I read with interest Thomas's sun god analogy, which I think is brilliant.
I would only add that perhaps our sun god is "the Marketplace" with its
"invisible hand." The work ethic is more like an archaic ritual habit in
service of this god. The habit, like all habits, formed when our northern
This will be of interest - posted on the Health Promotion List
David
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the tide.
David Burman
At 06:11 PM 22/10/98 -0400, Victor Milne wrote:
While I have to agree with Ed Weick's earlier comment that people will
inevitably "do economics"-- I do after a fashion, and I'm no professional
economist -- nevertheless Jay Hanson may be right that it's tim
Riane Eisler, in her books "The Chalice and the Blade" and "Sacred
Pleasure", which report and interpret up-to-date interpretations of
palaolithic archeology, shows that violence and domination are far from
being natural human traits.
On the contrary. The evidence strongly suggests that our
ation only the "beloved woman" can declare war. In my two divorces
the wife got
all of the property and left me only with what they didn't want. It
is not easy
being in a traditional marital arrangement. That is why we so rarely
leave
them. You seem a bit Eurocentric here. RE
It's a pleasure to have Ray back as an active participant on the list. I'm
sorry you pulled your back, but if it frees you up to lend us your
insights, it enriches my perspective. We immigrants to / invaders of this
country have so few roots to the land and its inhabitants that it's no
wonder
In the last Canadian federal election, Paul Hellyer, former minister of
defence in the Trudeau cabinet, formed a party to argue exactly that: there
is always money to fight a war - why not fight a war on unemployment,
increase our tax base, and get prosperity going for the whole country,
The track record of governments resisting the transnational agenda has not
been good so far. Is there any evidence (besides this) that the pendulum is
beginning to swing in the other direction?
At 01:42 PM 1/22/98 PST, pete wrote:
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From: Andrea
Thomas,
thanks for your reply. There are several sources worth checking out. One
that I've written appears as Chapter 5 in "Eco-city Dimensions: Healthy
communities, healthy planet," edited by Mark Roseland of Simon Fraser U (New
Society Publishers, Gabriola Is. BC, 1997). Tom Greko has self
At 05:41 PM 2/4/98 -0500, Ed Weick wrote:
I'm not quite sure of what to make of this, but it strikes me as being a
supreme example of assigning a single cause to a multi-faceted problem.
Many populations have benefitted from increased trade. Others have not -
for example, Sub-Saharan Africa.
Harry wrote:
The more Capital we have, the more trade we have, the more wealth is
available for all of us. But it doesn't reach everybody, either in the US
or in the third world.
For heavens sake, ask why?
OK, why?
David
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apologies for cross postings. Here's some important news on MAI from France.
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I think that with concerns for personal autonomy vis a vis the collective,
especially given the "automated work" scenario that Rivkin proposes, local
economic systems which include personal money become more important. Rather
than deceptively simple concepts, personal money systems like LETS are
He writes for the Toronto Star, a Liberal party organ.
At 10:56 PM 13/01/99 -0400, Michael Gurstein wrote:
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Dalton Camp could
Dear futurework people.
This is about a community response to the Y2K problem. Is this an important
issue? I admit to not having paid it much attention.
David
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As the Keynote speaker at the money conference in Palo Alto during the
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17. Chris Toussaint, Valley Village, CA
18. Cristina Berio, Agoura Hills, CA
19. Michel Beluet, Valcourt, Quebec, Canada
20. David Burman, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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