Banks or a better evolution... Using/trusting better people...
@undefined @lightweight @evantd @pkboi @isaacfreeman
I am amazed people ignore banks or bypass all the bad points / fees / authority / future manipulatoon
etc so much...
I guess this more about voting but those managing system manipulate it (even what looks fair).
Old established things preferred more than something better even if it's not #Bitcoin / #Monero etc. Just even for voting hard to say what is best in bad/skewed system(s) or system($)
So vote BankCoin or Bitcoin ... :)
(somewhat as comparison but evolution mainly in many things needed and just not banks or bad sysyem fakery, authority and collusion with states upon people for unfair power struggles being the root cause of everything!)
Trust also I would say is not there as much as legal force or punishment as 'trust'. Not quite the same but yes 'trust' in some way though I'd prefer moral principled people and less-war investment... etc
TikTok and Facebook habits vs. Personal strength & understanding of them
@lrvick
In an ironic way *it is regulated like cigerettes* or more precisely but vaguely *it's about money mostly* right whichever way you go :)
So it's really about strengthening people so that when you offer cigerettes or offer sweets coffee alcohol... even for free... then PEOPLE know what is best or when it's best for them... not just block or put warnings (just see how warnings already don't work on cigerettes... though pictures of cancer seem to do much better - but what's the equivalent for social side more than warnings?... I guess memes and parents explaining how eye-ball time, addiction and time condumption are MANIPULATIOM and data collection work BUT STILL it doesn't seem to link ir show hiw it wortks in UNSEEN WORLD... what is as good as cancer pictures stuck on a computer or mobile or site?
So I think there is more issues here that force... more from individual to get strong as well as 'regulated' by people like parents nicely even to use it but practice unusing it.
People who regulate anyway don't really care or care more about money- FUCK YOUR HEALTH REALLY - it's never been about that (from their side).
So my best bet...
●education
● talking circles
● memes
● and related docs good too
● as well as socially talking in person more often... and better things to do
(Boredom or lack of other things also help fb or tt)
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#5 Nurture human nature. What should success look like? A narrow focus on individuals, high-impact papers, grants & awards drives unhealthy competition & devalues the work of building & sustaining communities, mentoring, education, service & outreach. Let's reward #teamscience
#6 Design to distribute. Competitive funding schemes with low success rates are demoralising, waste time, and compound the Matthew Effect. Prioritisation of for-profit publishing and IP generation enclose public goods - the fruits of taxpayer-funded academic labour - for private profit. Calls for fairer funding & #OpenScience show that there is appetite for change.
How to pay each other? Also consider... MONEY ALONE WILL NOT SAVE US
The challenges I see here are currently detracting from giving or not attractive because of such things like:
● nobody like banks / not many want anything to do with them
● HOW to pay - all ways lead back to PayPal or American banking or just bank fees and rigmarole / charging us all more and evidential / data collecting
● Ease of paying - similar to above but a more neutral or even more personal way is needed for improved 'crowd funding' even where WE LoVE TO GIVE infinately somehow. A lot don't even reply to DM's so this might need a PR or dedicated person though I do like talking to developers directly (sometimes about off-topic or political things I think we all could do better by training thoughts about).
... so that's also why we end up not giving or saying actually 'it's not worth it' to pay them people more than the software providers or pay banks %'s for which they have monopoly anyway (and give us debt back in the end).
● this is also why technically we are in a losing game that YES I ACCEPT WE should pay each other or share directly more (including giving labour and other l♡ve more often) but monopoly of money itself anyway means they (with state) always win or take the fat cream off top lessening our energy incrementally since those types of currency (and politically steering) = wrong change.
(And that's why you get those types of 'National Socialist'/fascism types of platforms as its unity from bank and state as source which is similar or just financial fascism in raw form)
It is force in the end unless other less worse or more advantageous ways (fir individuals not just broad 'system') are introduced.
I have before thought we need things like house sharing (where some don't pay and we squeeze more in) and other actually fun extremes involving OTHER ECONOMICS because using their tokens (MoneyCoin let's call it like an older even-worse 'Bitcoin') and using their value system ...and tech decisions is 100% a sure loss / degrading everything.
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MONEY ALONE *WILL NOT* AND *CANNOT* SAVE US
* = these asterisked terms include *WILL* as intentions of banks using their money (who don't support free/freedom-loving/cost effective/good people )
and
*CANNOT* as technically we're all working in negative spectrum if money itself needs to be bought first (loans of various kinds where you pay for each 1 or 100 you get from bank loan therefore cheapening each 100 since you had to pay 10 for it!!!
DISCLAIMER:
I appreciate the reader may think a wall of text is overkill or not in the scope to talk about money itself BUT BELIEVE ME this isn't something avoidable or possible to ignore.
We couldn't even keep paying even if it was possible in debt-creation system. Really is about fixing everything in the end and accepting they put us on this lossy tangent and we have to correct it using our livesj!
Also as a footnote many like don't even understand or feel totality of above and go for greed as individual or whatever works (short-term vision)... (which is quite normal)...but also won't work as strategy.
We somewhat have to accept dying losing when all is debt-bas£d anyway and take the hits for what *gains ground* and not $aving what loses value over time anyway.
Thoughts welcome.
Certainly something we need to crack.
Love is giving more than financially asking... Love is not what governments do...
Love is giving more than financially asking.
Love is not what governments do...
Asking is still part of love (letting people give)
Learning to ask and give (with less money in the middle) is for me true love.
Love is giving more than financially involving things (less involving banks who are cheating everyone)
Love is not what governments do.
Consumerism is another form of war applied to it...
Consumerism is another form of war applied to it
Different form of war and program of the government(s)... but essentially didn't change much since WWII MENTALITY of manipulation and economic war going back before that.
Just Governments added some aesthetics and branches of study from those bad roots, making the folio on top look like less fascistic / less financialk with better looking uniforms ( clothes ) but same dealings overall.
Still to conquer of the earth and it's people both domestic and foreign as part of 'business' is daily life.
A video... slightly tangential...
Consumerism: Can we buy a better world? (NO WE CAN'T! )
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0VbWe5SM9Lg
Question- Wonder why in old texts hand written or typed they put the first word in CAPITAL LETTERS...
Question- Wonder why in old texts hand written or typed they put the first word in CAPITAL LETTERS or make the first letter or the word much bigger in font size at beginning of paragraph... #Question #QOTO
As seen here for the word "WHEN" that starts the paragraph:
https://fediscience.org/@MarkRubin/109769752655751403
@jhertzli
Ok i like it. Also feels it could be more than 1 meaning... but maybe not. Care to expand on it more anyway even to confirm the 1 meaning per line?
Killing people doesn't always kill the idea...
Killing people doesn't always kill the idea...
"You can kill the man but you can't kill the idea"
This works in a good and bad way that things can change or stay the same also... so for example it's
●Bad if Capitalism continues with people perpetuating it's ways by following 250% (or all in)
●Good if people are aware and doing something about it (including educating their kids) and increasing % of other ideas before they die.
If people follow Capitalism without changing things then the good ideas slowly or quickly die... so it's not ideal but people have to put their lives on the line either way else they or children live in hell / totalitarianism etc
You’ve likely heard about the cost of living crisis. But wait a sec ... What's this so-called ‘cost’ of living? Are you telling me that there is a price tag to *being alive*?
And what if you can’t afford that price tag? That cost of being alive? Then … you die?? 😱
We discuss the morbid, twisted logic of cost of living in our latest episode: https://vulnerablebydesign.net/chatgpt-and-existential-angst/
Free is probably not enough for social change or freedom...
@undefined @tromprojektas I'd like more of an idea what you have in mind as Free in an expensive or monetary society is better or ok in some ways but also on a social level it's kind of lacking change or training so "and then?" his my initial response.
I'm thinking the above mainly... without dismissing either the free part or doubting all people's ability - it will change things a bit but seems to lack training for mentality of concepts).
MORE ABOUT THAT BELOW... BUT ABOVE IS MAIN POINT...
My perspective seems to want for dealing with existing opposition / aggression / rule / enforcement / dealing with what people think is 'normal' etc.. at the same time as being nice... because nice also gets us cornered so we should expect that / have something ready to say or do... otherwise it's just a matter of time before things are simply shut down, made illegal, abused, even more expensive after and generally made harder because lack of keeping this mindset going...
To some extent we had as lot of 'free' before but people let slip and even ignored all these years.
But if you can somewhat not ignore all those encroachments then yeah try some social thing (see what it gets you better).
The method recommended is good as intention but perhaps I seem to see existing threats as closing down things too fast or not even dealt fast enough by 'nice' people who don't realise the nice was what is/was being shut down and being concreted over... Aggressors or even normal mentality is just moving on to the next field doing the same exhaustion etc until nothing much is left to work from and leaving a tired or toxic / sterilised ground of earth...
Maybe say your plan a bit more - I.E.
1. what do you imagine as you see it?
Just give free only?
2. how to avoid what we see every day happening somewhere with lock-downs, disruption, intention of existing profit-minded people and less ethical systems...
Any defence suggested?
Destruction 700 trees along the East River + 100 year old London Plane tree - New York City...
Reckless destruction of 700 trees along the East River is a nightmare of
● Misguided planning
● fascist design
● textbook municipal over-reach...
...who kills old trees in the name of “Climate Resilience” ?
New York City, that’s who.
Friends. We are protecting trees in the East River Park.
Some of us went into the construction site on Thursday and stopped (for a while) the destruction of a 100 year old London Plane tree named Mathilde.
Event was: Sunday Jan 15 at 3pm, 36 Ave C at East 3rd with Songs from: Change Without Us'
Come next time!
Also... Billy has written the foreword to a book of poems by Colin Greer.
You can purchase the print or eBook version of Colin Greer's "If But My Gaze Could Heal"
Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir // POB 1556 NY NY 10013 // www.revbilly.com
It's about changing / opening our minds...
I give people time and I thnk that's the difference to others online who really don't have or give time and give up on people really easy... (don't mean to be competitive, no put-downs, just I more dedicate time to others and weave us together).
So you don't even have to read any of this because EVERYTHING needs time + communication and without that a lot is broken and even less human even if it's for good...
Just follow and put notifications on to TEST MY FEED.... the rest below is just over-info for most poeple.
Open Learning School or Freedom University...
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A lot you might be at length and depth, but if you're easy about it, you can take the best and even take me along to understand life with others!
To learn and do everything practically! (this is a practical living (and gets stuff done as much as we can).
Fan of Fediverse!
Quick Look - peace-loving work / services:
█ Mini-Podcast (few mins each, examples below)
█ Picture remixes / video remixes
█ Lessons without being too 'teacher' about it. Teacher has teeth for eliminating doubt.
█ Food for thought as gentle soul also.
█ Unique ideas - often impossible for professionals (they are burdened by financial repsonsibility and therefore associational risk in saying things). I'm more diverse and occasionally direct (with respect, though I don't shy away from reminding people).
█ Not too embarrassing to say "I don't know" but can still chase things.
█ More responsive than casual users usually because people think having 'job' is enough in life. I say it's not! And even faimily is of no use if it's only getting worse (in everything!).
Podcast Examples:
1. Gary Ackerman's thoughts on AI
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111867522723922385
2. The Little Prince book
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845561003150354
3. Fantasy genre from a fan's perspective
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845709367492677
I help people create audio / edit educational audio / podcast / music / visual short videos / transcript text
+ I like to add a bit humour while being quite strict in my own politics (opinions) but open / inviting for others to tell me what I should do if they can explain more than just a short comment (I don't mind it's healthy for me at least if you have logic and can stand yourself explaining).
FreeSchool is about Learning towards Freedom (which is about Uniting everyone slowly, even "1 by 1"... Easy with The Fediverse!
Not virtue signalling here only, but practise of EVERYTHING as we go. Judged by getting in contact (many have) and having courage to communicate (or seeking it from others is ok, EVERYONE needs a bit of courage or hand-holding to make big personal changes). Who else is there for example if family doesn't understand?
Learning and watching can be good and staying out of people's way, BUT better is doing something every day and helping each other with some tough decisions / lessons... and then being bold enough to do them. 1... 2... 3 that is all that's needed.
Let my posts do most of the talking.
Put me on notification (click bell that appears after follow ia accepted) and if it's not interesting switch off after and tick me off the list of potential people to follow daily!
Media version of my posts here... open link for later... good for visual scrolling version and judge me on that I don't mind...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/media
I'm usually impressed with my media gallery as I work on posts a lot usually or hit the "Aha!" moments and capture it (other people may forget it for years, not me!).
Freedom is about *making it work together* better like using #Mastodon on the #Fediverse daily for better platforms with more #bestpractices and 'best' people to help us which I kind of collect here and
when it's #1 comment!
I am measurably better because I reply and stick to everything to the end(!)
No cancelling friendship suddenly without saying why or being moody!
Freedom is to Learn, Respect and Love eventually and ️to Unite!
Practically it's also like Tetris - add yourself to the puzzle and watch it all happen...
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talk more on Mastodon and the Fediverse and puzzle it all out using better ways to less use the other bad commercial / extractive people...
L£$$ of the less caring people like the ggl's / ytb / gmail / mainstream communication points etc who are offering lots of space 'free' and it's not free of peace there.
We GIVE to real people (TIME NOT JUST MONEY).
There's no buy-in solution - we have to make it with selotape or whatever we have - it's not shameful to bring whatever you have.
FreeSchool is terminology put together from many good things from past (coined in 1950's/60's. I / we become it eventually through being.
It's a movement for Freedom via Learning it all (learning self included and less active stuff) and doing the learning *together* --> https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeschool.
I encourage you warmly to participate with me as a I have time and then spiral out naturally to others (we are part of humanity and so naturally a sort of evangelism or ecological pyramid of life as we choose to spread lesser suffering while accepting consuming is part of it).
Less-commercial in orientation (in everything) and happy to think / work for free.
Naturally you will hesitate if someone is sure of themself or ok standing on shoulders what we copy do the best from humbly but not too sterile either.
Based on just emotions ruins almost everything, which seems very common - very ungraceful - so don't disconnect... do it gracefully at least!
A "school" of thought is here you can interact / ask and make best together as free/low cost as possible.
Even a bad answer you can take best from (of course I won't know all your situation when I suggest something but I don't need to answer 100% - you also need to help me!).
Leave perfectionism, we are all imperfect humans! Let's do it... Choose something ANYTHING and keep the thoughts rolling together...!
All content under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA-NC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1 Thereby, ideally, only using tools and resources that are #FLOSS #OpenSource. #nobot