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have hopes that a network of citizens can do something about many of
have hopes that a network of citizens can do something about many of
these issues, but it will take time.
these issues, but it will take time.
[Added later: Use microfinance to put in the electricity and Internet as local businesses, and repay the costs by charging other local businesses a reasonable rate for using them.]
What we are looking for here is some tens of trillions of dollars
What we are looking for here is some tens of trillions of dollars
is all of Us and all of Them, for any given values of Us and Them) get
is all of Us and all of Them, for any given values of Us and Them) get
this right, it will improve education, politics, economics, and the
this right, it will improve education, politics, economics, and the
arts of sustainablity in a manner that we cannot well foresee.
arts of sustainability in a manner that we cannot well foresee.
But it won't make anybody happy. Comfortable, certainly, for the great
But it won't make anybody happy. Comfortable, certainly, for the great
with what you have. Not resignation to having only that, but
with what you have. Not resignation to having only that, but
willingness to work with it gladly to improve things further for the
willingness to work with it gladly to improve things further for the
benefit of everybody else. Meaning that we get to tackle the _hard_
benefit of everybody else. Meaning that we get to tackle the '''hard'''
problems next.
problems next.