This is what we have. And exactly what gato has been talking about. We have been establishing a reputation economy, right here. A True North digital university of ideas and thinking. People who have passed the ethics litmus test. These are the people I am trusting, going forward. The gatos and eugyppii and myriad of people who have done the number crunching and the thinking, and are able to impart it to those who are receptive to it, and who are prepared to think along with them (even though, for the likes of me, I need some colour-by-numbers help!). As we were being put through the covid grinder, this is where we have managed to coalesce and connect. I am actually fairly hopeful. We have our Clever Ones, too. Put that in the pot with uncompromising ethics, a healthy scepticism, a smattering of bloody-minded contrariness, and the will to stay true to our humanness - and we will have the edge, ultimately. We have to will it into being and push it out into the world every which way we can think of. The Zeitgeist will, and must, shift.
Wow. This actually made sense (mostly) to my tech-averse brain. Thanks for putting it in terms I could (sorta) grasp.
Step 1 is to find honest, knowlegeable peopleyou can trust to explain and advise.
This is what we have. And exactly what gato has been talking about. We have been establishing a reputation economy, right here. A True North digital university of ideas and thinking. People who have passed the ethics litmus test. These are the people I am trusting, going forward. The gatos and eugyppii and myriad of people who have done the number crunching and the thinking, and are able to impart it to those who are receptive to it, and who are prepared to think along with them (even though, for the likes of me, I need some colour-by-numbers help!). As we were being put through the covid grinder, this is where we have managed to coalesce and connect. I am actually fairly hopeful. We have our Clever Ones, too. Put that in the pot with uncompromising ethics, a healthy scepticism, a smattering of bloody-minded contrariness, and the will to stay true to our humanness - and we will have the edge, ultimately. We have to will it into being and push it out into the world every which way we can think of. The Zeitgeist will, and must, shift.
The hidden benefit Covid gave us is both new awareness and resentment as to how evil a captured government is.
My thoughts exactly!
Yeah this is Gato at his best -- completely in his element.