But I do have to ask, since we’re all no longer waiting for 2012, maybe it’s time to change the “by Tim Boucher, 2012, Creative Commons” bit at the bottom? How about 2112? That would give us all some breathing space…

Collapse and creative destruction are great concept

No, they are not great concepts. They are hysterical antics.

We may need to see a collapse of “fictitious capital”

I get the point and I don’t follow Mr. Pinchbeck’s work so I don’t know his context but “fictitious capital” is what many of the six billion people on Earth base their lives on. Collapse and creative destruction are great concept but it’s funny that none of the advocates for these things are creative enough to come up with safety nets.

This morning I read an article about the introduction of genetically modified seed stocks in India by Monsanto, ADM etc. Many failed and an estimated 28,000 farmers committed suicide in the decade to follow. Their collapse has already happened, now what?

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/13/1451229

Yeah, Supercentury! You know if you read RAW, he would have liked that idea better then all this collapse shit a lot of his fans seem to be into for some reason.

What a Downer. Seriously. I am thinking maybe if it stays kind of fringe, it will just attract shitty things into the lives of those people focusing on this dream of “collapse.” But if it really catches on, I am sure it would have enough collective energy to really happen.

“Transformation” I think is a much better word picture. “Revolution” has become trite perhaps.

There are different kinds of revolutions, though, some are peaceful and not bloody at all.

But anyway, this collapse thing is so passive aggressive and negative. Basically its all about hating powerful people and wishing bad things to happen to them. Its not empowering.

I feel that you manage to twist my ideas and intentions in everything you write about my work. It is unfortunate.

I recognize my own failings in our communications quite readily, but have you considered that perhaps you are simply not communicating as effectively as you could?

That is why we started Reality Sandwich - http://realitysandwich.com - a media website that will develop into a social network for sharing tools and exchanging resources as well as information.

In what way will Reality Sandwich transform into that? Last I heard of it, you were just posting attacks by John Lash to other websites.

In the last decades, the economic system has acted as a funnel siphoning wealth and resources upward from the many to the few.

You see this as only a recent development?

The inequities have grown to become monstrous disproportions, creating an oligarchy that is now building its own private armies.

So you’re going to combat massive armies of the oligarchy with a website?

In fact, I see the naked revealing of the current financial system as a positive thing. We may need to see a collapse of “fictitious capital” before we can readjust to dealing with the natural capital of the planet.

You write, “We *may* need to see a collapse” and I maintain that it is your choice to see a collapse as necessary. You are actively selecting towards a particular reality - one which is almost certainly not positive in that it “requires” collapse. And this is not me twisting your words.

However there is huge potential for transformation right now - I recommend Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s book “Multitude” as one cogent analysis.

No, this is not the time for reading more books and for engaging in further “cogent analysis.” This is the time for people to master themselves, perfecting their own experience of life, and improving that of all others.

And we do not need to wait for 2012 to happen. And we do not require a collapse to change. These are at best wrong, and at worst dangerous attitudes to hold.

I feel that you manage to twist my ideas and intentions in everything you write about my work. It is unfortunate.

Of course, I still believe in “positive action” in the world. That is why we started Reality Sandwich - http://realitysandwich.com - a media website that will develop into a social network for sharing tools and exchanging resources as well as information. In fact, I see the naked revealing of the current financial system as a positive thing. We may need to see a collapse of “fictitious capital” before we can readjust to dealing with the natural capital of the planet.

In the last decades, the economic system has acted as a funnel siphoning wealth and resources upward from the many to the few. The inequities have grown to become monstrous disproportions, creating an oligarchy that is now building its own private armies.

However there is huge potential for transformation right now - I recommend Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s book “Multitude” as one cogent analysis.

yours,
dp

events have gone beyond human capacity to control, predict or even conceptualize.

Reading this again, it strikes me how absurdly defeatist this is to say. We always have the ability to make choices and to improve our experience. There is nothing that exists or can exist that lies apart from our God-given ability to Reason and to Act.

Something has snapped in the spirit of the time; events have gone beyond human capacity to control, predict or even conceptualize.

I agree. This has more to do with an internal state than an external one but they are linked. I’m sure the people living through the aftermath of WW I, the Depression, during the Holocaust etc. felt the same way. This man shows how high the human spirit can grow despite hideous, world changing circumstances. I’m sure there are lots more like him who never become public figures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl