tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702659934448838326.post6937476218160588040..comments2023-07-30T08:37:02.307-07:00Comments on The Leibowitz Society: Like MindsLeibowitz Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420328289777540352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702659934448838326.post-35109861787787605712011-11-07T03:20:50.173-08:002011-11-07T03:20:50.173-08:00Over forty years ago some of us lived on communes....Over forty years ago some of us lived on communes. A gas crisis came and went and none of us noticed. After milking the goats, feeding the chickens, and inspecting the gardens we chose "projects", like building a new chicken coop or hooking up a wood heated shower. We also created a lot of sculpture, paintings and music. It was the artifacts and the music that became the point of interface with the larger society. And a source of money for paying the land taxes. I left in 1973 due to a family crisis. Four years later the land was sold and the "family" dispersed. I know having done it once it can be done again. Have no fear for human society. It will persevere. The current model is obviously imploding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702659934448838326.post-69382667095139333432011-08-30T09:44:31.204-07:002011-08-30T09:44:31.204-07:00AS for what type of information to collect, I thin...AS for what type of information to collect, I think that basic technical information is the foundation necessary to support any other information preservation. By this I mean, family or small community scale agriculture, food preservation, home building and maintenance, clothing techniques, woodworking, and the like. I don't think that a family unit could have the skill or manpower energy base to support much knowledge beyond very basic survival concerns. One can observe this in rural indigenous Mexico - there is very little scholarship. It would take a cooperative community with some division of labor in order to maintain knowledge in excess of fundamental knowledge needed for material survival, and the basic needs of spiritual explanations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702659934448838326.post-16876633441379314242011-08-23T04:47:33.866-07:002011-08-23T04:47:33.866-07:00The old cliche "Your Mind is Your Primary Wea...The old cliche "Your Mind is Your Primary Weapon" still seems relevant. Ideas and attitude, the means and will to survive and succeed, always seem to make the difference in how we live and deal with the problems that we face. <br /><br />I don't think even that it's necessarily the content of our thinking, but the context of which it occurs in, which is important. If we see things as possible, then we can fill in the details over time.<br /><br />-JohnLeibowitz Societyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420328289777540352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6702659934448838326.post-83785448013138873512011-08-22T16:48:21.778-07:002011-08-22T16:48:21.778-07:00I grew up on a family farm in the 1950s, raised by...I grew up on a family farm in the 1950s, raised by a couple of salt of the earth type peope who believed in self reliance and hard work. My mom always said, "Learn as much as you can, from anyone who will teach you." Dont you think now is the time to have knowledge, which cant be taken away from you, instead of things, which can?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com