Universal Unconditional Basic Income (Part 1 of 2)
August 17, 2018
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When we start the conversation around contribution, and intentionally shift away from market language - including the word ‘value’ which is also an economic...
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Beyond Good Intentions; Towards A Good Life
Mostly with good intentions, institutions develop processes that degrade the human capacity, inventiveness and autonomy of the person/persons they serve....
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Scarcity & remembering the obvious.
The concept of ‘abundant communities’ is vital as it recognizes that the huge reservoir of individual, associational, cultural, economic and ecological capacities we have...
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Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 3 of 3)
"It benefits without pretension, it is content with it’s nature, and therefore can’t be faulted."...
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That life is a terminal condition should focus us, all the more strongly, on building community as a wise course of action in shaping...
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Thisness: Coming to our Senses (Part 1 of 3)
Start with a focus on that which is external, beyond our own senses and our influence is to inadvertently render that which is proximate...
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What’s in a word?
Recently I’ve been reflecting on the power of language and its ability to influence and fundamentally shape how institutions relate to the communities that...
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Rather than client or customer, when you refer to someone as a citizen you see them as a primary inventor of a better tomorrow...
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The Money Is the Bait, Not the Fish
Here the “fish” is social capital, not fiscal capital, in fact fiscal capital is only used as bait to draw out, and productively connect...
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Empathy not Sympathy
Sympathy creates dependence between ‘the needy’ and the ‘needed’, at the expense of interdependence at the center of community life. Empathy invites people who...
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Thinking Differently About Funding
How do you preserve community power and autonomy in the face of grants from organizations that have predefined the agenda before communities have even...
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A Christmas Wish
My wish this Christmas is that we would recognize that we and our neighbours through our deep commitment to each other are the real...
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