A Copiosis enthusiast asked the following question on the Copiosis Social Page on Facebook. It offers an opportunity for us to better understand our innovation, so I've pasted my response here, with significant modifications and expansion for clarity, and broken into parts for quick consumption. This is part two. You can read part one here. Question: How does Copiosis deal … Continue reading Where you stand on the matter doesn’t matter, Pt. 2
Tag: American Exceptionalism
If you haven't heard of Burning Man, you're living under a rock. Seriously. Get out some. Read more. Burning Man is probably the premier exemplar of what is possible when people come together under what some critics my label a utopian ideal. What's remarkable about Burning Man is not its longevity, not its allure, not … Continue reading What can happen when money is no object
I recently wrote a couple of posts about why organized resistance in the form of demonstrations no longer work. It seems I have good company, because Edward Snowden agrees. Here's what he said in a recent interview in The Nation: Edward Snowden: I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to … Continue reading Snowden acknowledges ineffectiveness of organized opposition
Mirrors are amazing because they evoke powerful emotions that trigger unconscious behaviors. Watch someone looking at a mirror and you'll see what I mean. What we most miss about mirrors is their mysterious benevolence. They sit there quietly reminding us of our greatness. In my last post I wrote about the end of the Charismatic-leader era. I … Continue reading Organized opposition doesn’t work