Comments on: “Its origin and purpose are still a total mystery.” http://slowcoast.ca/2010/05/31/hush-hush-keep-it-down-now/ Always a day late Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Parkinson http://slowcoast.ca/2010/05/31/hush-hush-keep-it-down-now/#comment-1048 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:05:41 +0000 http://slowcoast.ca/?p=1951#comment-1048 Hi Matt!

Yeah, it’s a real paradox: how to build the infrastructure so it’s in place as things fall apart, while the conditions that make it possible to build the infrastructure don’t yet exist?

The only way out seems to be to place much of the burden on volunteer and not-for-profit enterprises, which can sustain the cost of building something (somewhat) outside of market pressures. I just hope we aren’t subsidizing the emergence of for-profit solutions which will continue to take autonomy (self-regulation) away from the people. We shall see.

Thanks for tuning in!

]]> By: Matt Cavers http://slowcoast.ca/2010/05/31/hush-hush-keep-it-down-now/#comment-1047 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:54:50 +0000 http://slowcoast.ca/?p=1951#comment-1047 I’ll be very interested to see how this project turns out. Sounds like a unique solution to the problem lots of us are thinking about – how do we convince ourselves and others that, even though it’s way easier to drop by Super-Valu for chick peas (etc.), it might be more satisfying and beneficial to grow the things ourselves?

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