Community — Philosophy

~americ Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (16:07) seed

I was reading Esther Dyson's RELEASE 2.0 in which see writes: "A community is a shared asset, created by the investment of its members. The more you put in, the more you take out." What do you think? I think it's true. But is it? Do we even know what community is? Would we know it, even if we had it?

~Wolf Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (18:03) #1

Have to say I agree with Esther (ooooooh, am I the first person here? Woohoo!) Think that community is not set aside for just those areas around where you physically reside. Community is a group that works together in a way that mutually benefits the whole.

~Wolf Sun, Dec 21, 1997 (22:04) #2

And speaking of community, where is everybody?

~KitchenManager Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (00:42) #3

As for me, I was working, now I'm decorating our Christmas tree.

~americ Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (12:27) #4

I think that this community might be a little slow during the Christmas season, but you never know. Sometimes people need to get away from friends and family to go visit those friends and family in cyberspace. I just did my share of Christmas cards -- via snail mail!

~autumn Mon, Dec 22, 1997 (13:59) #5

I must say Esther's words put me in mind of another philosopher who said, "The love you take is equal to the love you make..." (we thought that was so profound in high school)

~americ Tue, Dec 23, 1997 (01:09) #6

Great philosophy truths just are. They are expressed by people over and over again. It gives me great pleasure to recieve and give back such truths as they come. What I am hoping for here is a community of lovers of wisdom. This is rare to have; must be grown over time like a garden. And, even then the whether or other factors will have much more to do with it than we may care to know.

~KitchenManager Wed, May 20, 1998 (20:57) #7

seems to have been raining in here lately... more things are growing, and less of those seem to be weeds...*wink*

~MarciaH Wed, Aug 25, 1999 (20:07) #8

I finally found evidence that Austin is not in the middle of a vast sandy trackless waste which never sees cool nor rain. I was concerned that your riparian reputation was at risk. Praise be!

~riette Thu, Sep 2, 1999 (11:07) #9

ha-ha!!! When's the last time you were in America, Marcia? Do you ever go back at all/long for the place? ARE you American?

~MarciaH Thu, Sep 2, 1999 (15:18) #10

I am currently in America - the 50th state since 1959. I am born and bred American. I go to the Mainland (continental America) once a year if I can afford to - to visit with that handsome son of mine who lives in California. I think I will not live forever in Hawaii...I am tired of being so far from David and not being able to get anywhere else without expensive and lengthy travel.

~riette Fri, Sep 3, 1999 (02:13) #11

Wow! You want to move back? When? And do you only have the one son?

~terry Fri, Sep 3, 1999 (08:16) #12

My son's in California too, Santa Rosa. He's finishing up college at Sonoma State. Hope to get out there soon. Where's your kid Marcia?

~riette Fri, Sep 3, 1999 (13:20) #13

You've got a son, Terry???? Whoopee! After almost 2 years I find this out! Cool!!

~MarciaH Sat, Sep 4, 1999 (02:09) #14

He lives in Fairfield and works in Martinez - both somewhere between San Francisco and Sacramento. Very close to your son. Our Athletic Director was Basketball coach at Santa Rosa College and fed the Vulcans his best players for years before transferring over here!

~MarciaH Sat, Sep 4, 1999 (02:14) #15

Terry, we play Sonoma State in Baseball and other sports every year. They are a great group and have such supportive and nice boosters/parents. Yes, one son, and only child. Four days of labor changed my mind about having more. Good thing I had a great kid on the first try!

~riette Sat, Sep 4, 1999 (05:21) #16

FOUR DAYS???? How gruelling?? See, that's the one positive thing about having big hips. They popped the first one out in 4 hours, and the second in one and a half. But now I don't want anymore either, and the hips are staying too. Damn it.

~mrchips Sat, Sep 4, 1999 (06:09) #17

FOUR DAYS! It should be a Wide World of Sports Special" ANNCR: "Hello, I'm Jim McKay on ABC Sports...Welcome to the 96 Hours of LaMaze..."

~riette Sat, Sep 4, 1999 (15:53) #18

Quick, get the POPcorn!

~MarciaH Tue, Sep 7, 1999 (20:01) #19

No, you do not want the details. John, I have made men without any of the anatomy involved ache "there." ...and it was actually 105 hours...!

~riette Wed, Sep 8, 1999 (02:17) #20

Jesus!! How can a person SURVIVE That???

~terry Thu, Sep 9, 1999 (08:38) #21

Did this conversation spark up on Labor Day or what? Shey's a great athlete, he's about 6-5 now and he can demolish me on the basketball court. Though the only video I have of him playing was when he was about 5-10. He went to Santa Rosa JC for his first couple of years.

~riette Thu, Sep 9, 1999 (11:04) #22

And how old is your son? I don't make nearly enough photos or videos of my kids either. I usually remember it if I wake up in the middle of the night.

~terry Thu, Sep 9, 1999 (15:46) #23

22.

~MarciaH Thu, Sep 9, 1999 (15:33) #24

Terry, I cannot believe it...Our Athletic Director, Bill Trumbo, used to be the Basketball coach for Santa Rosa, and fed out program at UHHilo with their best players. How neat! Any pics of Shey to put in the gallery that are current? (No baby pictures...!) Cannot imagine how anyone gets to be 6'5"...must be like feeding the bottomless pit! We did have a Volleyball player visiting last weekend who was a very pretty and co-ordinated 6'3" and John sized her up against my 5'6" frame...that is ^tall^.... .!

~riette Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (00:54) #25

How big is 6'5 in meters? Over 2, huh? That's TALLLLLLL!

~MarciaH Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (01:00) #26

1.58 meters

~terry Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (10:26) #27

He'll might hit 2 meters.

~riette Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (13:11) #28

He's a BABE! He looks quite alot like you, Terry! Not that we've ever seen your face under that old beard of yours. But that's how I imagine you must look. Tell him to come to the spring.

~riette Fri, Sep 10, 1999 (13:12) #29

Marcia, are YOU 1,58m? That's so cute!

~MarciaH Sat, Sep 11, 1999 (17:00) #30

Great looking son, Terry. Thanks for sharing. I am a mere (by my conversion calculator from Radio Shack)1.67M, so this thing is broken since it insists that 6'5" in Metric is still 1.58M and I am 5'6"...No, did it another way and 2 M is 6.5616 feet...(now it says I am 1.76M... needs new batteries I think!)

~mrchips Sun, Sep 12, 1999 (01:50) #31

God, just his head and shoulders shot is 6'5" here! We're all writing around him. He dominates the page of Community as the colossus bestrode the harbor at Rhodes. (Sorry, I was trying out my Homeric hyperbole for possible future heroic couplet...)

~riette Sun, Sep 12, 1999 (03:35) #32

And did it work? �grin�

~MarciaH Tue, Sep 14, 1999 (18:45) #33

Can you imagine someone that tall who is attached all the way down?! The ones we get, the brains are so far from their feet they have trouble just walking!

~riette Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (04:38) #34

ha-ha!!! Though some people have used Clinton as an example of the fact that male brains are locate about halfway down!

~sprin5 Sat, Jan 20, 2001 (11:38) #35

And there goes Clinton down Pennsylvania Avenue in his limo with Chelsea and Senator Clinton.