Circles® brings people together who have lived on "not enough" with those who have lived on "more than enough." The two have much to share and learn with each other. I encourage anyone reading this to write your own blog on this subject. People need to hear about a different model for sale other than the exhausting middle-class one that has dominated our lifestyle of choice long enough. We Americans need to examine our impact on our environment and make decisions about what we want to do next.
"Give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you... Or I may become poor and steal" - Proverbs 30:8-9.
We are starting to realize--all of us--that the American Dream is not only untenable as a material goal, but destructive to the true Dream we all desire, the one found only in the unpriceable goods of our family and our immediate community.
On the technology side, these truths have me more interested than ever in the ideas of collaborative consumption, smart-growth communities, hyperlocal networks, and fully leveraging the power of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees of our social graph.
