http://ranprieur.com/#9a417fe513f58988c3b5b1e84cfc57397194a79b 2019-09-02T14:20:38Z Ran Prieur http://ranprieur.com/ ranprieur@gmail.com http://ranprieur.com/#e26298e77b3b2fc2d0c4299c0aee06d35c3c8d01 2019-09-02T14:20:38Z September 2, Labor Day. Continuing from last week, Eric comments on what the author of the intentional community piece might have meant by restless dreamer syndrome: "What that phrase conjures for me is the person who floats into a group looking for some ideal experience, then wanders off when it is time to do some heavy lifting."

The more I think about this subject, the more questions I have. Why do we have so little faith in the dominant system, that we expect a better experience from a system that's new and untested?

How can there be a scarcity of people willing to do useful work, in a species that has done such an excess of useful work that we have turned forests to deserts and destabilized the climate?

Why do small communities always have a shortage of workers, while the big economy always has a shortage of jobs?

What if a community actually succeeded in building a way of living that was clearly better? How could they avoid being violently taken out by the dominant system?

Why is there so little overlap between what we feel like doing, and what's good for us to do? Why are humans the only species in the world that has this problem?

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