Gig Harbor: An Equitable Society

12/08/2024

Balance is when the part works with the whole, and the whole benefits the part.

In governance it means a mutual process of evolution, where the needs of the governing body matches the needs of individuals, and so in giving to individuals, it gives to the whole.

The whole benefits, but so should the individual benefit too.

If we know there must be change, we must be the change.

Change means incrementally increasing our collective and individual power.

You and your community are your greatest allies.

What do you think it takes to make a fair society?

What do you think makes a governing body legitimate?

I'd really like to hear your thoughts, even if they're contrary to mine. I believe that we all benefit through honorable dialogue and respectful debates.

Thanks for reading!

Noah

12/08/2024

Being is a confluence of inner experience and outer phenomena. It's the bridging of the internal relationships with external relationships. This applies to how we as a society interact. There are individual interests, the internal landscape that makes a person a person.

But there are also parts of us that are interdependent with our environment, and with our environment, our relationships, the web of causality that shapes the world unfolds organically.

It's a continuum of possibilities, that exist within a space of their own. The logical and the abstract collide and form a cohesive framework that evolves with its observers.

Our understanding of light informs or perception of good and bad, light is generally seen as a force for good, especially sunlight.

However, too much light can be a burden, dead crops, heatwaves, droughts.

Balance is understanding the interconnected nature of all things, and the individuality of all things.

The dichotomy is not meant to be resolved, it is to be integrated.

I'm really curious about what yall think, about being, about dichotomy, fluidity, interconnectedness, all that jazz.

Thanks so much for engaging, even in small ways.

Much love,
Noah Dean

12/07/2024

We Atlas, I Tara, a Model for Decentralized Governance and Equitable Living: A Community Effort

Conceptual Basis

We Atlas, I Tara is the communal and individual effort toward an equitable and fair society emphasizing decentralized governance models that are centered around proportional representation (each individual and each collective gets a say) of different grassroots movements towards an effort to turn shopping malls into the new cultural and financial capitals of the world, that foster global as well as local autonomy.

This will turn local shopping malls into economic hubs greater than they ever were before, giving them the collective ability to organize as a group as well as maintain local autonomy, from the individual to collective scales.

I know this vision is grand, but it could foster international cooperation, it could bring awareness to housing issues, equity issues, and wider conflicts by both centralizing individual power with collective power.

My proposal is that as a collective effort of grass root groups, we have closer interests, because our interests are intertwined. Affordable housing is something that affects every grassroots effort, as it gives more people the ability to organize.

I propose we build zones in the former shopping mall that represents the interests of different grassroots efforts as zoning law. This can also be applied to city, local, national, and international zoning models, where interests naturally align based on factors like geography, individual, and collective needs.

If we collectivize our efforts towards this one goal, we can begin to grow exponentially. My effort is called We Atlas, I Tara.

Atlas, who holds the world on his shoulders represents the collective.

The individual is represented by Tara, a name of a Buddha who helped individuals on their paths.

We will be one and many, whole but separate.

We are all and one.

By centralizing and decentralizing different needs organically, we can actively shape the effort.

What needs of yours are not being met, individually and collectively?

12/07/2024

EVERYONE shapes this. It's a reflection of what we want.

12/07/2024

I'm looking for like minded people who share my vision for the future.

12/07/2024

Feel free to create your own page, as long as it follows these guidelines:

Turn lives, people, relationships, and spaces into forces beyond themselves.

Do this together, and we can all act in accordance with our values and the values of everyone else.

Think of it as a heart that pumps blood everywhere it’s needed, unified in purpose, and each blood cell has a purpose. We are one heartbeat, one voice, one whole.

You can serve whatever purpose you desire.
You can contribute to the whole.
You can act as a mediator between your individuality and the needs of the group.

You can grow as an individual while growing as a community.

Your community can empower you to share your ideas, and you to share theirs.

Begin as an individual, see where your needs are not met, engage with your community and see where your community can help you. Help build your community, and begin to integrate your community into a larger web of communities, and decide what you want as a group, and then vote, as individuals and collectives, how you’re going to shape the world you want to see.

You, Atlas, who holds the world on his back, can do this.

You, Tara, who embodies individuality, can do this.

This is ours, this is yours. We all act, we are all seen.

We are all seen, we are all felt.

We are all felt, we all belong.

We all belong, we all grow ourselves.

We all grow ourselves, we all grow the collective.

Each feeds the other, you are an important part of something, every one of you, whether you be high or low, rich or poor, one race or another, we can live harmoniously.

Act for yourself and you act for others.

“I am the captain of my fate”

12/07/2024

💫 This is where you will share your ideas, insights, perspectives, creations, and personal goals.

This is to build community, interact with eachother, engage thoughtfully with other's posts.

This is also about fun. Crack jokes, make memes, whatever, this is about you, and us.

12/07/2024

Welcome to the page everyone!

I'm always going to turn on the AI label as my process is deeply entwined with AI. I have made an effort to make everything mine, so all of the insights are mine, it helped me learn what I know.

This page is broadly about you, about me, about your work, about me.

I intend to share people's work, whether it be math, science, art, movements, grass roots efforts or literature, and by doing so we will strengthen eachother.

I will post my call to action now, but for now, just show your work!

We are a group that focuses on fostering individual and collective autonomy in Gig Harbor and beyond.