SAMSARA = "World" - Not the Linden Lab project  Ideas Disastrous regimes of the South Simplicity Totalitarians seized control of resources A few short months Jury-style, issue-based government The problem of integrating policies Education Mass timber and rammed earth dwellings No money "Gift economy" City design (unclear) High-speed rail Solar panels Hydropower Wind turbines Translation earbuds Learning at your own pace (old idea) Tiny scope-village Faith-based ideas Especially about death Recycling bodies Commentary This is a version of running off into the forest to escape the evil world. Nothing much new here. The timescale is unclear. The physical scale makes no sense. The mixture of the amazing high-speed rail and hand-waving energy sources is counterfactual and a mixture of scales. Who built the hydro dam and the high-speed rail. Or, for that matter, where does the tech for the translation earbuds come from. As a skeptic, I see embracing "spiritual practi...