The Starfish and the Spider feels like an anecdotal book about decentralization. Written for stupid corporate fat cats, the book can feel rather sluggish and boring at times; talking about making profits and technology. But overall the idea of decentralization comes across pretty well, even if it leaves you feeling unsatisfied in terms of its practical use in the real world. How does one translate the idea into a reality? That’s not really the purpose of this book. It sort of peters out towards the end as it more or less tries to explain how to create hybrid organizations out of classic corporate models (BARF!!!). I really enjoyed the parts about the Apache and the ALF, and I recommend checking it out for those parts alone!

The original Ishmael by Daniel Quinn contained a vague chapter on resistance, but the publishing company would not allow it, instead they made him focus solely on “changing minds”. Here is what Ishmael really thought about this!

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The Molalla High School Green Team (environmental club) is throwing their yearly, Earth day music festival and they’ve invited me to come and teach some rewilding skillz throughout the event. It’s going to be awesome. Plus, it’s a fundraiser for their club. And it only costs $2! Come support the Molalla High School Green Team and see the beauty of the Molalla River.

Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Time: 11:00am – 9:15pm
Location: Clark Park, Molalla OR (http://tinyurl.com/ycxgan9)
Cost: $2

Music Line-up:
Methods of Silence (12:00-12:15)
My Robotic Mother (12:35-1:00)
Arion B / Peter Horace(1:15-1:30)
The Routine (1:50-2:20)
Diezel P (2:40-3:10)
The Hugs (3:30-4:00)
Nathan Vieira (4:20-4:50)
Boy Eats Drum Machine (5:10-5:55)
Youthbitch (6:15-6:45)
A Blinding Silence (7:05-7:35)
Midnight Callers (7:55-8:25)
Kendálin (8:45-9:15)

Come join the MHS Green Team! See you there.