Thursday, June 2, 2011

debt based ecology

As we traverse further down the road of humans applying our theoretical understanding of the world in order to shape and influence the world, we begin to live in an increasingly virtual world. The trouble with this virtual world is the structures mimic the consensus philosophies of our species. So while the natural world strives towards equilibrium, the virtual world is endlessly consuming. In the natural world animals organize in groups or communities. In the virtual world we organize around hierarchy and debt. The debt based ecology is such that in order to provide the bare necessities that are made available in the virtual world, one must willingly forfeit their time to the goals of reinforcing the hegemony of hierarchy and debt. This is an 'ideal' prison structure.

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