Four things support the world:
the learning of the wise, the justice of the great,
the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.
~ Muhammad ~
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Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein (2012)
Posted in Documentary, Philosophy, Psychology with tags balance, choice, civilization, commons, community, consciousness, crisis, culture, earth, environmental economics, gratitude, harmony, humanity, love, nature, progress, resource, responsibility, shift, sociocultural evolution, technology, value, world on January 10, 2014 by SiNgUlIbRiUm
Director: Ian MacKenzie
Producer: Ian MacKenzie, Velcrow Ripper, Gregg Hill
Genre: Documentary / Short / Web
Country: United States
Language: English / CN / FR / IT / PT / DE / ES / RO / EN subtitles
The idea of the commons, resource-based economics, as well as a social dividend.
Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth.
Today, these trends have reached their extreme – but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being.
~ Inverse Relation ~
Posted in Art, Philosophy, Psychology with tags commodification, commonwealth, community, exchange, gift culture, happiness economics, human ecology, humanism, psychometrics, quality of life, reciprocity, redistribution, relationship, transition, value on January 10, 2014 by SiNgUlIbRiUmGenerosity is giving more than you can,
and pride is taking less than you need.
~ Kahlil Gibran ~