I wonder if we are not front row spectators at the collapse of governments and of corporations as well - of institutions too large to deal with people as people. That would open the door to the pattern language understanding that a community of 10,000 is about the max that will spawn both a vital local economy and the possibility of face to face democracy. I do not think we are at an either or point any more. We are at a triad point where the third thing is what will come out of the current collapse which will be global.
10/14/11
The collapse of government
For Dispirited French Voters, ‘None of the Above’ Seems Best - NYTimes.com: "It could be called the election of “désamour,” one of those nearly untranslatable words, meaning a falling out of love, a disenchantment mixed with disillusion."
I wonder if we are not front row spectators at the collapse of governments and of corporations as well - of institutions too large to deal with people as people. That would open the door to the pattern language understanding that a community of 10,000 is about the max that will spawn both a vital local economy and the possibility of face to face democracy. I do not think we are at an either or point any more. We are at a triad point where the third thing is what will come out of the current collapse which will be global.
I wonder if we are not front row spectators at the collapse of governments and of corporations as well - of institutions too large to deal with people as people. That would open the door to the pattern language understanding that a community of 10,000 is about the max that will spawn both a vital local economy and the possibility of face to face democracy. I do not think we are at an either or point any more. We are at a triad point where the third thing is what will come out of the current collapse which will be global.
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