30 July 2008

Iz I.T. the final frontier?




This land is your land,
this land is my land

So, what is my space, if I'm at your place?

My space or yours?

In order to consider space, we must consider our self. Physically we assume ourselves to be pretty dense, mostly water and sometimes full of hot air. But on an atomic level we are barely here. Held together by the strong bonds that are simultaneously as fragile as a misplaced hope.

Consider what it is that we are and you'll find the fabric that we've weaved. Be aware, look too close and you'll find nothing but space, mine or yours, it'll be space and that's what I called Lost; a bit of a waste of prime-time. I'm interested in Found.

Let's get beyond my space, my place, and the rat race. We're in It together whether we weather it for the better or never measure up to the potential pleasure. My space or yours? It really isn't matter anyway.

Fruits of Our Labor

However, In today's market matter is important. Ownership, rights and stewardship is still being negotiated with the main interest and focus on the efficient allocation of resources; so as to raise the standard of living. How we can save ourselves by creating yet another market for our monopoly game of life to sell and buy carbon life forms, trees, dead flees, bees and organic cheese. Are we going to far yet? :)

The ideas of seven generations, Seven Nations and inter national relations carried out by five star generals, five sided buildings and 5% returns, means something doesn't add up. Economic competition yields good returns but you reap just what you sow. And long overdue consideration for long term viability of seeds, seas, and shes, has just now began to factor in with the shiny red crunchiness these possibly forbidden fruits of labor really are.

To each individual making their way through the day, rethinking, or simply thinking, would be the first step. Every thing is fine but something ain't right. Think before you drink and look before you leap. Because when Dylan said everyone must get stoned, he probably wasn't talking about kidney stones, reality hits it out of the park even if you miss: How much coffee will IT take to wake US up!

I got my iPod, my space, my dog, and smokes. But there are things I have that while intangible are consistently needing tending:
My life, this moment, the future, past, and my thoughts, and I am looking at the difference between my debt and the dept. we've all inherited and finding signs IT will tease it-self apart.

So for the moment:

I will till until I'm still
With little will to consider the bill
That was placed on the sill
Long before I had my fill

I see now I'd have to kill to refill that grill
May just dill the bill and build a mill.
And there I'll till until I'm still

Note: Economic theory considers ownership as one way to efficiently arrive at a desired group of benefits and goods. If the river has an owner, analysis yields a deal to be struck to keep it clean or produce energy etc. Although add into the equation many assumptions economists require to calculate not only monetary balance but quantifying the hearts and desires of man. This inner balance has to be found before a real deal can be struck between the value of life and liberty and the value of a dollar or a moment of mans' time.

2 Comments:

Blogger Seda said...

A little flowery language, but some interesting ideas here. The paradigm of our current economy doesn't work any more; how to get beyond it? How to create anew?

I don't have many answers. I get frustrated and feel helpless when I work at the macro level. But, on a personal level, I've started a side gig doing residential design on a gift economy basis - I gift my time and design to you, asking you to gift something (preferably money, at this point) to me - what it's worth to you and that you can afford - keeping in mind that I am making my living with it and want us both to do this sustainably. Wonderfully freeing - I don't have to bother keeping track of my time, so almost all time is "billable," and I don't worry about whether I'll get paid or not. I will or I won't, and if I don't, please enjoy my gift, you won't be getting another one.

A start, perhaps; a tiny crack in the dike of unsustainable economy.

9:43 AM, August 06, 2008  
Blogger Unknown said...

Less flowers then,
Maybe more root!
But I do see a stem.

Sustainability is key. With money systems, there's no use in poking at the cracks, the system will adapt better without negative actions.
You are now acting as a non profit, less taxes but still a substantial operating cost. You can Trust(s)the right people: Mollisons book's "Permaculture: Design for a sustainable future" final chapter is on financial structure of sustainable systems! Trust being the main focus but too much for me to digest yet. I'm chewing though.

The laws are complex but malleable and adaptable too. I'm interested in a grant or some ridiculously wealthy idealist friend to invest money in a "zero cost" home/community and go from there.

I find businesses run sustainably (for profit but with mission-see Daily Drucker or think how education pays!!!) is the best vehicle for change. Most efficient system is capitalism, just use it to repair the earth instead of (under) mine it. And do what you love: Money can't buy you love but love has IT's price.

Embrace the strength of the existing systems, build new ones. See James Grier's Theory of Living Systems for symbols and links from atoms to nations, if your interested.

Also reference some of my older blogs. And see Royskopp's "Remind Me" to see that we're in a new period of S.A.D.ness (systems analysis and design) that has much more information available than Rousseau or Tesla would have liked to deal with. But there's hope with I.T. to process it all.

My youtube favorites :
http://au.youtube.com/profile_favorites?p=r&user=Hal2222222&page=3
so you can consider what kind of potential a "perceptive pixel" offers.

This is IT

12:15 PM, August 06, 2008  

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