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Started 1 year ago by Walker
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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Reimagining Capitalism
August Discussion for Columbus Futurists

In June we discussed financial terrorism and the impact of bad actors on the economy and influencing future policies and actions. We concluded that the closer you got to the details of capitalism and the way it worked – the more questions emerged about what capitalism means and how it really functions. At our August meeting (August 25, Panera Bread Company, Bethel Rd., 6:30 pm) we will discuss the topic “Re-imagining Capitalism.”

READ MORE: http://columbusfuturists.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/reimagining-capitalism/

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JayR
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Sounds interesting!

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TomOver
lovecause.org
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Walker, I venture your participation in a critique of capitalism jibes well w/ your track-record of promoting local businesses, in that the problem may not be free enterprise, per se but instead the tendency of large corporations to abuse their power at the expense of the environment, public health, democracy, and our national interest.

But likely I'll miss this meeting due to other commitments.

By the way, we've started a site called Here Now and Beyond
Except for a lot of my own entries in the Journals section, the site is a blank slate and very low-end as for web design.

But it’s a start in terms of doing what no one else seems to be doing as of yet : building a site that involves many content creators from a wide variety of types of activism and community/political involvement. Blogger allows for a large # of content creators to access their sites, tho many people prefer Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org.

And Columbus Underground is, in the final analysis, not a website focused on activism and political involvement—though it has a component of that as the most interactive and user-driven site in this and perhaps many other cities. So, it seems a site promoting collaboration among a gamut of activists and concerned community members is what's missing in this city, IMO.

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ChrisSunami
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Is this a group you belong to, Walker, or are you just passing along the info? Either way, do you know if their events are free and open to the public?

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Walker
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ChrisSunami said:
Is this a group you belong to, Walker, or are you just passing along the info? Either way, do you know if their events are free and open to the public?

I don't belong to the group, but have been meaning to attend one of their events. I believe they are open and free.

More info:

http://columbusfuturists.org

Interview with Columbus Futurists President David Staley:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/a-realistic-look-at-the-future-of-central-ohio

And David's TEDx Columbus video:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/translators-tedxcolumbus-david-staley

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JayR
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After watching his TEDx Columbus video I am definitely making my way to this meeting. His vision for Columbus is very exciting.

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ChrisSunami
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I attended this tonight. I thought it had both good and bad points. The moderator (David Stanley) was excellent, and it seemed like there were a lot of brilliant people in the room --I suspect many of them were people of position and influence in the city as well.

On the other hand the group, while very welcoming, seemed quite homogenous in terms of age (Baby Boomer), race (white) and politics (center left). The past was also invoked surprisingly often considering it was a group of "futurists." The conversation was good, yet I heard little in the way of ground-breaking new ideas.

One big plus, however, I've never seen such a well-functioning an open forum. Everyone had a fair chance to speak, everyone was brief, cogent and to the point, and people were extremely respectful even where they had differing views. That's a tough trick to pull off, and any group that does it must be doing something right in my book.

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