Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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The last thing we did yesterday…is to give this initiative a name. We’re calling it Sandbox, a collaborative platform to strengthen cities, towns and neighborhoods.
I had always admired Ivan Illich for his penetrating insights into the pathologies of modern life and the human condition. Like dormant seeds, they sprouted at just the right time in my life and helped me develop a vocabulary for better understanding the commons.
When Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God—in less metaphorical terms, the collapse of the Christian faith that had provided the foundations for European social life since the Dark Ages—he saw that event as a turning point in human history, a shattering and liberating transformation that would open the road to the Overman. That hope turned out to be misplaced, and it’s worth keeping in mind that any equally grandiose claims that might be made about the consequences of the death of progress will likely face disappointment along the same lines.
It was such a simple thing to do, and it really aligned with what PPS has been saying: just do it, don’t think of the money.
Our myths of progress are killing us. Where can we find a new set of stories to inspire the work of the future?
If you’re looking for one book that explains the transformation taking place in our cities, towns and neighborhoods it is Leigh Gallagher’s new book The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving.
For one of America’s smallest states, Vermont has a lot to teach the rest of the country about living locally.
One year ago, without any discernable tech skills or any practical experience within the fields of open hardware, free software or free culture, I embarked on a project to try to live as ‘open source’ as possible for a whole year.
Thanks to all the readers (1470 of you!) who recently completed our Resilience.org survey.
What would it look like to consume and use resources in a way that does not look the other way?
Enlivenment means to get back to living reality as the inspiration and insight for all areas of science.
