How quickly can we get used to sharing how many things? That’s the question the future is asking.
Entries Tagged as 'Avail Abundance'
Are We Ready to Create a Sharing Culture?
October 12th, 2022 No Comments
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How to Respond to Thanksgiving
November 27th, 2020 No Comments
“You’re welcome” is a pleasure you can have with your mouth that fills your heart, not your stomach.
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Tragedy Enhances Thanksgiving
November 26th, 2020 No Comments
Each story focuses on a small detail that had huge benefits. It prevented a disaster from becoming a fatality.
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DIY Reparations Plan: Pay It Sideways
November 12th, 2020 No Comments
For years we’ve been having a national debate about reparations. It took a stand-up comedian to show that we don’t need government to right this wrong.
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Work and Money Are Separate Issues
August 14th, 2020 No Comments
Money is a poor substitute for job satisfaction. As long as work and workers are considered interchangeable, there will never be enough money to go around.
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Craft A New Future For Yourself
May 4th, 2020 No Comments
Other maladies will require substantial self-care. Pay attention. You will feel vulnerable in new ways. If that doesn’t happen to you, recognize your privilege and reach out empathetically to others.
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Is Gratitude What’s Missing? I Wonder
January 16th, 2020 No Comments
I’m beginning to think that the most fundamental deficit that plagues modern societies may be gratitude. Whether you have a lot or a little, what you have is precious and the fact that you’re here to be having it is just short of miraculous. Modernity tends to avert its gaze when confronted with the miraculous. […]
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Eugene Should Host an Abundance Swap in 2020
December 27th, 2019 No Comments
We often hold our stuff because we can’t part with their stories. Seeing a beloved object go to a good home can add a vital sweetness to an otherwise bitter grief.
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Skybridge’s Limits Will be Most Public
July 19th, 2019 No Comments
Did anyone from the city ask, “What would it take?” If so, how did the university respond? It surely would have required more width, more money, constant upkeep and security.
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Olympic Dreaming is Coming True
July 7th, 2019 No Comments
I try hard never to repeat myself. There are too many stories to be told all around us every day. It has never made sense for me to cover the same ground a second time. But rules are made to be broken. I’d like to go back to something I wrote almost exactly 11 years […]
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