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tama

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25. What I don't understand

Reply to Confusious (Reply #22)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:55 AM

Sep 2012

is the attitude of books versus oral traditions and what sounds almost hostility towards them - and indigenous traditions. Why can't they be complimentary gifts to whole of being, must they compete?

So, why is planet not kept in good shape and people not treated equally (by whom?) as we speak?

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A Totally Different Way to Think About Economics � with Visionary Charles Eisenstein [View all] xchrom Sep 2012 OP

How does this differ from a typical commune? dkf Sep 2012 #1

And different states? tama Sep 2012 #2

Not a big believer in simple answers Confusious Sep 2012 #3

Heh tama Sep 2012 #5

I've never connected wisdom with simplicity Confusious Sep 2012 #10

Gift for? tama Sep 2012 #14

Gift economies Confusious Sep 2012 #16

That's not gift tama Sep 2012 #21

The article wasn't that enlightening Confusious Sep 2012 #26

Those are good questions tama Sep 2012 #31

He doesn't propose the abolition of money Jay Bazuzi Sep 2012 #34

5000 years tama Sep 2012 #6

500 years is recorded history Confusious Sep 2012 #13

"Staying the same" tama Sep 2012 #19

Certainly not a society based on oral knowledge. Confusious Sep 2012 #22

What I don't understand tama Sep 2012 #25

You made it sound like oral was superior Confusious Sep 2012 #27

Thank you for sharing your vision. tama Sep 2012 #32

New age tama Sep 2012 #7

knee jerk emoticon of ridicule of wide range of phenomena Confusious Sep 2012 #15

Whatever tama Sep 2012 #20

That's why we have programs to help with the basics Confusious Sep 2012 #24

No problem tama Sep 2012 #28

I'm all for new ideas Confusious Sep 2012 #29

A bit more tama Sep 2012 #33

Gift economy tama Sep 2012 #4

K/R marmar Sep 2012 #8

... xchrom Sep 2012 #9

Yes, I love Charles Eisenstein and simiilar visionaries. OneGrassRoot Sep 2012 #23

yes marmar yes otherone Sep 2012 #12

Radical gifting.. ananda Sep 2012 #11

This is nice-sounding drivel. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #17

The article isn't very enlightening Confusious Sep 2012 #18

Yes, our systems channel our behavior Jay Bazuzi Sep 2012 #35

It's all good fun until Boxer gets sent to the glue factory Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #30