New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks waxed poetically about a movement diminishing the role of government and introducing yet another phenomena that inches towards Copiosis: The peer-to-peer economy. Using examples Uber and AirBnB, Brooks acknowledges how people have lost trust in big institutions and what they offer. Instead, they're increasingly relying on each other for commerce, … Continue reading More evidence that a better world is coming
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I love it when we're pointed to information initially meant to destroy our argument that the one percent are needed to make socioeconomic change a reality and that the one percent will gladly assist, once a viable alternative surfaces. PopularResistance.org recently published an article claiming to show dramatic differences between elite interests and public priorities. Looking at … Continue reading One percenters don’t care? Think again
What makes people who accomplish extraordinary things extraordinary? Is it living free of commonly-held beliefs about success and failure? How many times are you willing to try something before you succeed at it? Three, three hundred, three thousand? How many years are you willing to work on a worthwhile goal? One, 10, 20? People give up after a few … Continue reading Accomplishing the extraordinary (and impossible)
A reader asked how Copiosis would deal with psychosocial stresses and deprivation caused by stratified societies. Good question.... When a societal system restricts access to basic needs, and further forces people to trade (labor for income) to access those needs, it's not long before system inhabitants begin experiencing deprivation as wealth concentrates. Such deprivation breeds desperation. When the powerful thwart desperate acts, unhealthy psychological stresses emerge. We … Continue reading How to eliminate society-induced psycho-social stress
