Comments on: The Corporation documentary: A big eye opener http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:58:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48896 Wesley Fryer Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:27:39 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48896 Thanks Rick- I just saw your post in the moderation queue and approved/read it, I'm on my way to check out your posts and that book. That thesis is not outside the realm of possibility. I am still holding on to the ideal that the system can be reformed at this point..... Thanks Rick- I just saw your post in the moderation queue and approved/read it, I’m on my way to check out your posts and that book. That thesis is not outside the realm of possibility. I am still holding on to the ideal that the system can be reformed at this point…..

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48845 Wesley Fryer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:49:12 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48845 No, I hadn't heard of it. It's not listed in NetFlix, but <a href="http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/" rel="nofollow">I found it on PBS</a>. Looks interesting. No, I hadn’t heard of it. It’s not listed in NetFlix, but I found it on PBS. Looks interesting.

]]> By: mrsdurff http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48842 mrsdurff Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:23:17 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48842 Have you seen the film Affluenza? A bit old by now but still the message is powerful - a good film for youth groups at church. Have you seen the film Affluenza? A bit old by now but still the message is powerful - a good film for youth groups at church.

]]> By: Rick T. http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48811 Rick T. Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:03:08 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48811 Wes, Your post coincides with a book I’m reading right now called Unencorporating Education (yes, it’s spelled with an “e”) by Dr. William J. Cook Jr. I’ve already made two posts about it and I’m just through a quarter of the book. This is an excerpt from post 1: http://ricktanski.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/unencorporating-education-the-purpose-of-schools-part-1/ The thesis of the book as found on the inside flap and on the website reads, "The thesis of this book is simple: the nation’s fundamental institutions, by intent or by default, have abandoned the historical Western idea of education and thus have opened the door for a hostile takeover by corporate America. The result is an educational system, if it may be so called, that has been robbed of its essential human nature (educare) and turned into a rationalized process designed to produce profitable workers, according to industry specifications. The individual is diminished to servitude; true democracy rendered impossible. There is no correcting the existing system. It cannot be reformed, reinvented, restructured, or salvaged. It must be utterly destroyed and new systems of learning and teachings created -systems worthy of human beings. The suggestions offered here are an attempt to begin the action." Post 2 follows up with an unexpected wrinkle that left me wondering about the connections to Corporate America…Let me know what you think. http://ricktanski.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/unencorporating-education-the-purpose-of-schools-part-2/ Rick Wes,

Your post coincides with a book I’m reading right now called Unencorporating Education (yes, it’s spelled with an “e”) by Dr. William J. Cook Jr. I’ve already made two posts about it and I’m just through a quarter of the book. This is an excerpt from post 1: http://ricktanski.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/unencorporating-education-the-purpose-of-schools-part-1/

The thesis of the book as found on the inside flap and on the website reads,

“The thesis of this book is simple: the nation’s fundamental institutions, by intent or by default, have abandoned the historical Western idea of education and thus have opened the door for a hostile takeover by corporate America. The result is an educational system, if it may be so called, that has been robbed of its essential human nature (educare) and turned into a rationalized process designed to produce profitable workers, according to industry specifications. The individual is diminished to servitude; true democracy rendered impossible.

There is no correcting the existing system. It cannot be reformed, reinvented, restructured, or salvaged. It must be utterly destroyed and new systems of learning and teachings created -systems worthy of human beings. The suggestions offered here are an attempt to begin the action.”

Post 2 follows up with an unexpected wrinkle that left me wondering about the connections to Corporate America…Let me know what you think. http://ricktanski.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/unencorporating-education-the-purpose-of-schools-part-2/

Rick

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48787 Wesley Fryer Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:52:31 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48787 Tom: I hadn't heard of that book, just added it to my Amazon wish list. Thanks for the recc. Tom: I hadn’t heard of that book, just added it to my Amazon wish list. Thanks for the recc.

]]> By: tom http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48777 tom Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:30:40 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48777 I wonder why there wasn't some discussion of the alterative viewpoint by David C. Korten, who wrote "When Corporations Rule the World" about the excesses of globalization and corporate impunity. It ends with a positive note about what can be done. I highly recommend it. I wonder why there wasn’t some discussion of the alterative viewpoint by David C. Korten, who wrote “When Corporations Rule the World” about the excesses of globalization and corporate impunity. It ends with a positive note about what can be done. I highly recommend it.

]]> By: Peter Rock http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48761 Peter Rock Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:14:12 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2008/02/16/the-corporation-documentary-a-big-eye-opener/#comment-48761 I had forgotten about that wiki of Lessig's. I just added 3 more films I think are related to the idea of "corruption". I had forgotten about that wiki of Lessig’s. I just added 3 more films I think are related to the idea of “corruption”.

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