Mutual-Aid

{{< pudding-progress >}} The System Problem, Not the People Problem {{< pudding-reveal direction=“left” >}} The Little Red Hen asks: “Who will help me make the bread?” That’s the wrong question. The right question is: “What do you need, and who can provide it, and how do we coordinate fair exchange?” That’s not a fairy tale. That’s operational design. {{< /pudding-reveal >}} {{< pudding-sticky-quote >}} “The problem isn’t that people won’t help. It’s that they don’t know how. Or they’re afraid. Or they’ve been burned. Or the system makes helping feel impossible.” {{< /pudding-sticky-quote >}} ...

Do The Swoop Initiative #17 — The Ripple “Make A Difference” Initiative The Starfish Story Which is how, in my family, we refer to the story told about a man who during a walk saw a boy dancing erratically down the beach. Upon approaching him, the man saw that the boy was picking up starfish and flinging them into the ocean to save them from the inevitable scorching death of the afternoon sun. ...