tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491758030360570659.post171849058484430047..comments2023-08-02T08:55:39.775-07:00Comments on The Implicit & Experiential Rantings of a Person: "Don't mourn, organize"Ian Mayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08624133872487044679noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491758030360570659.post-77560287045767125042012-01-31T08:53:46.161-08:002012-01-31T08:53:46.161-08:00DO MOURN.
ORGANIZE ANYWAY.
Loss: One part, which ...DO MOURN.<br />ORGANIZE ANYWAY.<br /><br />Loss: One part, which Ian does a great job on, is identifying causes and thinking about possible solutions. Another part might even be called non-negotiable negativity, which might be a definition of grieving.<br /><br />As everything is ALSO social/political ("where's the health care gonna come from?") the challenge is distinguishing necessity from what's not, and in some cases earning knowledge that the distinction is not so clear:<br /><br />Everyone dies, but drone attacks are (in)human choices and "collateral damage" is the language of those who cause loss and grief without taking responsibility. Suicides are much messier, and so usually more painfull.<br /><br />But all loss (I believe -- I love the Buddha but won't take his guidance on this) is irreparable.<br /><br />Here's my Q without an A: Without taking into account such "negativity", the intentions of an intentional community are corrupted. Part of us wants to believe we can simply start everything anew, from scratch, and avoid the mistakes of our predecessors.<br /><br />Naw. There were mistakes, but also quandaries and toughshit choices that no one can ever resolve in the abstract or for all time. And about whichwe have to say we will try to do a better job, acknowledging that no one has done such a terrific job so far.<br /><br />For stuff like suicide, community, love... structure and algorithms can help humans work things out -- they are not automated solutions.davichonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12022627784061619121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491758030360570659.post-28562395823449849272012-01-30T10:08:26.351-08:002012-01-30T10:08:26.351-08:00I wanted to drop a line and say that I enjoy the f...I wanted to drop a line and say that I enjoy the fact that you spill so much (digital) ink on this (and related) topics but I feel like you give people WAY too much credit. I don't mean that people suck (existentially) but that the (social) ocean that most of us inhabit is far larger and more powerful than our individual will to resist it.<br /><br />I don't blame individuals for their alienation (if that makes sense) or their inability to defeat it. I honor the rest of us for finding our way through it...Aragorn!http://aragorn.anarchyplanet.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8491758030360570659.post-51825854678682871752012-01-30T08:58:55.078-08:002012-01-30T08:58:55.078-08:00Hmm. Lots to say, not much time at the moment. I ...Hmm. Lots to say, not much time at the moment. I guess i am dissatisfied with the the first part of your answer, that everyone needs good health care. It reminds me of the old economist stuck on the desert island with can food and no way to get into it joke. "Assume you have a can opener". Where is this medical care coming from? Clearly we have to be organizing some aspect of it, because it is not being prepared by the state. How does this happen?<br /><br />FOr me in my thoughts on new communities i am thinking that transparency groups are more important that Radical Honesty. With all due respect to Brad, RH does not feel memetic in the same way as transparency groups do. Nor do i want people to have to go to crazy expensive classes. For more on Transparency groups see http://paxus.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/radical-translucency/memeticisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391852694742133226noreply@blogger.com