Seize Nobility: “Greedy Bastards” at Deepak Homebase with Arianna Huffington
January 10, 2012Many thanks to everyone at Deepak Homebase for the incredible discussion last night about Greedy Bastards! In case you missed it, we’ll be Livestreaming the event throughout the day here — it was a great talk about how greedy bastardism has affected our economy, and how we can take it back through aligning interests in 2012.
If you want to see some behind the scenes photos of the event, our Flickr slideshow is here:
We also ran a text poll during the event: we love that it was split into 99% and 1%! (Because, well, #wearethe99%)
Here’s what the jist of the talk way about:
The opportunity for our society to seize nobility and aspire to the values of visibility (possible in a revolutionary way now) which leads to integrity when added to Choice = Aligned Interests. This will release a massive cascade of pent-up creative energy and resolution with increasingly creative and aligned interests. We simply must navigate the remarkable strain of the transition as one large group of people.
These simple values of shared visibility and integrity of purpose open the door to focus on HOW we make decisions and relate to one another, not HOW MUCH.
At its core is the following — As long as ANY society values something other than the Noble Values of Visibility, Integrity and Choice we are doomed to make increasingly ill-informed and poor decisions.
If we Seize Nobility in the tininess of our own daily decisions with those we live and work with — while enforcing and aspiring to a value system that reflects those goals, we have a magical and rare opportunity to participate in the shepherding of a transition that is releasing its energy (with or without us!) to re-align and release a wave of ideas and innovation.










Great discussion. I am very much in favor of an ammendment to get money out ot politics. It's corrupting the fabric of our great nation. Keep up the dialogue. Dylan, I intend to buy your book. We need to educate the public.
Ellen
Dylan,
I don't tweet and I don't use Facebook, so how do I sign in support?
You need to set up petitions or links for issue signatures!
I think the initial effort should focus purely on getting money out of politics. First by rescinding the Superior Court descision to allow corporations unlimited contrubutions. Then by removing all non-individual citizen contributions.
Instead of alowing Occupy Wall Street flounder in too many messages, the movement should attck one main issue. I suggest getting money out of politics first.
Hi Dylan- best of luck with your book! Amanda
If we do not at least accomplish abolishing special interest graft and financing to politicians, we will have no chance at replacing the corruption so prevalent in Washington with elected officials whose primary motivation is upholding the Constitution, doing the will of the people, and genuinely dedicated to restoring our Nation to the greatness it once enjoyed. JMHO.
So glad we are talking. It is important. We have spent too long not connecting with what is going on around us. Thank you Dylan, Arianna and Deepak. Glad to be apart of your movement.
Dylan…I just finished watching the live streaming and I want you to know that I am behind the solutions you have offered and I just purchased your book on my Kindle. I am a self educated Grandmother living in a small central community. I have followed your journey for three years on T.V. and it has now become mine. I have followed Depak Chopra since the nineties and am pleased that he has become your Spiritual guide. Count on me and all those who listen and agree that we will bring about renewed health to this America that I love.
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