All calculation set aside, what type of work gives us the most joy? I would say any type of work which we can do for the love of it.
The product of such a labor of love will by its nature invite other people to contribute to it or build upon it in their own labor of love.
This links all human beings as members of one human family laboring for the common good of all. There is no real conflict between the good of one individual and the good of the whole society. Because the good lies not in the product but in the process of creation.
Anything foreign to that process that seeks to impose limits upon that process, is a hindrance to society. The process of creation brings forth its own requirements of discipline and self-organizing structure.
Public policy should therefore focus on bringing about a society which can be governed by the laws of that process. One of the biggest impediments to creation is the worry for survival. If we have to think about the reward that we will get for our creation to secure our future survival, we cannot focus on the process of creation. As a consequence the products of such a handicapped process will be not in line with the common good.
I think that we should strive for a society where survival is a basic human right for all, just because one is alive, not because of merit. It is a misconception that we need competition to bring out the best. Competition usually tends to bring out the worst! So society should provide to all its members the basic rights for free. Food, shelter, health-care, education,...
If we don't have to worry about these things, we can safely dedicate ourselves to the joyful process of creation for the love of it! We only need to get honest with ourselves and acknowledge the fact that striving for reward, security and money-making is NOT the real joy in our life. Most of us have settled to varying degrees with this false conception of life, to make life manageable.
I don't want to push any ideology here, but I want to point out that what made communism a failure, is not the lack of competition, but the rigid imposition of a system on people. That kills all entrepeneural spirit. Whereas the sense that we are all connected to each other and can take part in the whole of society in a meaningful way, is enabling instead of depressing.
So such a society as I depict here, can only come into being if its members are voluntary choosing and striving for it. Its coming into being, must be self-organized for it to be true. Exactly in the same way as such society will function once it is in place.
As a matter of fact, such a society is always open-ended and in evolution. So one can start where one is with oneself and ones immediate environment. And that is always the kind of process that is need now and in the future...
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All calculation set aside, what type of work gives us the most joy? I would say any type of work which we can do for the love of it.
The product of such a labor of love will by its nature invite other people to contribute to it or build upon it in their own labor of love.
This links all human beings as members of one human family laboring for the common good of all. There is no real conflict between the good of one individual and the good of the whole society. Because the good lies not in the product but in the process of creation.
Anything foreign to that process that seeks to impose limits upon that process, is a hindrance to society. The process of creation brings forth its own requirements of discipline and self-organizing structure.
Public policy should therefore focus on bringing about a society which can be governed by the laws of that process. One of the biggest impediments to creation is the worry for survival. If we have to think about the reward that we will get for our creation to secure our future survival, we cannot focus on the process of creation. As a consequence the products of such a handicapped process will be not in line with the common good.
I think that we should strive for a society where survival is a basic human right for all, just because one is alive, not because of merit. It is a misconception that we need competition to bring out the best. Competition usually tends to bring out the worst! So society should provide to all its members the basic rights for free. Food, shelter, health-care, education, ...
If we don't have to worry about these things, we can safely dedicate ourselves to the joyful process of creation for the love of it! We only need to get honest with ourselves and acknowledge the fact that striving for reward, security and money-making is NOT the real joy in our life. Most of us have settled to varying degrees with this false conception of life, to make life manageable.
I don't want to push any ideology here, but I want to point out that what made communism a failure, is not the lack of competition, but the rigid imposition of a system on people. That kills all entrepeneural spirit. Whereas the sense that we are all connected to each other and can take part in the whole of society in a meaningful way, is enabling instead of depressing.
So such a society as I depict here, can only come into being if its members are voluntary choosing and striving for it. Its coming into being, must be self-organized for it to be true. Exactly in the same way as such society will function once it is in place.
As a matter of fact, such a society is always open-ended and in evolution. So one can start where one is with oneself and ones immediate environment. And that is always the kind of process that is need now and in the future ...