governance

  • Labor

    The Four Labors of Life Physical labor – regular old manual work.Intellectual labor – manual work in the brain.Emotional labor – the work of building, maintaining, and breaking-up relationships.Spiritual labor – the work of getting to know our Self. The… Continue reading

  • Programming A Society

    It is very common to hear the argument that if the founding fathers knew about our modern weapons, the 2nd Amendment would be different. However, this is true with everything in our society. If they knew about the Internet and… Continue reading

  • Relearning

    On this day back in 1863, Picket’s Charge took place and marked the end of the Battle of Gettysburg. I spent the morning coffee thinking about the Civil War and the lessons that keep coming back to relearn; albeit in… Continue reading

  • Modern Interpretations

    The Marquis de Sade first suggested it, then Karl Marx stated it as we remember it: religion is the opiate of the people. Back then, it was an accurate statement because religion was the only language of politics. The only… Continue reading

  • The Cycle of Art, Governance, and Management

    First we build a vision of what we want, then we make choices about priorities and principles, and then we try to make the vision real. Naturally, we learn along the way and must make revisions, which alter priorities, and… Continue reading

  • The Vertical Spectrum of Econmic Layering

    To me, there is only one way to achieve economic stability and sustainability without creating one kind of ponzy scheme or another: A vertical Spectrum that has Capitalism at one end, and Communism at that other. At the top, for… Continue reading