By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 May 24
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 92 There’s an old saying about Communists that applies to all militant ideologies: they are good at conquest and bad at management. That’s only half of the story. The fact is that because of their cult-religious nature, various strains of Communism aren’t just bad at management; they’re completely disinterested in management. That is, they don’t want to make things work; they just want to control people and institutions to make more Communists. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explains the ideas behind that simple summary of Communist behavior. Join him to learn
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 92 There’s an old saying about Communists that applies to all militant ideologies: they are good at conquest and bad at management. That’s only half of the story. The fact is that because of their cult-religious nature, various strains of Communism aren’t just bad at management; they’re completely disinterested in management. That is, they don’t want
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 13 May 24
By Sally McCutchion and originally published on medium.com The concept of self-management as a business methodology came to the fore in 2014 when Frederick Laloux published his well-known book Reinventing Organisations. His theory was that businesses need to embrace an evolutionary purpose, wholeness and self-management to reach a new level of efficacy and sustainability. Forward thinking business founders and leaders continue to be drawn to this book and to the stories of organisations who have integrated these three pillars and become well-known for their successes. But despite ten years of community practice groups, consultants, coaches and leaders working with these ideas,
By Sally McCutchion and originally published on medium.com The concept of self-management as a business methodology came to the fore in 2014 when Frederick Laloux published his well-known book Reinventing Organisations. His theory was that businesses need to embrace an evolutionary purpose, wholeness and self-management to reach a new level of efficacy and sustainability. Forward thinking business founders and leaders continue
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Apr 24
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 138 The United Nations is a religious organization, and the religion behind it is a cult. More specifically, it is a theosophical cult based on an “evolutionary” vision for mankind that it wants to control. This fact is revealed in a strange book by late UN big-wig and creator of the World Core Curriculum (Common Core in the United States), Robert Muller, from about 25 years ago titled 2000 Ideas for a Better World, which he published in four volumes in the lead-up to the year 2000 (links below). Muller delivered this book and
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 138 The United Nations is a religious organization, and the religion behind it is a cult. More specifically, it is a theosophical cult based on an “evolutionary” vision for mankind that it wants to control. This fact is revealed in a strange book by late UN big-wig and creator of the World
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Apr 24
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 88 Compliance can be extracted by tyrants from a population through a straightforward method of creating enmity between segments of the population. First, the population is split into those who comply with the tyrant’s programs and policies and those who do not comply. If there are enough among the compliant, a demonization campaign we should call “hatecraft” is employed to pressure those dragging their feet to comply and to demonize those who refuse compliance. Perhaps no one in history was more skilled at these techniques, the politics of compliance, than Mao Zedong in CCP-controlled China. In this
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 88 Compliance can be extracted by tyrants from a population through a straightforward method of creating enmity between segments of the population. First, the population is split into those who comply with the tyrant’s programs and policies and those who do not comply. If there are enough among the compliant, a demonization campaign we should call
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Jul 22
On lies and systemic deceit The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.— Ursula K. Le Guin (For audio version of this essay, click here.) I’m getting a lot of intense critical feedback on my last post, from every direction. I am simultaneously— (1) Too […] The post Pandemania, Part 3 first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
On lies and systemic deceit The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.— Ursula K. Le Guin (For audio version of this essay, click here.) I’m getting a lot of intense critical feedback on my last post, from every direction. I am simultaneously— (1) Too […] The post Pandemania, Part
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Jul 22
More on abuse, division, and the promise of coherency I am impressed with the diversity and nuance of the comments on Part 1 of the Pandemania series. Super impressed. These are issues that provoke intense emotions, yet people were able to describe their experiences, feelings, and opinions with very little blame, self-righteousness, or dehumanizing labels. […] The post Pandemania, Part 2 first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
More on abuse, division, and the promise of coherency I am impressed with the diversity and nuance of the comments on Part 1 of the Pandemania series. Super impressed. These are issues that provoke intense emotions, yet people were able to describe their experiences, feelings, and opinions with very little blame, self-righteousness, or dehumanizing labels. […] The post Pandemania, Part
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 2 Jul 22
Those who build walls are their own prisoners.– Ursula K. Le Guin Oh my goodness. The social illness that the pandemic launched into its active phase is far from over. That is obvious from the comments on my last post, where I asked for suggestions on how to approach the Covid topic from a post-pandemic […] The post Pandemania, Part 1 first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
Those who build walls are their own prisoners.– Ursula K. Le Guin Oh my goodness. The social illness that the pandemic launched into its active phase is far from over. That is obvious from the comments on my last post, where I asked for suggestions on how to approach the Covid topic from a post-pandemic […] The post Pandemania, Part
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Feb 22
Hi everyone, I was just on a family trip and wrote an essay about current events, people power, etc. which I saved on a USB drive which now is completely dead. I’m taking it as an opportunity to rethink it. In the meantime, here is a short essay I wrote for a website called Trends with […] The post The Paradox of Busy first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
Hi everyone, I was just on a family trip and wrote an essay about current events, people power, etc. which I saved on a USB drive which now is completely dead. I’m taking it as an opportunity to rethink it. In the meantime, here is a short essay I wrote for a website called Trends with […] The post The Paradox
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Dec 21
A member of an online community I co-host described a Match.com exchange in which her prospective date, upon finding she was only partially vaccinated, wished her death—the sooner the better. It was one of many similar, she said. Now it is probably a good idea to eliminate from the dating pool people who disagree with […] The post Divide, Conquer; Unite, Heal first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
A member of an online community I co-host described a Match.com exchange in which her prospective date, upon finding she was only partially vaccinated, wished her death—the sooner the better. It was one of many similar, she said. Now it is probably a good idea to eliminate from the dating pool people who disagree with […] The post Divide, Conquer;
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Dec 21
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.– Mohandas K. Gandhi I once read an account of bullying in rural America in the early 20th century. The narrator said, “If a victim did not stand up to them, there was no limit to how far the bullies would go.” He […] The post A Path Will Rise to Meet Us first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.
The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.– Mohandas K. Gandhi I once read an account of bullying in rural America in the early 20th century. The narrator said, “If a victim did not stand up to them, there was no limit to how far the bullies would go.” He […] The post A Path