Leo Guinan
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Leo Guinan
In other words, the faster you try to change, the more likely you are to backslide. The very pursuit of rapid change dials up a wide range of counteracting forces which are fighting to pull you back into your previous lifestyle. You might be able to beat equilibrium for a little while, but pretty soon your energy fades and the backsliding begins.
James Clear • The Paradox of Behavior Change
Slow changing humans is a feature not a bug.
the way I navigate the world right now is I’ve developed a fair amount of defensive suspicion about certain kinds of pleasure. A marker of design game-like systems is that they’re very pleasurable to operate in.
New York Times • A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
Where we invest our time also has a Return on Energy (ROE).
Return on Energy
First, there’s the energy of the old story . It’s animated by a clear-eyed awareness of the injustice and suffering woven through the status quo. Old story energy is fire, anger, urgency, compassion. It’s what emerges when the veil is lifted on the inner workings of our disquiet, and you see what you’re fighting against. You’ve met the enemy, and... See more
manifesto energy
This is the old economic models, the value of money over people, the value of data over beauty. Banks and insurance companies profiting on the suffering of people. Making everything look the same. Like money.
Unlike other products of consumption, creativity is not a scarcity market, and writers have two main upsides to shared creativity:It helps them come up with new ideas - Because creativity doesn't strike in a snap of a finger, writers can't rely solely on their imagination for consistent content creation. They can't perceive the world in new ways... See more
Eliot Couvat • What Decentralized Media Means To The Future of Digital Writing
When a Collective joins a Fiscal Host, they get a clear service: we'll hold your money, you don't have to go get a bank account and form your own legal entity, we're going to take care of some really annoying paperwork stuff for you, and we'll give you this nice online tool that lets you share your budget transparently and pay your expenses. On the... See more
Divya Siddarth • Building Capacity for Exit to Community
Abundant System Example
A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
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In the past jobs were about muscles, now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.
Nicholas Goodey • Resistance and Embracing Your Nature
The heart is where the energy lies.
As Brian Merchant argues in his book, Blood in the Machine , the rebellion was more nuanced than we realize, standing “not against technology per se but for the rights of workers above the inequitable profitability of machines.”
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Economics of Human Energy and Abundant Systems
This is what abundant systems recognize. It’s not about the machines or the data, it’s about the humans. When we build abundantly, we ensure that everyone is taken care of, because that builds the best possible long-term future.