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Re: Obama – the mindset tips.

ylld — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:33:28 -0000

I like how your comments tie up with the idea of de-industrialization (peak oilers, the transition towns movement in the U.K., john michael greer on the need to shift societal narratives to embrace the change needed) as well as the intellectual ferment over the way ahead for capitalism (fourth sector, importance of human welfare, community etc) AND the localizing movements. All these roads join up, and meet here, right at the Obama crossroads. It is beautiful, synchronistic stuff, and gloriously complex and serendipitous.

Re: Education And Learning: A Paradigm Shift - Part 2 - How To Prepare Yourself For A Meaningful Life?

ylld — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:31:23 -0000

This is great. I believe that children need to be offered the experience of passion-based learning on a regular basis. Are there any "best practices" out there or experimental groups who are trying to do this? I'd love to hear more about what you mentioned, Robin, in the short video which I saw on Teemu's website after Le Web where you suggest that the best way to "subvert" the system is through individual initiatives. Denise (in Paris)

Re: Newspapers’ decline is a sign of democracy’s health, not a symptom of its death

ylld — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:14:53 -0000

brilliant! thank you for this. i mostly hated (aside from the odd moment of adrenalin) the 10 years i spent in mainstream journalism precisely because of the obligation to uphold the fiction that obediently perpetuating the value systems of our white male editors was critical to society and democracy. and that journalists who did not duplicate what they held to be "news" were considered marginal. the internet was the true vector of free speech for me in my writing trajectory - so i'm happy you've pointed this out amidst all the entitled and angry huffing and puffing of these status quo denizens who are about to go under, en masse, Ivy League education or not.