Never Help: Fixing People Is a Form of Colonialism Peter Block

Never help: (all fixing people is a form of colonialism). Credit: Peter Block Comment: Some context for this quotation: Don’t Give AdvicePosts where this quotation is embedded Avoiding Modern-day Colonialism Colonialism: the dominance, control, and exploitation by one group over another Changing People ** The challenge of trying to change people Enlightenment 2.0 A New Enlightenment for the … Continue reading Never Help: Fixing People Is a Form of Colonialism Peter Block

Changing the Interactions Between People Dave Snowden

Changing the interactions between people is both more effective in achieving change and more ethical; telling people what sort of people you think they should be is a paternalistic form of neo-colonialism. Credit: Dave Snowden Posts where this quotation is embedded Avoiding Modern-day Colonialism Colonialism: the dominance, control, and exploitation by one group over another Changing People … Continue reading Changing the Interactions Between People Dave Snowden

Modern-day Colonialism The dominance, control, and exploitation by a powerful group over a less powerful group

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   March 7, 2023, 17:12In the past year or two, I’ve noticed an increasing use of “colonialism” as a metaphor to describe forms of control and domination beyond the traditional meaning of one nation ruling over another. This inspired me to write a short post about these modern forms of colonialism and the metaphorical … Continue reading Modern-day Colonialism The dominance, control, and exploitation by a powerful group over a less powerful group

Avoiding Modern-day Colonialism Colonialism: the dominance, control, and exploitation by one group over another

Multipolar Traps or Moloch Traps Relationships ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Colonialism has historically referred to the domination and control of one group or nation over another. However, the language of colonialism has recently been used to describe other forms of control and dominance. Introduction The term “colonialism” and related words, such … Continue reading Avoiding Modern-day Colonialism Colonialism: the dominance, control, and exploitation by one group over another

Dominant Discourse and Narrative ** Shape the world

Storytelling ** Weaponizing Public Discourse ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Society’s prevailing narratives frequently infiltrate our everyday discussions, subtly influencing us to adopt their rhetorical patterns unconsciously. Nevertheless, thoughtlessly replicating these dominant discourses hinders our ability to think independently and may inadvertently strengthen detrimental ideologies. We must become more conscious of how … Continue reading Dominant Discourse and Narrative ** Shape the world

We Need to Stop Trying to Do Things to Each Other And start working together

The Difference Between Responsibility and Accountability Introduction: Motivation and Engagement ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter To encourage engagement and ownership, we must stop trying to do things to each other. People often ask me, “How do you make people share?” or “How do you make people adopt social tools?” or, more generally, … Continue reading We Need to Stop Trying to Do Things to Each Other And start working together