old order, and only luke-warm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order. This quality of lukewarmness arises partly from a fear of adversaries, who have the law on their side, and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.” Machiavelli - The Prince - 1513
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by the very actions of the President of the USA and his cohorts, which increasingly appears to be DOING the WRONG THINGS for the WRONG REASONS, with regard to and respect for the FUTURE of human[KIND] as custodians of ALL THE PASSENGERS of Buckminster Fuller’s so-called Spaceship Earth.…
Added by Michael Grove at 22:45 on September 7, 2022
inked, WEB3.0, I cannot
but believe that {IF] successfully established, [IT] will in[DEED] form
the IDEAL environment for the success of Gregory's own FS4D
initiative.
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apitalism, with ALL its vigour, can make great ships and create giant oil companies, but IT DOES NOT foster the meticulous attention to detail and marketing that has enabled Japan to flood the world with video-recorders. The TOP-DOWN CONTROL by the bosses of Britain and America in the past has not proved as effective as the BOTTOM-UP SENSE of RESPONSIBILITY generated by the highly-educated workforce of Japan today. But if the added value in societies comes increasingly from services - for example, the programmes which are shown on the video recorders as opposed to the manufacture of the VCRs themselves - then societies must foster CREATIVITY alongside ORDER. At one extreme there is a society where people sit in rows and do what they are told. At the other there is one where everybody does their own thing. The very key to economic success in the future will be to find a way of balancing the two ...
GROUP RESPONSIBILITY and INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY."
Hamish McRae
https://www.facebook.com/michael.grove.98/posts/7359148330780021…
esult,
accordingly wrote the following in his epic The Prince:
”There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of
success, nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order
of things. For the reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old
order, and only luke-warm defenders in all those who would profit
by the new order. This quality of lukewarmness arises partly from
a fear of adversaries, who have the law on their side, and partly
from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in
anything new until they have had actual experience of it ”
... and no better tribute to that relationship was engendered when
Leonardo was dying in France at Le Clos Luce in the grounds of
Chateaux d'Amboise, living at the behest of the King, when he left
his vineyard in Italy to Niccolò in his will.
http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?q=so+it+has+transpired#…
were shadows, while Putin’s true opponents were imprisoned, exiled or dead. According to this narrative, the 87% who voted for him were mere victims of coercion, the queues of silent protesters were the stars.
Putin’s vote had nothing to do with democracy. It was a rerun of his 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, a global dressing-up, a rallying of support. As he celebrated his win to an adoring crowd in Red Square on Monday, we saw Putin as the new Ivan the Terrible against a backdrop of Ivan’s St Basil’s cathedral. He even made an offhand quip about his murdered rival Navalny. The image was of absolute power smilingly defying the enemy. Two years ago, he was supposedly crippled by western sanctions. We don’t hear that now.
Simon Jenkins • The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/putin-dictator-tyrant-criticism-regime…
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Greener Together aims to help people to live in a more sustainable way. It does this by focusing on the small actions we can each take in our daily lives towards achieving bigger changes in the wider world. Many member organisations are already doing great things to encourage their members to live in a more sustainable way. The Greener Together project builds upon this success and helps to strengthen relationships’ between organisations and their members’.
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By joining Greener Together you are becoming part of an active community of thousands of individual member organisations. As a pioneer you will be able to connect with like-minded people in a way that inspires, is fun and easy to do. By joining with others and going online, you’ll pick up invaluable tips, ideas, knowledge and experience.
Greener Together is part of a bigger programme, called the Greener Living Fund which aims to identify and understand what motivates people to be greener. So we can learn as much as possible about your experience we will be asking all pioneers to complete three questionnaires during the course of the project.
Once you have registered and completed the first survey you can choose your pledge actions to reduce your CO2 emissions by 10-20% and connect with Greener Together online community.
Greener Together- the co-operative way is part of the Greener Living Fund sponsored by Defra.…
Added by Michael Grove at 14:50 on November 29, 2010