February 5, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Future of Business, Syntropic Enterprise
A Syntropic Economy Create value and extract value. The gift economy and the market economy. The artist and their gift and those who desire the gift. I consider these polarities not as separate from each other but complementary to each other. Two parts of a whole. Yet...
February 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings
Speak NO as a transmission Remember when you were very young, and a parent or guardian said NO? NO, you cannot have that. NO, you cannot do that. NO, this is not how our family behaves. And the NO came from them as a transmission. It meant NO. NO wriggle room. NO...
February 3, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The curated scapegoat An innocent, naive, eager, seeking relevance, yet not strong enough to know they are a pawn in a much larger game, is chosen with cruel care. I have been that person, more than once. My eyes bright with a promise based on the exploitation of my...
February 2, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Wrong philosophy I was watching a video recently where three men, all well-known in the intellectual edge scene, discussed their philosophies while referencing the philosophical heritage from which their worldview emerged. A few things struck me in the gut. Three men....
February 1, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs
The curious use of woke There is something macabrely humorous about appropriating the word woke by the extreme right of the political divide. If I were a coordinating impulse of Universe, a god, I would be laughing. Woke as a word has its Source Idea around the...
January 31, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Syntropic Enterprise
Robbery and exploitation A thief takes from others without their knowing. A robber takes others’ property openly. Colonisation is robbery. Scraping contributions from people on Social Media to feed algorithms to weaponise against those who make the contribution in...
