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

Tue Aug 23 12:07:20 CEST 2011

there is a tragedy to it all, despite being immensely rewarding as well ...

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Amaia Arcos <amaia.arcos at googlemail.com>wrote:

> @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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