The Grand Strategy

UncaRay · 09-24-2008, 11:50 PM

I acknowledge the fragility and unsustainability of the technological infrastructure, which means that the Internet could disappear at any time. For that reason it's a mistake to become fully dependent on it and place all your eggs in one basket.

At the same time it represents the most efficient organizational medium ever invented, and we need to put together our new resilient communities FAST. If it's martial and a total wipeout of the Internet in two weeks the yeah, we're dicked.

On the other hand the Internet represents the most efficient way of doing business and disseminating information. I think heroic measures will be taken to maintain it. We may have it to take advantage of for years to come. True resilient communities could set up their own server nodes, serving the local area and connected to the larger net when available.

Here's what I suggest right away. There is a community forming website called ning.com I have used it to set up a community called "Cosby Co-op" (I live in Cosby Tn.) The purpose is to find, if I can, everybody in the Cosby area who is online and get them to sign up with the community as a central place to share information and post offers of business. There will be a ride share section, a work share section, free classifieds, links to local gardening experts and seed sources, and so on. The idea is to launch a locally based "informal economy" and use it to encourage local production of food and necessary supplies. Of course anyone anywhere can do the same for their community as well using ning or some similar website.

09-24-2008, 11:50 PM	#12
UncaRay Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cosby, Tennessee, USA Posts: 20	Re: The Grand Strategy I acknowledge the fragility and unsustainability of the technological infrastructure, which means that the Internet could disappear at any time. For that reason it's a mistake to become fully dependent on it and place all your eggs in one basket. At the same time it represents the most efficient organizational medium ever invented, and we need to put together our new resilient communities FAST. If it's martial and a total wipeout of the Internet in two weeks the yeah, we're dicked. On the other hand the Internet represents the most efficient way of doing business and disseminating information. I think heroic measures will be taken to maintain it. We may have it to take advantage of for years to come. True resilient communities could set up their own server nodes, serving the local area and connected to the larger net when available. Here's what I suggest right away. There is a community forming website called ning.com I have used it to set up a community called "Cosby Co-op" (I live in Cosby Tn.) The purpose is to find, if I can, everybody in the Cosby area who is online and get them to sign up with the community as a central place to share information and post offers of business. There will be a ride share section, a work share section, free classifieds, links to local gardening experts and seed sources, and so on. The idea is to launch a locally based "informal economy" and use it to encourage local production of food and necessary supplies. Of course anyone anywhere can do the same for their community as well using ning or some similar website.