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Here's an idea that will never be realized as long as there are people who have the power to take more than belongs to them and deprive others of what they need.



Lets change the system so that housing costs a direct percentage of your income. If you make 10,000 dollars, then yearly you pay 1000 dollars rent. If you make 10,000,000 dollars a year, then yearly you pay 1,000,000 dollars rent. Lets do the same for food. 10% for food, 10% for rent, 10% for health care,… Continue

So, as far as I can tell, this social network is falling prey to what most if not all societies have already been infected by...a lack of trust. It seems that we, the players, don't really trust the governance of the "game". Since most of us probably don't trust our own governments, the World Bank, or any other hierarchical social systems in which power is centralized in a less-than-transparent way, this is neither surprising nor unexpected. Ideally, even the creator understood and expected… Continue

This sums up much of what I've tried to say over time, but in a much more streamlined and organized way. Thanks Luke.

http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/learn5-social-pathology?xg_source=activity

On the fundamental error of "saving the world"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biBFmFrzNEA&feature=related





Evidence and further elaboration of the "fundamental error" of modern materialism



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s42mrdhKwRA&feature=related





A tool to assist in discovering our own… Continue