FTI: From Hoarding to Sharing

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How did we get into this mess? Government no long represents the people; the result is that our future is now existentially threatened. This state of affairs has been in the making for a very long time. In one sense, it can be traced back to the agricultural revolution, when people replaced sharing what a community could hunt and gather with hoarding. Think of this as the beginning of a transition from horizontal societies, where power is shared, to vertical societies, where the people on top hold inordinate power. Since then, developments in culture and civilization have time and again reinforced the power-based vertical structures. Recently, however, the technologies that can threaten us also offer us a way out, if we know how to use them. Paul LaClair will expand on this thesis, and invite hearty and vigorous discussion.

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