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(and how big is my ego that I think anyone would actually be wondering)
...it's because I've been writing a book for the last 6 months with a friend of mine.
The Three-Membered Organization of the Social Organism In the Context of the 21st Century and America and its Individual and Group Realization.
Yeah, it's a mouthful.
[edit]I should have pointed out that the intended audience for this book are people familiar with Anthroposphy and the works of Rudolf Steiner, particularly his writings in the early 10th century regarding social renewal.[/edit]
You can read an excerpt on my blog[^] and if anyone wants the full PDF I'd be happy to send it to them.
And self-publishing in fairly inexpensive nowadays, so that's what I'll be working on next! ![Jig | [Dance]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
modified 19-Dec-22 8:00am.
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Quote: The Three-Membered Organization of the Social Organism In the Context of the 21st Century and America and its Individual and Group Realization
Well, I understand all of the individual words ... 
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What is the purpose of your book? It isn't immediately apparent based on your title, or a skim of the Introductions. I'd recommend a bunch more editing if this is supposed to be something generally approachable by a wide audience.
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David O'Neil wrote: if this is supposed to be something generally approachable by a wide audience.
Yeah, I should have mentioned that the intended audience for this book are people familiar with Anthroposphy and the works of Rudolf Steiner, particularly his writings in the early 19th century regarding social renewal. It's definitely not for the general audience.
modified 19-Dec-22 18:25pm.
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Marc Clifton wrote: particularly his writings in the early 10th century...
I know Steiner was into the occult but time travel was probably beyond his power. 
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fgs1963 wrote: I know Steiner was into the occult but time travel was probably beyond his power.
Oops - The 9 and 0 are next to each other.
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Marc Clifton wrote: It's definitely not for the general audience.
Quote: Rather, it's taking some works of Rudolf Steiner written in the early 1900's and bringing it more relevant to today.
I recommend a deep dive of edits, as the way it is now comes across as a bunch of mental m**********n, and won't be relevant today. If you want to be relevant today, talk to the people of today, not a small group of mm'rs.
For instance, here is the first sentence of your Introduction:Quote: The purpose of this book is to revisit GA 23 in the context of the 21st century and in relation to the political, economic, and cultural changes that have occurred in America over the last century.
This is so mentally abstruse that it actively turns me away from reading any further. What is GA 23? No idea. On the other hand, you could approach it something like,
Quote: I was ten years old when I came across an ad in the Cub Scouts magazine for mental exercises given by the members of the Rosy Cross. They indicated it was possible to get out of my body and meet 'in the astral.' Curiosity piqued, I sent my money in, and tried their techniques! Imagine my excitement when it arrived!
Laying in bed that night, I followed their guidance....
This began my foray into the expansion of consciousness, which led me into curiosities of many topics. I have always wanted to help improve the world, and upon reading the compilation of Steiner's works that is affectionately known as 'GA 23' (because it was the 23rd General Assembly of such and such) (or whatever the reason for this acronym is), I was hooked! Could an application of his theory be applicable for improving our world today?
In this book, it has been my great pleasure to corroborate with Kate to illuminate with as much clarity as possible the ideas espoused by Steiner, and his 'three-fold way.' We have endeavored to make those ideas as relevant to our present day as possible, and it is my great hope that these ideas inspire all of us to incorporate them in our lives, and bring about a new, more sane society! ...
I hope you can see what I'm trying to say. I will not be reading your current edition because the present approach has absolutely zero appeal to me.
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PS - and do you address Bill Gates' definition of our current system as "Capitalism with a strong social safety net" (or however he worded it) in your book?
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David O'Neil wrote: and do you address Bill Gates' definition of our current system as "Capitalism with a strong social safety net" (or however he worded it) in your book?
Nope - but that should be interesting to investigate!
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3 guys working this weekend and wondering why.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Is this an anti-capitalism, socialist manifesto?
modified 19-Dec-22 2:33am.
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Slacker007 wrote: Is this an anti-capitalism, socialist manifesto?
Not at all! Rather, it's taking some works of Rudolf Steiner written in the early 1900's and bringing it more relevant to today.
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I vaguely remember he was also an occultist back in his day, and studied the esoteric "arts". I could be mistaken.
Edit: I was correct. He was also a claimed clairvoyant. 
Rudolf Steiner - Wikipedia[^]
modified 19-Dec-22 8:55am.
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Hahahaha - that is excellent - loved the part about making the index from a telephone book!
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Never heard that song before! Brilliant! Thanks! 
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Marc Clifton wrote: I've been writing a book for the last 6 months with a friend of mine.
Dang Marc, you get around.
Marc Clifton wrote: The Three-Membered Organization of the Social Organism In the Context of the 21st Century and America and its Individual and Group Realization.
Or T-MOSO 21 for short. That sounds like a Star Wars droid model though.
Marc Clifton wrote: And self-publishing in fairly inexpensive nowadays, so that's what I'll be working on next!
I would love to read a print copy. Easier on the eyes and what not. Admittedly though, I'm about scared to though. Let's just say in the past couple of years the amount of uneducated, lack of self-aware, and foolish rhetoric endured... pretty much left me jaded with humanity. And by folks you would not otherwise think were so foolhardy. People are more interested in being controlled by a television set than to do any critical thinking.
Anywho, from the PDF...
One thing that we have learned during the pandemic is that we can dramatically change our way of life overnight – look at the way we started working from home, bought fewer things, flew and ate out less.
It's been said (forgot by who) is that while humans fail at many, many things. Where they excel is in adaption (in the big picture). After all, that is the cornerstone of the evolutionary process - to adapt. Adaptation doesn't necessarily mean better or worse though, but when push comes to shove humans adapt. Although sometimes it takes a war for that to happen, but that's a different story. Let's try and stay positive-ish here. 
Jeremy Falcon
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This is starting to look like the Wurst Käse scenario.
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Desperate Germans are now even flooding the Christmas market in Maastricht hunting for sausages and Gluhwein!
(no joke this is really happening at the moment)
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Beware of gluhwein... it can be very sticky 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Thanks! I'll stick to Gluhbier then 
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I have heard that Germans in general are misbehaving in hopes that Santa will bring them a lump of coal this year.
Desperate times…
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Just be careful when presented with a Gift.
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Possibly the wurst gift indeed ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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modified 18-Dec-22 15:53pm.
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Are they also telling people to stockpile copies of Police Academy and Airplane DVDs? 
Thought of the Day, 23rd April 2020[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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