This in turn leads to a third form of socialisation, which we might call ‘civil socialization’. I would like to distinguish it from the socialisation of information, for it is about the capacity of us as civil beings to socialise directly, to act directly, to discuss directly, to produce directly: to produce not only ideas… Continue reading
Date archives "January 2016"
The secularization of salvation and the role of Wilhelm Reich (Tamera 2)
This is excerpted from a book originally published 30 years ago, by Dieter Duhm, initiator of the Tamera community in Portugal. This piece reviews the 3 main traditions of human emancipation, religion, marxism and psycho-analysis, ending with the role of Wilhelm Reich. As I lived in a Reichian community in my early twenties, it has… Continue reading
Video: 10 thought leaders on how can we all collaborate
At the OuishareFest of 2015, Rob Hopkins, Sara Horowitz, Neal Gorenflo, Lisa Gansky, Michel Bauwens, Pia Mancini, Albert Canigueral, Kathleen Stokes, Javier Creus, and Charles Eisenstein, answered the question: How can we all collaborate ? Watch their answers in this video at:
What to think today of Arnold Toynbee “A Study of History” ?
Chris Quigley, whom I met in Dublin last year during a seminar by Thomas Greco on monetary reform, choose to reflect on civilizational change in one of the last issues of his newsletter. See the first part below: Wealthbuilder Stock Market Brief 15th
Syriza did not support the commons!
Despite its stated poliical intentions, which we reported about in this blog, every time push came to shove, Syriza did not support commons solutions, shows Theodoros Karyotis in ROAR magazine (which is now a print publication as well), highlighting different case studies: “Let us look into some examples where the SYRIZA government, instead of ratifying… Continue reading
Crowdfunding Open Source Ecology
The Envienta project has recently come to my attention – it is a ‘connect the dots’ type initiative which aims to collect various forms of open source technology to make up an entire lifestyle based on low-cost modular solutions and open knowledge. They are clearly inspired by Jeremy Rifkin’s ‘Zero Marginal Cost Society‘ hypothesis, and… Continue reading
Video: Sarah Gold on the Need for Peer-Based and Techno-Savvy Citizenship
“We are moving towards a future of smart everything: watches, thermostats and cars. But who controls the technology? Who writes the code and who owns the data? Our generation will reinvent citizenship.” Great presentation, watch it here:
Biological Humanism as the Framework for a new culture (Tamera 1)
This is excerpted from a book originally published 30 years ago, by Dieter Duhm, initiator of the Tamera community in Portugal. THE CONCEPT OF BIOLOGICAL HUMANISM, Dieter Duhm: “Throughout history attempts to improve the world with morality and religion and to conquer man’s savagery by appeals to reason and conscience have failed. Men are humane… Continue reading