Nov 3 2012: I feel like you have spoken into my being. The following documentary may interest you: /watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag
People as passionate as you are needed for change... like most of the individuals involved in TED Conversations as well.
Oct 29 2012: Books I strongly recommend pertaining this subject are 'Tyranny of Words' by Stuart Chase, and 'Language in Thought and Action' by S. I. Hayakawa. Basically they talk about how we have been conditioned to mistake the symbolism with real world referents. For example:
One has map, describing a territory of land. The 'map' IS NOT the 'territory'.
A very descriptive analysis into the language that mostly demagoguery and advertisement thrives in. A form of subliminal suggestion. Very important to know about the semantics of language.
Oct 29 2012: The question is, how do we outgrow framework which enables corruption to emerge? Design or build a new one. There are many projects and movements that aim to do so. P2P Foundation, Moneyless Society, The Venus Project, Resource-Based Communities, The Zeitgeist Movement, to name a few. The main aim is to decentralize power by any means possible. Today we have a system that is slowly centralizing power (banks, government) and leading to the eventuality of a corrupted system.
“One can not change an existing system by fighting it; one must create a new system that makes the old system obsolete.” ~Buckminster Fuller~
Oct 25 2012: Hello there,
quite right, for years we have had the capability to transform our socio-economic system into one that is actually sustainable, but our values got/get in the way. It is also about changing what we value most. A value war, if you will. Interestingly enough though, for years there has been a man called Jacque Fresco that has been working on social design, and intelligent management of resources. Probably the following shows the ideas in a more understandable way.
Oct 25 2012: I rather think the article a bit exaggerated regarding timeline as to how it came about. But the basic idea is this, someone saw sooner the opportunity than another, to start hoarding resources and gaining power by different means. It is like a mountain of power - some climb faster then others, if so, then it is naturally that they would prevent others from climbing to the same position. It is mainly due to scarce resources though, but today we have a variety of technologies that could enable us to produce abundance: permaculture, aquaponics, geo-thermal energy, vertical farming, 3-d printing, and so on... I see you are interested in the Resource-Based Economy Jacque proposes. Very sensible ideas they have, regarding social design, and material distribution. The one thing that is getting in the way is our values. Technology is a double-edged sword; it can either be used for construction or destruction - depending on our values.
Oct 25 2012: Corruption is systemic. The biggest factor I see leading up towards it, is money. One can argue about individual morality, but when the system itself is corrupt, the higher the probability of individual corruption. I certainly don't see Gandhi being corrupt in that sense, if you will, because he himself was facing of a corrupt system. A double standard morality where the system tends to view the opposing morals as corrupt.
'Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Want to guess what money represents?
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A reply on Conversation: Debate: Is corruption a moral or a legal issue?
People as passionate as you are needed for change... like most of the individuals involved in TED Conversations as well.
A comment on Conversation: The power of a brand to turn us into puppets.
One has map, describing a territory of land. The 'map' IS NOT the 'territory'.
A very descriptive analysis into the language that mostly demagoguery and advertisement thrives in. A form of subliminal suggestion. Very important to know about the semantics of language.
A comment on Conversation: Debate: Is corruption a moral or a legal issue?
A reply on Conversation: Debate: Is corruption a moral or a legal issue?
A reply on Conversation: Debate: Is corruption a moral or a legal issue?
A reply on Conversation: Debate: Is corruption a moral or a legal issue?
“One can not change an existing system by fighting it; one must create a new system that makes the old system obsolete.” ~Buckminster Fuller~
A comment on Conversation: Debate: Our culture isn't adapting to our rapidly progressing technology.
quite right, for years we have had the capability to transform our socio-economic system into one that is actually sustainable, but our values got/get in the way. It is also about changing what we value most. A value war, if you will. Interestingly enough though, for years there has been a man called Jacque Fresco that has been working on social design, and intelligent management of resources. Probably the following shows the ideas in a more understandable way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJaLFMf7IA
A reply on Conversation: When and why did we start staking out property?
A comment on Conversation: When and why did we start staking out property?
A comment on Conversation: Debate: Is corruption a moral or a legal issue?
'Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Want to guess what money represents?