Ishmael Companion: Beyond Civilization -- resources for teachers and readers
Cradle-to-grave security? · What about care for the elderly? · Tribes of the mind · The tribe is its members · Why make a living at all?
The author seems unable to give an unqualified answer to the question, "Will occupational tribes be able to provide cradle-to-grave security?" Why?
The author seems unable to give an unqualified answer to the question, "Will occupational tribes be able to provide care for the elderly?" Why?
Which world would you rather live in, one with no taxes or one with no government services?
What do you think? Is the university the faculty or are the faculty just employees of the university?
The author says that "the tribe is what its members want it to be." Does this explain why he's unable to give unqualified answers to questions like "Will occupational tribes be able to provide cradle-to-grave security or care for the elderly?"
How did the idea of "living on nothing" come to be associated with virtue and the good life in our culture? Examine traditional role models like Buddha, the Cynics, Jesus, and St. Francis of Assisi to see what light they may shed on this question.
Is there a difference between "work" and "making a living"? Sparrows make a living, but do you think of them as "workers" in the same sense that auto mechanics or store managers are workers?
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