E74| The Imperative Of Beauty: Commons, Attunement & Community w/ Forrest Landry & Tim Adalin (Commons Series II)
Welcome to the second in a series of conversations about the Commons, the meaning of which is explored in relation to notions of beauty, trust, and attunement. See the conversation waypoints for more.
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On the meaning and significance of the Commons with the philosopher and master craftsman, Forrest Landry. This is the second in the Voicecraft series on the Commons. The first was e71 with Michel Bauwens.
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01:40 – Origins, definitions, and the frame of choice
11:40 – Communication & commons
14:52 – Rivalry, anti-rivaly, non-rivalry
22:22 – Sustainability, evolution, consciousness
29:33 – Towards understanding the relationships between beauty and the commons
40:26 – Beauty and relations to discernment, attunement, trust and community
45:00 – Beauty, integrity, and wildness
51:00 – Beauty, care, and the making of future in the context of power and now
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Forrest Landry is a philosopher, writer, researcher, scientist, engineer, craftsman, and teacher focused on metaphysics and the thriving of all forms of life on this planet. He has particular insight into social architecture, choice & sensemaking, sustainability, complicated & complex systems, ethics & governance, existential risk, collective intelligence, and more.
Read more about Forrest and find a living repository of his work here.
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