Thanks to yesmagazine.org. Nipun Mehta: An Economy to Feed Your Soul December 13, 2011 by Jennifer ”According to the IRS, I’m definitely poor, but anyone who knows me will tell you that I live like a king,” says Nipun Mehta. Mehta, a 34-year-old software engineer in Berkeley, Calif., believes that embracing generosity is the key […]
Read MoreThe “right to work” phrase reminds me of “citizens united” and the MX “peacekeeper” missile: all use Orwellian language. In his dystopian novel, 1984, Orwell had a word for black is white thinking: blackwhite: “The ability to accept whatever “truth” the party puts out, no matter how absurd it may be. Orwell described it as […]
Read MoreThis LA Times article is especially interesting in that its tone feels only barely tongue-in-cheek! The journalist, Lee Romney, quotes Brian Wallenstein, researcher for a new book set to collect all the stories from old-timers before they die, saying that Wallenstein’s goal is “to rattle the presumptions of those who resist the unknown” and that […]
Read MoreI’ve just about finished reading Truth and Consequences: Life inside the Madoff Family, by Laurie Sandell, about their excruciating personal journeys before, during and since their husband and father’s “50 billion dollar ponzi scheme” surfaced in 2008. While reading this book, I couldn’t help but think how scapegoat Bernie Madoff ‘s fraudulent life work is […]
Read MoreOne of the bibles of the permaculture philosophy and approach to designing more healthy and resilient social spaces, whether they be garden commons, or neighborhoods or communities, is the 1977 book, A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander. Already a classic, it has long occupied an honored place on my coffee table. Here’s a post that […]
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