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Bette Adriaanse, Chelsea T. Hicks: Radical Sharing

Oct 10, 2023

Author Bette Adriaanse, Chelsea T. Hicks, Brian Eno, and Aqui Thami discuss property, sharing, and making lasting positive change in how we share the world. They explore contracts, trust, and embedded ideas in our laws, address wealth inequality and past injustices, and explore different approaches for individuals and communities to take responsibility for addressing inequality. They also discuss the connection between land and humanity, rematuation, and reconnecting to indigenous beliefs.

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The podcast emphasizes the need to shift societal values towards generosity and communal well-being by embracing radical sharing as a means of building the society we want for ourselves and future generations.

The conversation highlights the significance of dismantling hierarchical and colonial notions of property ownership through collective spaces and alternative models based on trust, challenging existing power structures and envisioning new ways of sharing and owning resources.

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The Power of Sharing

The podcast episode explores the concept of sharing and its potential to build the society we want for ourselves and future generations. It challenges the idea that sharing is childish or incompatible with personal success. Bette Andriance, the Dutch artist and author, raises thought-provoking questions about radical sharing and its implications. The conversation delves into perspectives on sharing from activists and artists around the world who are putting it into action. The episode emphasizes the importance of shifting societal values towards generosity and communal well-being.

Introduction

3min

The Responsibility to Take Action

22min

Establishing Trust, Contracts, and Embedded Ideas in Our Laws

2min

Addressing Injustices and Future Ways of Sharing

19min

Exploring Commitment and Responsibility for Addressing Inequality

3min

The Connection Between Land and Humanity

2min

Rematuation: Reconnecting to Land and Indigenous Beliefs

5min

Our bodies, our houses, our land, our space - we humans don’t always like to share. Author Bette Adriaanse talks with Chelsea T. Hicks, and virtual guests Brian Eno and Aqui Thami, about property and sharing, and how to make a lasting positive change in the way we share the world with each other. Alternating between thinkers and doers, whose actions help foster long term equality, this evening explores the choices that can be made to share time and resources with others in radical ways.

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