Monthly Archives: August 2005

Violence: Are the Media Just Giving Us What We Really Want?

Posted on August 3, 2005 by Dave Pollard

I have to confess I don’t understand the passion that so many people have for vicarious violence. In films and video games for men the violence is physical, involving absurd displays of massacres and bodies hurtling from explosions. In many … Continue reading →

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…And How Can We Make Intentional Communities Work?

Posted on August 2, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Over the past two days I’ve been rambling on about the Gift Economy and how to make it work. I’m beginning to believe the success of the Gift Economy and the success of Intentional Communities are connected. The former is … Continue reading →

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How About a Gift Economy Simulation?

Posted on August 1, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Reader John Frost at the Disney Blog has suggested that some progressive group should write a game that simulates a ‘full cost’ economy — one where the full cost of what each producer and consumer does, including ‘externalities’ (remediating damaged and … Continue reading →