[Greenbuilding] That Natural Feeling

[David Bergman]

Of course the views exist, just are there are views across the 
political spectrum, the religious spectrum, etc. The people who are 
firmly in one extreme or another of the spectra are "radicals," and I 
think they're actually a very small percentage. Additionally, my 
point is that the solutions seldom lie in choosing between either 
extreme. I don't think the "sludge" metaphor is useful.

(Gennaro: I hope you know I'm not criticizing you. And we're overdue 
for catching up on things, given the vast distance between Manhattan 
and Brooklyn.)

David

At 02:56 PM 1/12/2011, Gennaro Brooks-Church wrote:
>You can't find balance until you know what the extremes are and the
>naturalist/techie duality are two of life's extremes. Also some people
>naturally lean towards one, the other or neither or both. David and
>Corwyn you may claim you are zen enough to be at peace with the yin
>and yang of life or maybe you naturally lean towards the center but I
>have seen enough heated discussions between the techie geeks and the
>naturalists to know that these two views exist. Obviously most people
>dip into whatever camp is needed at the time but my point is that it
>is important to acknowledge that people naturally lean to a certain
>tendency.
>If you throw everyone into the melting pot you get sludge.
>
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>On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:35 PM, David Bergman <bergman at cyberg.com> wrote:
> > At 12:04 PM 1/11/2011, Corwyn wrote:
> >
> >
> > Is it really necessary to make a two camps version of everything in life?
> > Much of our trouble comes from exactly that process.  Truth can be found in
> > both camps, and the camps only keep it from being widely 
> propagated.  'truth
> > prison camps' one might say.
> >
> > I'm strongly with Corwyn here. The false dichotomies of choosing 
> one camp or
> > another are not where solutions lie. I can support some "naturalist" ideas
> > while still believing there are technological solutions that can be a
> > positive force, for instance: energy conservation AND energy efficiency AND
> > alternative energy sources. Less travel for business meetings AND more
> > teleconferencing. Less sprawl AND more efficient transportation.
> >
> > I could make this a much longer post, but I think others have 
> addressed this
> > before.
> >
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