THE FUTURE OF MONEY Bernard A. Lietaer - library.uniteddiversity ...

financial grip. After the Really Big One, they had just to let go of all
the rest of it.
One of the key tools that made a possible for everybody to lock
themselves into such self-contained cocoons was all these local
currency systems. Some had been around for 10, even 20 years, but
few people took them seriously then. After the Big Crash, they
started spreading like wildfire, just for survival.
When you were born, my parents really wanted us back outs idaho,
but I didn't want you growing up there. They put a id of pressure on
me, but I finally decided to stay in SF.
You may not know this, but SF used to be a pretty diversified city,
with a lot of high- tech jobs, and people traveling all over the place. I
still managed to move Mound after everybody had already locked
themselves up in little community cultures. That's because we're part
of a 'cosmopolite' com, a community that works with other
communities, trading ideas. When you're old enough you should get
out, too. Take a look at the world. The differences between
communities will surprise you, because they aren't what you expect.
Lots of places keep themselves safe by locking out not just people
that don't fit in, but ideas that don't fit too. Even movies are altered,
sometimes the language, sometimes the characters. You should see
how the newsnets are changed from place to place. With these new
imaging techniques, they can shape anything to order. So all
information flows within a com, and from the outside world into the
com, can be nicely shaped to fit the world-view of the com's
inhabitants. Some places around the country the spooky, with houses
that all look alike and families that all look alike. I guess people find
it easier that way. Most of them seem to like it, and those coms are
pretty safe.