๐บ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ Real Freedom Starts With Community
Sovereignty: Who is ultimately in control, and how? Is there too much reliance on external resources? What happens to the value that derives from labor and culture? How easy is it for individuals and communities to exit if they so choose? โข Democracy: How can participants be part of the flows of power? Are those flows explicitly stated and widely
... See moreNathan Schneider โข Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
Power is shifting away from institutions and towards individuals. If weโre going to have more control over our own lives, working from anywhere, owning the internet, governing the institutions that support us -- then we need to figure out how to handle that responsibility. We need a self-governing philosophy. Existentialism is a great place to... See more
Packy McCormick โข Existential Optimism
Any philosophy for the modern era will need to cope with the idea that our freedom is embedded together, that more than ever, society will be bottoms-up versus top-down. If we want to decrease institutional power, we also lower institutional responsibility. Weโll need to be responsible for each other. A modern philosophy will need to confront the... See more
Packy McCormick โข Existential Optimism
And there was something else to look at what urban planner William White calls triangulation. You don't have to directly engage with other people who are here. You can both be looking at the fire. You're having a nice time. You're warm, you're feeling good. And over the course of sitting for a while, there's opportunity to strike up a conversation... See more