Closing up some tabs that have been opened for a while: Back to Bach: ” How, though, does Bach’s music achieve, or at least point to, transcendence?” Good question. A new book takes a stab at the answer. Robert Paterson at his finest, as he compares our engagement with global warming to the appeasement of Hitler by Chamberlain in 1939: “So here is my prediction. I think that the time now is Munich. Our politicians think that they can negotiate with the institutions that really govern us. We hope they can too. After all – who wants to …
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Found in some email conversations lately, three systemic methods for communicating well: Internal Family Systems Non-violent communication Systems-centered training Photo by Susan NYC
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10 cool reads that crossed my path recently: 1. The Plastic Sea: “The simple fact is that when you drop a Styrofoam cup onto the street, you’re causing more damage than you would by dropping a stick of dynamite into the ocean. You set in motion an invasion of thousands of killer plastibots that will cause death and destruction for centuries to come.” See also A Primeval Tide of Toxins. 2. How Bush Makes Enemies: “Today, more from the muddled strategic thinking of the Bush administration than the actual threat from Al Qaeda, the “war on terror” has become an …
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Ten new bits and pieces for your surfing pleasure: Grupthink: “GrÅ«pthink is a new way to ask and explore open-ended questions with the rest of the world. Anyone can ask a question or post a topic at GrÅ«pthink, and everyone can respond. Here’s where it gets even more interesting: Anyone can respond with new answers, and those answers can be voted on by everyone else.” At the moment it seems to be fixated on rather superficial questions, but that could change. via The Big Here: “You live in the big here. Wherever you live, your tiny spot is deeply intertwined …
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I’m throwing some love out to Jordon Cooper who got accused of plagerism because helinks to things without saying where he got the link. So here are ten pieces of linkage for you, discovered recently, from a variety of sources: Funding strategies for progressives James Howard Kunstler interview at Worldchanging: “Anybody can put a poster of the Rocky Mountains in their basement and go down there and sit and feel groovy about it, but meanwhile their town is crumbling around them.” Nipun Mehta on Organic Orgnaizational Growth: “My vision for any holistic organization would be one that anchors itself in …