The flourishing commons: disembodied conversation. (opinions oof Ivan Illich, Paul Goodman, and Gary Snyder)(includes related article on Tong Ren)

Whole Earth | September 22, 1998| | Copyright

In 1984, Gary Snyder and Lee did a big public event in San Francisco called "Anarchy, Buddhism and Political Economy." Lee had his first, not last, out-of-body experience there. "I literally left my body. I'd never done this before. Floating around in my mind, up there; and I turned to Gary and said, `Gary, can you carry on?' He sort of looked puzzled at me. I finally came back down to myself. This was part of how I began thinking about re-imagining the commons." From his disembodied state, with a more free-spirited and crazy wisdom than any other of our contributors, Lee posed ...

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