Clarion Reading Room

[brandonlovejoy]

We may want to take this opportunity to discuss...

What authors, thinkers, books, or articles inform your thinking?

Some thoughts to get the ball rolling!

Naturally, we might want to begin with "More Equal Animals", since many of the principles in the book inform the Clarion project itself. I'm on my second read-through, how about you?

Another book I'd love to discuss with others who might want to read it, is "Sacred Economics", by Charles Eisenstein.

If anyone's feeling bold, we could wade into "Antifragile" or "Skin in the Game", by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

And there's always "Rethinking Money", among others, by Bernard Lietaer

Another book that I can't recommend enough, which may seem unlikely to some, is "Braiding Sweetgrass", by Robin Wall Kimmerer, which greatly informed my thoughts about our relationship with nature, gift economies, reciprocity, and so much more!

While I'm bringing up the earthy wisdom of gift economies, here's an episode of Emergence Magazine Podcast with Kimmerer: "The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance" Give it a listen, I bet you'll be suprised. :)

These are some of the rich sources that have been on my mind.

What are you reading, and what have you read, watched, or listened to that informs your thinking?

I'm not a huge fan of recurring weekly or biweekly schedules where the whole world shows up to discuss a topic. Almost everyone's "schedules" are constantly in flux these days. Perhaps one way we could organize is by just using discussions and eventually hopping on calls (zoom, meet.jit.si, or we could even use clubhouse if we wanted) and take advantage of the natural asymmetry in our interests and availability. That way, there can be any number of discussions on any number of topics, rather than trying to get everyone to focus on the same thing at the same time. Folks want to read at their own pace, and pair up with others who are on the same page (both literally and metaphorically) or who would like to discuss a certain theme more than another.

Any discussions between two or more people who are relatively well-versed on a topic could potentially escalate into a podcast format if so desired. I'm sure plenty of people out there would appreciate hearing (some of ;) our thoughtful discussions.

Let's see what happens. :)