I’ve just finished my class “Social Web for Social Change,” an elective at my progressive MBA program here at Bainbridge Graduate Institute. First and foremost, I am a social being (we all kinda are) and my generation’s upbringing leaves me destined to being online. This influence doesn’t not leave me. So while the class is [...]
Christopher Allen over at Life With Alacrity, who also happens to be my instructor, wrote a great series called “Community by the Numbers” which I’ve summarized here. I thought the information was a perfect fit. If a community is too small you’ll often have insufficient critical mass to sustain it. Conversely, if it’s too large [...]
This past summer started (and nearly finished) an anthology called “Tribal and Peasant Economies: Reading in Economic Anthropology” (Edited by George Dalton). It’s from the late 60′s, the examples all seemed very male-centric, and there is a clear anthropological misstep in perspective. “Primitive” seems to be the term used most to describe these other economies [...]
Is it love from my parents? Should I have been coddled more? Communities form around sharing of some kind, the mutual fellowship or shared experience. I often question my ability to contribute to the communities I am in. This is especially unclear in how casually the word community can be used. Even Wikipedia states that [...]
Tonight was a good night of work at the theater. It all went by quickly. This was due to jovial conversation, joking, and comradeship. Just fun. The tips were good and I didn’t seem to have much on my mind. When I got home, of course after going out for a beer, stress via my [...]
