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AMA with Adrian Grenier. Wednesday 2/4 at 7:00 PM CT

Entourage star who at the top of the Hollywood game pivoted to an integral spiritual path and farmstead

Incorruptible Organizations AMA with Eric Ries. Wednesday 2/4 at 3:00 PM CT

Lean Startup author who now focuses on legal structures to protect mission-driven organizations from corruption. incorruptible.co

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Essential human skills/trainings? I'm taking a Wilderness First Responder course with NOLS right now (hybrid online/in person). It's the first training I've done in a while, and I'm doing it because I think first aid is an "essential human skill" - i.e. everybody should probably know at least a little of this.

I'm considering what other essential skills I should attempt to acquire to be a Good Human who can do Basic Things that Help Myself And Others. I've already got some project management, rationality, and conflict training, which feel like they're on that list. Tossing around:

• Woodworking/basic building and repair (of what?)
• Gun training
• Permaculture and food production

What skills are "essential" obvs depend on our environment (I live in more rural areas). They are also based on beliefs, like mine that the world's essential services for food, water, laws, and emergency care may be disrupted in the next few decades. But I think I'd consider skills like first aid important for Good Humanship even if I lived in a city and thought hospitals would always be around.

What, to you, feel like "essential human skills"?

What will the future literally look like? This idea comes from watching Mad Men- seeing smoking and drinking freely at the office for example, and my brother once pointing out that if a show or movie ever wanted to make it really clear that it was set in the 1990’s, all they’d have to do is have multiple people driving Saturn cars.

So here are a few of what I think (hope) the future will literally look like:

Gas stations will be very rare, and parking spaces will almost always have charging stations.

Having a garage in homes will be rare because car ownership will be rare. Using self-driving Uber-esque systems will be way more affordable, and car ownership then will be similar to antique car ownership now.

Lawns will be very rare, and permaculture-style of local fauna that doesn’t need care, upkeep, or watering will be common.

What do you think the future will look like?

What will the future literally look like? This idea comes from watching Mad Men- seeing smoking and drinking freely at the office for example, and my brother once pointing out that if a show or movie ever wanted to make it really clear that it was set in the 1990’s, all they’d have to do is have multiple people driving Saturn cars.

So here are a few of what I think (hope) the future will literally look like:

Gas stations will be very rare, and parking spaces will almost always have charging stations.

Having a garage in homes will be rare because car ownership will be rare. Using self-driving Uber-esque systems will be way more affordable, and car ownership then will be similar to antique car ownership now.

Lawns will be very rare, and permaculture-style of local fauna that doesn’t need care, upkeep, or watering will be common.

What do you think the future will look like?