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[Rob has a longer About page than most, but he also lives more authentically and by his values more than most, which this podcast focuses on, so I quoted the whole page. His experience and achievements prove wrong innumerable statements of how it’s impossible to do this or that in today’s world. Your style may be different than his, but you can choose to live by yours as much as[…] Keep reading →
Martin Luther King talked about a negative peace where a problem exists but people don’t face it or deal with it. In a positive peace where people solve the problem which requires facing it. He used nonviolent civil disobedience to force people to face problems that affected others but that as voters and citizens they could do something about. People didn’t like facing these problems but you can’t get[…] Keep reading →
If you’ve heard about avoiding straws or if you’ve avoided straws yourself, Dune Ives and the Lonely Whale, the organization she’s the executive director of have influenced you. If you ask yourself “Why straws?†or “What the point was?â€, that’s what you wanted for people actually to talk about things on a human scale as opposed to things that are so big that people can’t really figure out how to[…] Keep reading →
Today I’m going to talk about a dramatic proposal I see as a clear winner for the United States and for that matter the world. But let’s start with the United States aspect first. It’s a big idea, it’s a bold idea but everyone benefits from it. Its challenges aren’t if it would work or not but [unintelligible] support in implementation. But once started I see it as sustaining itself[…] Keep reading →
People seem to have a hard time imagining a world without growth, specifically economic growth or population growth. There’s also personal growth but I’m talking about materially measurable growth so population growth and economic growth. People seem to believe that economic growth is necessary. I’ve looked and I have not found any reasonable proof. If you know of any, please let me know. People say you need inflation to keep[…] Keep reading →
People seem to have a hard time imagining a world without growth, specifically economic growth or population growth. There’s personal growth, but I’m talking about materially measurable growth. People seem to believe that economic growth is necessary. I’ve looked and haven’t found any reasonable proof of its necessity. People say you need inflation to keep motivating people, but I don’t see any founding for such a belief besides their unfounded,[…] Keep reading →
People seem to have a hard time imagining a world without growth, specifically economic growth or population growth. There’s personal growth, but I’m talking about materially measurable growth. People seem to believe that economic growth is necessary. I’ve looked and haven’t found any reasonable proof of its necessity. People say you need inflation to keep motivating people, but I don’t see any founding for such a belief besides their unfounded,[…] Keep reading →