Complex reasons for this kind of disaster can be elaborated at length by experts on banking and high finance who cannot see the forest for the trees, But it was just as if someone had come to work on building a house and, on the morning of the Depression, the boss had said, “Sorry, baby, but we can’t build today. No inches.” “Whaddya mean, no inches? We got wood, We got metal. [Read More]

Focusing on Community Save what you can Behind us the old world in flames Lower the lifeboats, take us to her Steer the way — Frank Turner: The Lifeboats In my opinion, the majority of large scale problems in the world are caused by greed at the top. This has been a problem since the mid 1970s at least, but it is especially true now that the rich have taken over our Federal Government. [Read More]

For the last few years I’ve been strategizing a new local focused form of commerce. This began as my strategy for competing against established publicly traded companies. Now as I watch our markets destabilize and our Federal government trending towards insolvency, I think it may be our safety net. “Oakville Grocery” by www78 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Much of the technology our modern world runs on was built in a collaborative methods. [Read More]

At any given moment of our lives, we have choices which we can make within the bounds set by all of history. Our knowledge and our character influence brought us to this point, as well as infinite other factors. What options available to us in this moment are set and unchangeable. We can do what we know is right, or we can make a different choice. “Bronze portrait bust of the emperor Gaius (Caligula)” is licensed under CC0 1. [Read More]

The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. \ — Lao Tzu In 1776, Adam Smith published Wealth Of Nations, which was his analysis of how commerce functioned in his day and age. “Buddhist disciple, or luohan, holding a peach” is licensed under CC0 1.0 In 1848, Karl Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto, which was his analysis of how the masses were exploited by those with economic power. [Read More]

We are each truly unique beings that project ourselves onto others. If you compare people by the sum of their knowledge, experiences, character, core beliefs, etc, then clearly no two people are identical. We can see matching patterns, but there are always differences. “podcast listen” by Terry Freedman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 When we communicate, we assume some amount of commonality in usage of terminologies. We project our knowledge on the other people involved, which lead to miscommunication. [Read More]

For the past few decades there has been a trend towards consolidation and maximizing profitability, even at the expense of ethics and Democracy. Today’s mega-corporations are very efficient machines for generating profits. Throughout our nation’s history, they have fueled economic growth. Unfortunately the entire concept of eternal economic growth is fundamentally flawed. Our Hidden History of Corporations in the United States When American colonists declared independence from England in 1776, they also freed themselves from control by English… reclaimdemocracy. [Read More]

This is a transcript from the included video. Hi there, this is Greg Boyce from Auburndale Technology, and I’m looking to talk to you today about a trend I’ve been seeing in terms of entrepreneurship and business startup. At a micro level when you’re looking to start a business what makes sense is to go to where the talent is. “Distribution of Financial Wealth in the U.S.” by Randy Coffey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4. [Read More]

Humans are one with their environments. What exists is the result of what everyone puts into it. If you want to create a better world, you need to work on it. “Human Resources” by Ben Taylor55 is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Companies are collections of humans who use tools to achieve goals. The specific goals depend on the people involved. From the perspective of a company with certain tasks it must accomplish, people are an expense. [Read More]

Before last year, I was primarily focused in the technology world. “pingui” by roberto noe diaz is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 My primary focus was Linux systems, which had been my platform of choice since the late 1990s. Hand in hand with Linux is the Open Source/Free Software cultures. The Linux Kernel was begun by Linus Torvalds as a college student. His decision to create it as a project distributed for free under the GNU General Public License (GPL) opened the door to it becoming the dominating force in technology. [Read More]