[P2P-F] monbiot on prosperity without growth - Guardian article

Tue Aug 23 12:05:14 CEST 2011

@Vinay, you are right, I've always felt really sorry for visionaries and
enlightened people.

@Michel :)

On 23 August 2011 11:49, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:

> dear amaia, our list filters them out <g>, so if you are on it, it already
> means you can't possibly be one <g>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Amaia Arcos <amaia.arcos at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>> As long as it does not make me come across as an arrogant idiot.. I do
>> write freely (ie without paying that much attention to my language) to you
>> cause I know we get each other and you know me a bit..
>>
>> I know, I guess I just get frustrated with myself more than anything,
>> sometimes I wish I could get a lobotomy, life would be a lot easier..
>>
>>
>> On 23 August 2011 11:32, Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
>>
>>> hi amaia,
>>>
>>> I hope you don't mind I share your interesting missives with our list,
>>>
>>> I understand your frustation, but you need bridge people who precisely
>>> because they are later in understanding, are more in touch with the broader
>>> movements of opinion, and can connect more effectively and translate the
>>> pioneers' understandings ...
>>>
>>> Being too early is always a problem in terms of influencing current
>>> events ...
>>>
>>> I remember Vinay Gupta being happy that he seemed only a few months of
>>> the curve, after having been ahead a few years before ..
>>>
>>> He left london 2 months before the outbreak of the riots ... sensing
>>> something was rotten in the kingdom,
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Amaia Arcos <amaia.arcos at googlemail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've assumed you would come across this article as people are bound to
>>>> rave about it, but just in case you are busy with other stuff
>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/22/economic-growth-environment
>>>>
>>>> Monbiot seems to get more and more popular lately.
>>>>
>>>> Either I, together with millions out there, are visionaries or we live
>>>> in a paralel reality or the world is crazier than I thought. I don't
>>>> understand why we have to rave about what "experts" say when what they say
>>>> comes years after so many see stuff. I get frustrated with this world
>>>> sometimes, I do. It actually pisses me off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> “We would think and live better and be closer to our purpose as humans
>>>> if we moved continuously on foot across the surface of the earth” Bruce
>>>> Chatwin
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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