"We have to think not only about change in our institutions, but [also] changes in ourselves. We are at the stage where the people in charge of the government and industry are running around like chickens with their heads cut off. It’s up to us to reimagine the alternatives and not just protest against them and expect them to do better." — #GraceLeeBoggs "Reimagine everything" (2012)

More: https://www.reimaginerpe.org/19-2/boggs

#5Ms #最高の老後 #SuccessfulAging
#Multicomplexity #Mobility #MattersMostToMe
#NoamChomsky comes to mind, and #GraceLeeBoggs, Active and admirable well into their 90s...
#死ぬまで元気 #長渕剛 #死ぬまで生きよう in the song Ganges
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"We are at a stage in human history that is as monumental as changing from a hunter/gatherer society to an agricultural society and from an agricultural society to and industrial society.

Where we’re headed now will be different because we have exhausted planetary space and human space for us to continue to look at things through the Cartesian measurement of material things..."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

"A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

#revolution #MayDay

"You have to look at how you yourselves have become part of this culture. You have to be thinking about values and not just abuses.

You must not be satisfied with rebellion. We need revolution. Revolution means reinventing culture."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

"We need to discern who we are and expand on our humanness and sacredness. That’s how we change the world, which happens because we will be the change.

And we all have to change what we say, what we do, what we think, what we imagine."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

"You must not be satisfied with rebellion. We need revolution. Revolution means reinventing culture."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

"This enemy of ours is not just Wall Street, it’s a whole culture. You have to look at how you yourselves have become part of this culture.

You have the opportunity to create something new. You have to be thinking about values and not just abuses."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

"We need to discern who we are and expand on our humanness and sacredness. That’s how we change the world, which happens because we will be the change.

And we all have to change what we say, what we do, what we think, what we imagine."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

"You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it."

— #GraceLeeBoggs

Continuing my #introduction.

Elders whose words, practices, and writing inspire me include #ThichNhatHanh #bellhooks #UrsulaLeGuin #AngelaDavis and #GraceLeeBoggs among others.

I'm currently reading two sci-fi books, alternating between them: #OctaviaButler's Xenogenesis trilogy, I'm on the second book Adulthood rites. And #WilliamGibson's Blue Ant trilogy, I'm on the third book Zero History.