Monthly Archives: June 2007

Saturday Links for the Week — June 30, 2007

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Dave Pollard

What’s Important This Week: Hedge Funds are Next Domino in US Housing Market Collapse: With houses sitting vacant, prices tumbling and mortgage foreclosures soaring, it was only a matter of time before hedge funds, the absurdly overpriced financial instruments used … Continue reading →

Posted in How the World Really Works | 1 Comment

Ten Mid-Year’s Intentions

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Dave Pollard

The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that they create anxiety, hope, and usually ultimately disappointment. So I’m starting a new tradition — Mid-Year’s intentions. These aren’t things you want to do, they’re things you know you’re going to do. … Continue reading →

Posted in Collapse Watch | 5 Comments

Messing With Complexity

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Photo of trees infested with MPB, from Canadian Forest ServiceBruce Sterling writes: It’s both disquieting and liberating to realize that freedom doesn’t require any free will. Even phenomena as dumb and blind as lightning, wind and rain have what physicists … Continue reading →

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Knowledge in the Workplace: Have It Your Way

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Dave Pollard

 I‘m trying to understand why social networking applications (and to some extent online research) are still not getting much mainstream traction in organizations. The vast majority of SNA use, it seems, is for personal purposes, or by technology geeks. Meanwhile, researchers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Using Weblogs and Technology | 2 Comments

Can You Run Out of Things to Say When You Never Say Anything At All?

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Dave Pollard

My newest short story is an exercise writing in an unfamiliar (female) voice, and using fiction as a medium to expose provocative ideas. Let me know if you think it succeeds at either, or both. Natalie, dear friend, I need your … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Works | 9 Comments

Living a Natural Life

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Dave Pollard

I mentioned in a recent post that I am torn between the temptation to create Natural, Intentional Communities and Natural Enterprises as ‘working models’ that can help the survivors of our civilization’s inevitable collapse later this century, and  the temptation … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread – June 24, 2007

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Dave Pollard

What I’m thinking about, and planning on writing (and podcasting) about soon: Performance Art: A group of us in Toronto are spreading the project started by artists Melisa Christensen and Matt Lein in NYC last month. It involves putting their … Continue reading →

Posted in Our Culture / Ourselves | 9 Comments

Saturday Links for the Week – June 23, 2007

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Photo of a cat looking through a screen by local photographer Terry Krysak What’s Important This Week: “The Earth Today Stands in Immediate Peril: ..and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate … Continue reading →

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Standing Up to Conservative Bullying

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Child victim of the war in Iraq. Photo from Newcastle-Emlyn anti-war site.Canadians, for the most part, love peace and nature, and we are progressive in our thinking. Unfortunately, we are also complacent, naive, and poorly informed. This has allowed a … Continue reading →

Posted in How the World Really Works | 4 Comments

The Company We Keep, and the Company (Chelsea Green Publishing) I’ll Be Keeping

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Dave Pollard

John Abrams’ The Company We Keep is the story of a Natural Enterprise, with all of the qualities necessary to be a sustainable, responsible, joyful business (in stark contrast to most traditional corporations): It’s egalitarian, not hierarchical. It adapts to … Continue reading →

Posted in Working Smarter | 6 Comments