The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel EcoGuerrillas. Humans are a product of the interplay of their genetic propensities and surroundings. Before the neolithic revolution, 10,000 years ago, when humans first started settling down to an agricultural way of life, they were hunter-gatherers, moving throughout a region in search of seasonally available … More Basic Stances — Infrastructure
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel EcoGuerrillas. Education Throughout human history, educational systems have been a reflection of their age. In feudal times, education was the purview of the wealthy and religious ascetics. With the invention of the printing press (first in China and then Europe), knowledge became more widespread as the … More Basic Stances — Social Organization: Education and Population (Part 4)
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel EcoGuerrillas. It’s the ‸Stupid Economy, Stupid The economy can be looked at through a variety of lenses, but one of the most basic divides it into three sectors. The primary sector has to do with resource extraction. Everything from logging, mining, and drilling to farming and … More Basic Stances — Social Organization: Economy and Finance (Part 3)
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel EcoGuerrillas. We must get away from the two most insidious beliefs of modern governance—hierarchy and survival of the fittest—and instead we should champion their opposites—heterarchy and cooperative symbiosis. Our current society is explicitly ordered in hierarchical systems: local, state, and federal governments, for example, or … More Basic Stances — Social Organization: Heterarchy and Survival of the Fittest (Part 2)
The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel EcoGuerrillas. Our society uses a variety of systems to organize itself. Cities, neighborhoods, counties, and towns order us in physical space. Representatives in the local, regional, and national government make decisions and the rules by which we live. Our work is organized into industries: extraction, production, … More Basic Stances — Social Organization (Part 1)