Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Conversations about Shared Ground
I sat down with Keyna, Kheya, and Koko to talk about Shared Ground, what to do with churches, sharing food, and how to walk the earth. You can learn more about Shared Ground on our website
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Taming Your To-Do List
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Black and White Film 2021
Photos I took on a Nikon film camera in 2021
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The Hanged Man
I was 14 when the towers fell, when the world turned upside down. I’ve learned everything of significance within that time. I’ve had to suspend myself a great many times since then.
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Naveed Reads Me Allegiance to Gratitude
Naveed reading Allegiance to Gratitude from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Deciding how to Decide
When I approach a group I’d like to collaborate with, one of the first questions I ask is “how do you decide”. The answer gives me a good impression of where that group is at. Often the answer is confused and unclear. Most groups, I find, coast along with implicit decision-making processes until a challenging decision appears, so they are stuck having to decide how to decide with a contentious decision hanging over them. As you might expect it’s better for groups to figure this out before that happens.
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Power Over Can’t Be Hidden
No matter how flat the power structure, no matter how democratic a group claims to be, if there is someone in the group who can at any moment pick up the phone and have armed police come and veto any decision made by the collective, there is a tricky power dynamic.
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Polarity Group Exercise
how do you hold multiple divergent perspectives without needing to collapse them down to unity?
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Safety, Care Labor, and Work Styles in Decentralised Orgs
A look at building safety, valuing care work, and helping teams develop a growth mindset.
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Reflection 1: Patterns for Decentralised Organizations
I’m taking a guided program with The Hum called Patterns for Decentralised Organizations. It is taught by Nati and Rich, geniuses I’ve been following and crossing paths with for some time. I’ll be keeping notes and reflections as I go along on this tag. We started out as most online zoom course things do by […]
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Guide to Editing Action Forms in Action Network
Use Action Network to create custom fields for your Action forms.
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Eight Minutes and Forty Six Seconds
It should wake you up. It should wake you up. It should wake you up. It should wake you up.
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Self Portrait 2019
Becoming is a lifelong process, in this post I describe the story of how this self portrait, a snapshot of that process, came into being over 6 years.
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Rocky Mountain Pod Project Branding and Web Design
The journey taken to create a brand logo and website for the Rocky Mountain Pod Project. A group fostering small intimate groups around mutual aid in the Rocky Mountain region.
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Transforming Conflict with a Culture Committee
Conflict will arise in groups, what we do with that conflict can be the difference between falling apart or becoming stronger. In this post I outline a simple conflict transformation process you can implement and dive into putting together a Culture Committee to address conflicts within a group.
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Community Rule Tool Defines Group Structure
Media Enterprise Design Lab released a tool called Community Rule to help groups define the structure of their group.
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Reflections on Distributed Care in Organizations
I recently attended a online class put on by The Hum around care support in organizations. Care labor is an often unseen and unaccounted form of labor within teams. As Rich said “the snacks don’t just appear out of thin air at a meeting” someone takes the time to care to put them there. How can organizations take better care of those who care?
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The Shut Down of a Pro Police Rally
We begin the short march down the street, past the homeless encampment, to Civic Center Park amphitheater. There was a cacophony of noisemakers, clanging pots, whistles, and blow horns. The throngs of counter-protesters engulf the east and south sides of the amphitheater.
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Karyn
Where #Karen demands undue respect and acquiescence. Karyn is striving to do her best every day.
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Civic Engagement to end Police Violence
I’m trying to deepen my involvement in local politics. It’s hard to understand and follow who my representatives are, what they are doing, and how I can help shape policy. In light of the most recent acts of police violence I’ve renewed my commitment to do this work. In an effort of accountability and sharing […]
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