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Confusious

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29. I'm all for new ideas

Reply to tama (Reply #28)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:07 AM

Sep 2012

As long as they're technically sound and help the most people.

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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