Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro...
by allendoerfer on Monday July 25, 2022 @12:42PM
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You have just discovered collectivism. Individualism sounds worse, but to my understanding is ultimately just an excess of enlightment, which is the better philosophy™.
Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro...
by EUROCARE on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:02PM
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I hope you're not thinking about forcing people into this - and if not, what's stopping you from just starting the initiative right now?
Re:Two weeks in, the Webb Space Telescope is reshaping astro...
by z9znz on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @07:00AM
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> I hope you're not thinking about forcing people into this
Of course not. Forcing people to volunteer is... not effective long term.
Anyway, I long since left that Texas city which gave me the idea. I know amateur and professional sporting happens all around, but I don't encounter it much (so I forgot about the idea until now). I'm onto other things, although I still think this is a good idea. I know some churches organize their members to do good community services periodically, so I don't think it's a stretch to imagine sporting communities to make a routine of doing the same.
Actually, I think the best thing we can learn from the military would be how to organize and mobilize large numbers of people toward some goal. The same could be said for religion. Then it's down to choosing a good goal...
I've pondered what would happen if we could dedicate one weekend per month of sports to community improvement instead. Where I grew up, sports were a big part of life. Every weekend the many fields and venues were full of people working together (and competing). Just imagine if they could all be organized to put their energy (just one weekend per month) into goals that would benefit everyone in the area. Perhaps military command structures and communication processes could be of value here...