Humanize the Earth!

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1. So I’ve now installed haloscan comments as recommended by Michael Herman and I seem to have two different ways to comment. That seems sub-optimal. Now what?

   Comment by Ted Ernst — July 23, 2004 #

2. ditch the default comments and just go with the haloscan!!

   as per your question…

   when things move together there is support and accountability that is often inherent in mutual engagement. in isolation, one is left to provide all of the support, encouragement, and action on their own.

   Comment by ashley — July 24, 2004 #

3. Comments migrated from the old comment system:

   Well, it lines up quite nicely with the movement property of a gift; isolation would stop a gift (there would be no giving nor receiving). The moving together part too in that a gift makes a connection.
   # posted by SusanK : 10:59 PM

   What about scientific work that is not accepted at the time because of social or cultural reasons. I was thinking of Charles Darwin or other pioneers that go against the herd. Don’t they work well when isolated? What about artists that work in by themselves in a studio? What about people working remotely in far off places, aren’t they doing something worthwhile?

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   Comment by Ted Ernst — July 26, 2004 #

4. When things move together they don’t collide. This principle describes flocking behaviour, which synchronizes direction to create a beautiful whole. Key to inviting emergence is having the smallest parts of the system sticking to key rules in the case of flocks, the behavioural rules are:

   “Separation means that each member, or boid, of a flock tries to keep a minimum distance from every other boid in the flock. Alignment means that each boid tries to go in the same direction as the rest of the flock. Cohesion means that each boid tries to get as close as possible to the rest of the flock (huddle together). Finally, Avoidance means each boid tries to not get too close, or avoid, boids in other flocks. From these four simple rules of flocking emerges apparently life-like behavior for a flock.”

   This from a site on boids:

   http://www.riversoftavg.com/flocking.htm

   Comment by Chris Corrigan — July 26, 2004 #

5. from http://www.wie.org/collective/

   “The remarkable dance of birds in flight, the bonds between people and their pets, the creative synergy of a sports team in flow—these are but a few of the examples that this pioneering biologist uses to illustrate how social animals create fields of connection. In fact, Sheldrake argues, when a group field is created between people, then telepathy becomes a natural extension of our biological nature.”

   Comment by ashley — July 27, 2004 #

6. For me the moving together right now is the different parts of my life, humanist movement, giving, partnership, friendships from all of the above, etc. I’m working on my own frame of mind and what it means to Humanize the Earth and what it means to include people from every area of my life in my mental space that defines how I see my community. Wow, that’s a mouthful!

   Comment by Ted Ernst — July 29, 2004 #

7. Interesting the way this connects to our discussion of acceptance. The pioneer is out of step with the times and sees things that others can’t. Timing is crucial, you don’t want to be too far ahead of your time, just lead a bit at most. Another antidote is to find others who think the way you do and start to work together. Sometimes you will find that many are moving in the same direction but are waiting for others to move with.

   I was thinking about flocking behavior Friday at the Chicago Critical Mass ride. It was really cool, must have been 1000-1500 riders in close formation at low speed most of the time. Signals travel rapidly in the flock. Riding on a street that is normally blocked with standing traffic, a fire truck and ambulance came down from the other direction and the whole pack of bikes clears a lane. Very cool.

   Comment by Gerry — August 1, 2004 #

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