Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was once talking to a group of college students and told them, “I am really no different than you. I may have more money than you do, but money doesn’t make the difference… “If there is any difference between you and me, it may simply be that I get up every [...]
How To Influence the Definition and Direction of Contemporary Libertarianism Collectivism, though at its apex and seemingly more powerful than ever, is on the decline; individualism is on the rise. With its rise, individualism, also known as libertarianism, poses threats to American culture and governance. It also provides significant, positive opportunities that have not been [...]
This is part 5 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Few people realize how widespread the New Tribe revolution has become. The many examples of online New Tribes show how rapidly this trend is growing. But there is even more to [...]
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here The sixth type of tribe is the Information-Age Tribe. We are all still struggling for the perfect name. The term “e-tribe” is too narrow, since many of the new relationships are not online. I’ll settle [...]
This is part 3 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Indeed, by the 1990s America was deeply into the Industrial Age. Industrial tribes (no longer really Tribes, but rather tribes, small “t”) were built around career. People left the farms, and the communities which connected them, for economic opportunities [...]
This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Agrarian Tribes began, as Ken Wilber describes it, when we stopped planting with sticks and hoes and turned to plows drawn by beasts of burden. The change is significant in at least two major ways: First, pregnant women can plant, tend and harvest [...]
This is part 1 of a 5-part article. Subsequent segments will be published daily. NEARLY ALL OF THE WEAKNESSES I listed here are found in many traditional tribal cultures. In our day new kinds of tribes are emerging with huge potential influence, power and popularity. Indeed, the 21st Century may be the era where tribes [...]
Explore the Sunday Poem archives here. Mending Wall Robert Frost Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun, And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come after them and made repair [...]
This is part 2 of a 3-part series, which is continued from this series. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here At this point, we should note that while traditional tribal culture does have much to teach us from its idyllic simplicity, it is far from perfect. Studying its pitfalls and common flaws is [...]
This is part 2 of a 3-part series, which is continued from this series. Read Part 1 Here With this in mind, let’s discuss what the tribal ideal really is. With the assumption of local governance under the direction of concerned and involved citizens who were invested in one another’s success and security—basically a tribal [...]
