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Tag Archives: Lessons of history
The Loss of the Napier-Gisborne Rail Link: Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold
This article criticising the current government’s decision to close the Napier-Gisborne rail line was published in the NZ J Forestry in December 2012. ================================================================ Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart, … Continue reading
There are Alternatives to the Ruataniwha Dam
There are Alternatives to the Ruataniwha Dam. via There are Alternatives to the Ruataniwha Dam.
Does Ozymandias Live in the Bay?
A democratic society is based on the values of an open society, those nebulous things that don’t fit into a financier’s or an economist’s spreadsheet. These values provide for the trust, participation, creativity, freedom and imagination that makes the good … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Vision, Community resilience, Democracy, Knowledge Systems, Local governance, Management Style, Social Capital, Virtues
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Arrogance, Command & control, Democracy, George Orwell, Governance, Hubris, Lessons of history, Phronesis, Power, Practical Wisdom, Privacy, Propaganda, Resilience theory, Robert Putnam, Social Capital, Social institutions, Social Resilience, Social values, Surveillance society, Transactional vs. Transformational management
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