed in ignorance or disregard of them.... - Joyous1...
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My name is Joy! Glad to be here! I’m passionate about creating possibilities, building legacy, and turning “what if?” into “why not?” I love my family, innovative thinkers, and ideas that can genuinely improve people’s lives.... I appreciate this clarity. Although this makes sense in the "capitalism ftw" I think this is where unconscious capitalism is actually immature, and in the long run unsustainable. Essentially bc of short-term thinking.... such a good point! I just want to add that it's possible to frame creative thinking as the "explore" side of the explore/exploit dynamic. And by its nature, exploring is going to appear less worthwhile than exploiting by most metrics.... - onIf people cannot change the commodities society depends on, then protest alone will never produce lasting change.by
I don't disagree with a word you say. But, I will point out that a 24 pack of double-roll bamboo toilet paper from Amazon is nearly 4x the price of the same number of double rolls of Kroger store brand ($28 vs. $7.50).... 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.... - KC...
It would mean we’d have to stop building for profit cycles and start building for people. Right now we design everything — infrastructure, institutions, even relationships — around what survives the next quarter, not the next century. A 500 year mindset forces humility.... - trust...
I have been upgrading my estimate for valuation of remote high end sustainable living arrangements. .. this will be a trend that grows . Its why China is against data centers. We will improve and harden grudge when big players need it to be. And they do .... - Space Dancer...
Nice, Jordan. Could you give some lived examples of what this looks like for you? Here's one of mine: I love undertaking ecological restoration at Clear Sky, our retreat center. It is dirty (ha!... ON THE CAPACITY OF FINITE EARTH TO SUPPLY INFINITE RESOURCES
One Word: Physics More words: The Laws of Thermodynamics trump Trump and all anti-science claimants. Dynamic Equilibrium. No economic system can exceed finite resources or violate the laws of nature, i.e., the laws of physics. Contrary to common belief.... I want to share and learn about the things in life that keeps smiles on our faces. I want to learn and spread the truth about the water we drink, the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the items in which we clothe our bodies. If you want to go fast, then go alone....