OmniNaut

Nelson Mandela

Cool will check it out

Yup, I agree. So the question is there a way to take the Solarpunk optimism but make it more integrated with real life? Solarpunk 2.0? Or is Solarpunk to flawed already? Can we create a more integrated, optimistic and large scale -Punk model? Dystopia is not our only outcome, although it's quite easy to fall in that trap. If you expose people to a positive future it will be worth fighting for. --- Lets put it like this. If you have children or nephews/nieces. Do you want them to grow up thinking life is going down and humanity is doomed or expose them to a positive outcome?

Trust me I have seen the dark side of humanity in real life. Been to many dark places in person to see what is going on in the world. Not from a desk chair like others. I know about the falsehood, evil and hypocrisy of humans. I understand where in the humans it comes from. I studied it in depth. There is always falsehood to be found and to be exposed till the end of time, it will never end. People one last time. Take off your assumption glasses and see my post as it is. Not a complaint, not trying to change the teacher, not pointing out hypocrisy. Just a perspective, he is free to do whatever he wants with it. It's his blog.

I'm not pointing out some hypocrisy from Leo. I appreciate his work. I did a lot of falsehood exploration myself, even before I read Leo's blog about it. It's not about the exploration of falsehood. It's just lopsided with exposing the negative side of humanity and human existence. There is a good side of humanity and human existence too, but it's barely shown. I can look past hypocrisy, because everyone is a hypocrite in a certain way. I don't want to change the teacher, just giving some feedback and a perspective

People please this is not complaining, it's just a request. My complaint is now that people are seeing this as a complaint. If you only can look at this kind of feedback as a complaint maybe it shows more of your interpretation then mine. Are people here so stuck up that they can't tell the difference to sharing a perspective and feedback and complaining?

A communal area where we can share some good news of events happening in the world. I will kick things off.

I agree, a contender for this will be AI. But it all depends in how truthful it will be implemented, by the tech companies and governments. Can we trust them with this? Also there will be limitations in what AI can do. It's not a miracle but a tool. A tool in the proper hands with a truthful mindset can do wonderful things. 👍🏻

Again it's not a critique towards exposing falsehood, it's a good thing. But the blog feels to much focused only on exposing falsehood. Too much negative inputs will colour the mind of the reader. A more balanced approach and examples of finding Truth in positivity can also have a positive effect on the reader. Not requesting to stop exposing falsehood just a more balanced take on it.

I appreciate your perspective but your response is to simplistic and reductionistic. If you read carefully in my post, it acknowledge Leo's contribution to exposing falsehood. That series is over 3 years old. I'm not reducing his approach just pointing out it's lopsided.

Yes that is a perspective. But providing feedback is also a form of love. All is relative can be answer, but it's not the only answer, which in itself is relativistic. If all is relativistic and all is love then my reply is love as well. If all is relativistic then there is no need for Leo's blog because falsehood is love as well. Love is relativistic in Absolute truth, Love is not relativistic in relative truth. Which is a mind fuck.

Me - interested in creating a better future for humanity. Probably being exposed as a kid to Star Trek TNG created a more optimistic view of the future, although sometimes really hard to hang on to an optimistic outcome of this experiment that we call humanity. --- Leo is doing a good job exposing falsehood of humanity in his blog and the forum, the forum can have a more pessimistic bubble set by the constant negative (although true) contents of Leo's contribution, which feeds the negative sentiment that can linger here sometimes. Exposing falsehood doesn't mean that there is no room of setting a more positive outlook and emphasizing the Truth that is already in this world. Yes, human psychology is more attracted in nature to negativity, but we also need hope. I think it's really important to balance open truthful mindset with hope. Somehow within culture now is the notion that being hopeful is being naïve, that notion has to DIE. You can be hopeful and still see what is going on in this world. ---- One of the things I was attracted to is a new wave towards Solarpunk Not to be surprised this has a SD Green vibe, which comes to no surprise to no one that this is the tone that arises. And because of it's SD Green nature it neglects to be totally inclusive, and does not cater to integrating all SD level (Purple and up) Purple as it comes to family not Tribal. “Solarpunk that only rejects capitalism risks falling into moralism. True Solarpunk transcends capitalism by integrating its strengths while designing systems that correct its failures.” SD Green solutions work fine small scale but lack the realism of upscaling to large scales of cities and countries. So I want to start this topic as a discussion about, what it really takes to create large scale optimistic but realistic new approach to build a human society. Will it be something like Auroville? Also that lacks the realism of large scale integration. Will it be Singapore, with its high integration of advanced Urban Planning. Will it be more (Northern) European countries, with more socialistic-capitalistic approach.