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Cooperative Games

So many of our modern games (and the homo sapien way of thinking up to this point) has been based on competition, instead of cooperation. There is style of game (more popular in Europe) called a "cooperative game." For example, all the players are figherfighters, and they have to work together to get as many people out of a burning building as possible.

Humanity is only going to survive climate change if we can learn to cooperate in some fundamental ways. Survival of the fittest? Maybe cooperation is more of a survival trail than competition.

In chess, what if the goal were something other than checkmating the king ~ something that taught the value of peace instead of war?

What if the goal was to surround the king, so he has no legal moves (backed into a corner), but he's not in check. We could call that the "Geneva Convention" in chess, negotiating for peace.

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Cooperative Games

So many of our modern games (and the homo sapien way of thinking up to this point) has been based on competition, instead of cooperation. There is style of game (more popular in Europe) called a "cooperative game." For example, all the players are figherfighters, and they have to work together to get as many people out of a burning building as possible.

Humanity is only going to survive climate change if we can learn to cooperate in some fundamental ways. Survival of the fittest? Maybe cooperation is more of a survival trail than competition.

In chess, what if the goal were something other than checkmating the king ~ something that taught the value of peace instead of war?

What if the goal was to surround the king, so he has no legal moves (backed into a corner), but he's not in check. We could call that the "Geneva Convention" in chess, negotiating for peace.

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Cryptonomics: Instead of creating a Cooperative Economy, Cryptocurrency creates a Technocracy. It does not create the Solarpunk society we are wanting.

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Looking on the bright side means having an active imagination sometimes.

Woo-hoo! I earned $0.07 cents for my writing. I am the Double-O-Seven of the writing world. Secret Agent Writer who works silently in shadows to change the world. What’s more is the payment came on 7–7–21.

7–7–7. I won the lucky jackpot. Just a sign that the lottery I won originates in a higher dimension where they don’t use money.

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Code of the Blue Warrior ~ Audio Drama We are 3 episodes into our 5 episode Audio Drama, "Code of the Blue Warrior."What is an Audio Drama? It's a podcast episode, fiction, that creates the atmosphere of a story and pulls you in. Through sounds, dialogue, music, and a compelling narrative.

The "Positive Futurism" Podcast is always content positive. That's our promise to you. We imagine a better world, and we deliver characters who are role models to bring it about.

Link to our podcast: https://anchor.fm/storiesfromthefuture

The Code of the Blue Warrior mini-series could almost be considered fan fiction of the novel "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.

Code of the Blue Warrior will also appeal to fans of The Celestine Prophecy and Dan Millman's Way of the Peaceful Warrior.

Visit a remote tropical paradise and see the modern world from an outsider's perspective. No smartphones. No electricity.

A Grand Master chess savant and world-class sailboat racing champion, Alan Ishmael has escaped the modern world and lives on the fictional island paradise of Nia Hu (based on Niʻihau, Hawaii).

The rough ocean between islands is a metaphor for making the tumultuous transition between living in the modern world, or in accordance with a deeper reality.

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The LeVar Burton Reads Podcast, now in its 9th season, chose to read a story that openly makes a racial slur, and does so more than once.

The content advisory in the episode description says, “Includes use of a slur.” Is calling it a “slur” the politically correct way to make a racist remark?

The parrot in the story is a reincarnation of a woman’s dead husband who comes back to life and sees her with a new lover. We learn the race of the new lover by means of the Parrot’s use of a racial slur, cleverly (actually I found it cliche) disguised as a word that a parrot actually might say.

If the slur were directed in a different direction (almost any other direction), I know it wouldn’t go over too well. The question is Which racial slurs are acceptable? The answer should be none.

Here is a link to the episode in question: https://omny.fm/shows/levar-burton-reads/jealous-husband-returns-in-form-of-parrot-by-rober

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Hi! I believe that optimistic sci fi is an essential trend. The crises humanity faces are real. This story is about a "Secret Agent from the Future" who has come back from Earth's past to help us.

It's a longer short story, but if you enjoy reading, I can promise you a captivating 30-minutes.

Please give it a like on Vocal if you would, because engagement helps this Solarpunk get more visibility. Thank you & happy reading!

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The newsroom was aflutter. There was the regular weekly edition deadline, and then there was the annual Special Edition deadline, and then there was the demanding narcissist calling the shots from his upstairs office.

I was swamped. Journalism is a fast-paced business, and this was only a small-town newspaper. We published twice each week, with hard deadlines at 10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

I was an editor. I was used to wearing different hats.

Go to event

Take photos at event

Write story about event

Layout story in InDesign for print

Copy and Paste for a dozen events each week

I enjoy all of those things! But I don’t enjoy any of them when I am overwhelmed, overworked and overloaded.

It’s Monday morning. I had put in long hours over the weekend just to stay afloat with my deadlines. Then the intercom buzzes, “Tom, I need to know when you’re going to complete that piece for the Special Edition.”

This was before I learned how to set boundaries at work.

What would you have done in this situation?

Workplace environments are hustle and bustle, and it seems we’re expected to do more and more with each passing year. A time has to come when we learn to set boundaries.

The self-improvement field is abuzz with learning to set boundaries in our relationships, empowering us to leave toxic men (or women). I believe we need to apply those same principles a little stronger at our jobs.

It’s more than just “work-life balance.” It’s learning how to say no at work.

No. I’m sorry, but that’s unreasonable.

No. I really can’t make that work with my schedule.

I understand the client has expressed a need for this by the end of the week, but, that’s unrealistic.

I need help with this. What I need is….

No. (It’s a complete sentence).

Why don’t we say things like that more often at work? Probably, we’re afraid of losing our jobs. Probably for lot of the same reasons we stay in toxic romantic relationships despite being terrible for our mental health.

Yes, I am making the possibly blasphemous statement that our jobs can be the equivalent of an abusive relationship. There, I said it.

So, when that inercom buzz broke through the hustle and bustle of the newsroom, it pushed me over the line. I had not learned how to communicate boundaries, and I went ballistic. I cursed like a sailor. Out loud, and loud. At my boss. Called him a so-and-so. I really made a scene. I stormed out. That was the first time I did that, and the most dramatic. I have never been shy about leaving a job that doesn’t treat me with respect.

It felt so good when I stormed out.That was twenty years ago, and still I look back on it to this day, and I am proud I stood up for myself.

But there was one thing that would have felt even better: Doing it gracefully, not with rage and anger. I had let my frustration boil up in me for longer than I could take it. What really frustrated me was feeling like I had no voice in what was being demanded of me.

If we can learn how to set boundaries for ourselves at work, and articulate them gracefully, would things change? Could we get back to doing work that we love, instead of fearing our bosses, and hating how much there is to do?

There have been “productivity studies” showing how many hours of work per day and per week we can be at our jobs and be the most functional.

Guess what? Especially as Americans, we’re way over that threshold.

It’s time we stand up for ourselves against emotional abuse and other toxic behaviors at work.

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Hi! I have entered this story into a writing contest on Vocal.media.

They use engagement as a tie-breaker, so could you please click on the story and give me a like? It might help a lot, and the prize is $22,500 ~ no small potatoes! You can also send me a "tip," but I'd prefer a ♥️!

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Talk to the Hand of Fatima! She says stop consuming, producing, being materialistic! (original digital art)

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The great Hand of Fate (the Hamsa) says, "Stop consuming, producing, being materialistic, being greedy." Return to a healthy way of life.

In my previous life, I was a web developer in the financial services industry. The money was avaricious, but I couldn’t live with myself. I had to stop.

I guess you’d call it a mid-life change-of-heart, a crisis of conscience.

So I embarked on a journey. Of self-discovery? A spiritual quest? Odysseus returning from the Trojan War? Dante venturing through the underworld with his guide, Virgil?

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From emotional abuse to environmental abuse, the 21st-century must embrace better behaviors from equality and sustainability to cultivating ethical leaders in the Global Change Movement.

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There are only 2 choices: love or fear.

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“What lies ahead? Reimagining the world. Only that.”

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