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Many authors have elaborated on what future decision-making structures might look like. One example is Murray Bookchin's Democratic Confederalism, which posits a model of federated participatory democratic councils, currently implemented by Kurds in Rojava in Northern Syria. Another is Michael Albert's ParEcon, which outlines an entire alternative economic system, which Steve Shalom's ParPolity builds on in other areas of politics and legal systems. There are also many others (see Spannos 2008).
Prefigurative Politics
Paul Raekstad and Sofia Saio Gradin
“Every single thing you do is politics, because the interaction of human beings is politics writ large.”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams on how your choices shape the world, animated https://t.co/Gruw6u0RJC
Tweets From Maria Popova
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Earning to Give - Is That a Good Idea?
Summary:
The research has trailed behind the activism. To some extent, they failed to properly interrogate the underlying philosophical ideas that motivate their prescriptions for what people should in the world right now should actually go and do. And so you find a similar thing with long-termism where these bold claims are just based on really flimsy, highly contentious, some would say very implausible, sort of deeper philosophical views.
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The research has trailed behind the activism. They've been so excited to go out and change the world. To some extent, they failed to properly interrogate the underlying philosophical ideas that motivate their prescriptions for what people should in the world right now should actually Go and do. And so yeah, initially they said, a lot of people should go and earn to give. Then they took a step back and thought a bit more about it and realized actually this is not such a good idea. Again, not only just for marketing reasons, but maybe it's not the best way for a lot of people to maximize the amount of good that they do in the world. And so you find a similar thing with long-termism where these bold claims about what we ought to do right now in order to improve the long-term future of humanity that actually are just Based on really flimsy, highly contentious, some would say very implausible, sort of deeper philosophical views.
Don’t Fall for the Longtermism Sales Pitch W/ Émile Torres
Tech Won't Save Us
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