welcome to the matrix

Before the marketers bring forth our collective doom , please read these

general theory and examples
Against His-story, against Leviathan
Organising by humans always creates a super-being which takes a life of its own
[f.s.on ranprieur.com]

Chomsky on Adam Smith
Adam Smith DID say that if you keep making pins , you'll end up as dumb as one

the why of things
[f.s.on reddit.com]
Giles Bowkett: Gangs are bad for you
Unrelated superficial topic, very relevant underlying pattern, altogether brilliant
[f.s.on reddit.com]

so what breaks ?
Jared Diamond : Mankind's worst mistake
Should'nt have come down the trees ... almost
more of the same
[f.s.on shinynewkeychain.blogspot.com]

what else goes wrong
Story of stuff
Rape of the Earth for dummies

Better times before 'Civillization'
the original affluent society
Benjamin Franklin article


The Turning Around
Primitive living
a little more extreme manual

weaning yourself away- one article
simple dollar
lessons from growing up wihtout power,dedicated cable or telephones

Also see, (Alvin Toffler preferrably first)
Collapse of Complex Societies ,Joseph Tainter
Small is beautiful , E F Schumacher
The Third Wave, Alvin Toffler
War and peace and war, Peter Turchin
Articles on www.awok.org

PROUT : the Indian Schumacher ?