The 'Net Generation is engaged in an online barn-raising to provide free access to resources and tools for ecological living. Economics texts include the Backward-bending labour supply curve, which shows how as people's wages increase, part of the effect is that they use their extra income to buy more free time. When you don't need money to survive, you work for free on projects you value - but not everyone can afford that luxury, so we can't expect them to work for free, and at this point I doubt we can redistribute resources to any definition of equality without requiring centralized control. Besides, resources shouldn't be distributed equally, resources should be allocated to their most productive use, where productive is defined as .... Ecological anarcho-communism is more efficient, more sustainable and more joyful than capitalism, but it can only exist within capitalism. Capitalism is not a step before communism, communist living requires capitalist structure. What would Economics look like if it assumed: Spiritual Ecological Man instead of Rational Economic Man? Economics as if People were Spiritual. What would Post-Modern Economics look like? **Consumerism, in positive terms, means business is subservient to individuals. But if individuals' spirit has been frustrated, they demand goods and services which coddle their weaknesses while polluting the planet and taking resources from others who can put them to better use. If you feel creative, you don't consume, so you don't pollute. Contributing is so much more satisfying than consuming. Contact Dance is a sanctuary, a respite from the world's struggles. Yet Contact is also revolutionary/evolutionary. Contact is key to economic development - it gives birth to ecological anarcho-communist behaviour within capitalism*, and it renders consumerism obsolete**. Appreciating that Contact is an effective means to an end does not relegate it to something less than an end in itself, but rather ... In Contact, we live the mantra "Be how you wish the world to become". If we love Contact because it is healthy physically and spiritually, for ourselves and for the world, then we surely can gain even more by knowing the other projects we are pursuing to develop a joyful peaceful planet. Let us share our skills and ideas to liberate ourselves from dependence on destructive economic activities. Evangelical / Marketing / Growth Strategy: I want everyone everywhere forevermore to experience Contact. Should we cross-promote with Improv Theatre groups and Community Gardening groups and Ecological Co-Housing groups? Can we expand without losing the special sense of community allowed by Contact's current level of popularity? Should we arrange for media coverage? Do we have people willing and able to lead Contact jams in other areas in and around the city? Join the Discussion by clicking Messages, then add to an existing discussion, or start a new one. Or let's talk after the jam. *my only desire is to contribute to the development of a joyful world. To do this, I need a minimal amount of consumption. For that, I need ..... The 'Net Generation online barn-raising. homeostasis - the rich get poorer, when you don't need money to survive, you work for free on projects you value - equilibrium. Ecological anarcho-communism is more efficient, more sustainable and more joyful than capitalism, but it can only exist within capitalism. Capitalism is not a step before communism, communist living requires capitalist structure. **Consumerism, in positive terms, means business is subservient to individuals. But if individuals' spirit has been frustrated, they demand goods and services which coddle their weaknesses while polluting the planet and taking resources from others who can put them to better use. If you feel creative, you don't consume, so you don't pollute. Contact Dance is a sanctuary, a respite from the world's struggles. If I treated Contact Dance as political, would I lose my source of re-creation? I don't want to change Contact into a political institution, but I want everyone everywhere forevermore to experience Contact. I love Contact because it is the world I seek to create. I sense we yearn to fill the world with the spirit we feel when we're in Contact. By keeping it separate from issues we are missing out. If you want to develop ecological anarcho-communist economies, and I want to develop ecological anarcho-communist economies, we should know we share this dedication. Thus this site section is for we who wish to announce: Beware polluters, Contact Dance will render consumerism obsolete. Here is the place to share skills and ideas to liberate us from dependence on destructive economic activities. Should we cross-promote with Improv Theatre groups and Community Gardening groups and Ecological co-Housing groups? Can we expand without losing the special sense of community allowed by Contact's current popularity? We consume because we are dissatisfied with our effect on the world. If you feel creative, you don't consume, so you don't pollute. If you feel inspired, you can achieve. Join the Discussion by clicking Messages, then add to an existing discussion, or start a new one. Or let's talk after the jam. Under construction: Contact Dance is a sanctuary, a respite from the world's struggles. Yet Contact is also revolutionary. If politics insidiously invaded/contaminated Contact, .... I want everyone everywhere forevermore to experience Contact. yet I don't want to make it less than what it is, perfect; I don't want to make it a means to an end. I love Contact because it is the world I seek to create. I sense we yearn to fill the world with the spirit we feel when we're in Contact. By keeping Contact separate from issues we are missing out: If you want to develop ecological anarcho-communist economies, and I want to develop ecological anarcho-communist economies, we should know we share this dedication. Thus this site section is for we who wish to announce: Polluters, beware of dancers, for Contact Dance will render consumerism obsolete. Let us share skills and ideas to liberate us from dependence on destructive economic activities. Should we cross-promote with Improv Theatre groups and Community Gardening groups and Ecological co-Housing groups? Can we expand without losing the special sense of community allowed by Contact's current popularity? If you feel creative, you don't consume, so you don't pollute. If you feel inspired, you can achieve with barely any resources. Join the Discussion by clicking Messages, then add to an existing discussion, or start a new one. Or let's talk after the jam.