They need a 4 day fast and a visit to Carlos Castenada. Darryl
On 1/21/2011 4:10 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: > "Well, your network gift economy is undermining the lawful, > government approved, regulated economy!" > > > That's why the Dawes commission disbanded the Indian Nations and outlawed > our religions. Today when we've come back to those practices we are so > inculcated by the economic value structure that the religions don't fit. > They are pro-human potential and based in human growth but the Western > Economics ties the purposes to profit and not to the development of a skill > of competency. That's why many traditional priests don't do sweat lodges > and other ceremonials with non-Indians. Rather than discovering how they > are different after the experience the non-Indians want to know whether the > endurance was "worth" it. > > REH > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 6:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Futurework] Re: A robot stole my job > > > Sandwichman wrote: > >> The core idea is that the objective world of buying and selling that >> we experience is an artificial construct based on the zero-sum >> notion that "what's mine is mine and what's yours is yours." So >> absolutely more for you is less for me, even if exchange makes us >> both relatively better off. In a gift economy, though, more for you >> is more for me because there is a social obligation of generosity. > > Bruce Sterling's short story, "Maneki Neko", [1] draws an entertaining > picture of a gift economy and the hysterical hostility with which it's > regarded by those deeply inculcated with (or indentured to) the > currently conventional business and political ethic. > > > [1] Full text at http://tqft.net/wiki/Maneki_Neko. > Save the page and insert double spaces between paragraphs with > your favorite text editor to make it more readable. > > Tsuyoshi blinked. "Look, I don't know anything about all > that. I'm just living my life." > > "Well, your network gift economy is undermining the lawful, > government approved, regulated economy!" > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
