While all my blog posts are now happily settled into one place I realise all my tags for Exploration I have not travelled with me... So that leaves me with a lot of tagging to perform :-/. That aside I now can back everything up in one place. Ahhhh sweet bliss of...
They’re Made Out of Meat
A fantastic alien dialogue by Terry Bisson, if this is copyrighted then tell me I'll take it down, it was just too good not to share. (a dialogue) "They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "Meat. They're made out of meat." "Meat?" "There's no doubt about it. We picked up...
Consolidation
I am trying to take my various blog ideas and put them on this site so things may get pretty messy until I find a nice way to separate posts and clean things up. I am not too worried about losing the minimal traffic I have from this as most of what I write is simply...
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Why does the community work for external business, organisations or governments?Nothing can exist in a vacuum, and it does not contribute anything to the community to isolate itself utterly from society at large, this would only generate suspicion and resentment...
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Why are members paid?It should appear obvious to anyone, looking at the world we live in that money has, for better or worse, become a mandatory element of modern survival. As such it is only right that we pay people for their efforts. Now what is different in this...
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In actuality I've discovered there are a number of systems that don't require reinforced hierarchy in the typical sense at all. For example there is the concept of Dunbar's rule of 150 (The Magic of 150), which has profoundly altered the way I think about how...
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Why are there different titles for different members?In any real system there is a variance of skills, experience, ability or purpose. Thus to give certain elected officials or superiors it is only right to have some kind of honorific titles. Specialist areas...
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Why must there be a regular and strict schedule to follow?For the community to function it must have a regular predictable cycle to the days. In fact for a new community such as the one being suggested it is vital to build in a sense of time and place for work study,...
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Why is diet and nutritional intake carefully maintained?Practically speaking when feeding people in a communal way it is necessary to maintain clear rules of intake and quantities to maintain a strict control over costs. Also this comes back to the community being...
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Why is there a mandatory element of exercise and physical training?You can with a little thought find 3 reasons for this;Physical exercise has been shown to improve mood, combat chronic disease, manage your weight, improve motivational and energy level, lead to better...
