On finding time for community
I recently read through Neal Gorenflo’s Year of Living Locally, during which Gorenflo confined himself and his economic activities to his local neighbourhood (Mountain View,… Read More »On finding time for community
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Do I really want the world at my fingertips?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had me sitting through a lot of “webinars”. Some of them are the kind of events that I might have attended… Read More »Do I really want the world at my fingertips?
Why would anyone invest in creating more work?
In writing about Tim Jackson’s Prosperity Without Growth earlier this week, I speculated that hoping for lots of work in healthcare, teaching, and other services… Read More »Why would anyone invest in creating more work?
Re-evaluating neighbourhoods after being locked in them
The Conversation this week had Halvard Dalheim reflecting on how COVID-19 had increased the time that we spent in our local areas and asking do… Read More »Re-evaluating neighbourhoods after being locked in them
We’re all on a science fiction adventure now, part 3
I mentioned in my first COVID-19-inspired post that I’d continue to buy from local shops as much as I can rather than buy from the… Read More »We’re all on a science fiction adventure now, part 3