dane cads

One of his observations is that when any aspect of a living system is torn from its contextual relationships, it can then be exploited. How a description is made of a person, a family, a community, a culture, or an ecosystem –matters.

This report presents initiatives for helping build a more relationship-centred city. But isolated ideas are not enough, no matter how impactful or inspiring. Truly putting better relationships at the heart of London life also requires a more systematic approach to policy and design – one that encourages cross-fertilisation and coherence between... See more

"Money isn’t perfect. It has changed throughout history; it’s a technology that can be improved. In the modern era, it is failing us because it’s too universal. It draws our attention away from the communities that are the real sources of our wealth."

Blind trust requires very substantial bonds between the people who share it, use it, take it for granted.

Most of us intuitively understand hierarchies as relationships of power and superiority/inferiority (etymologically, “-archy” has to do with rule/authority): these are domination hierarchies. Higher is better, lower is worse: a zero-sum mindset is assumed, and value-judgments follow. This is how our culture is structured, because domination... See more