Additional suggestions from Iuval
I am including these suggestions, unedited, as an example of the
kind of discussions that can take place regarding the goals and the
ethics the community would adopt and how the community would choose
to word them.
While I might question a few things Iuval is saying, or how he is
saying them, I generally endorse these ideas.
1. Working towards 2 hrs/day or less bread labor. This means that
we take planning seriously, that we are willing to have a less
varied basic diet than we normally have (less sugars, oils and
meat), are willing to have simple shelters that do not take much
time to build and maintain (e.g. as we have always said: no plumbing
in residences), are willing to share resources like tools, cars,
appliances, shower, cafeteria/community bldg and kitchen) and are
willing to arrive at a concensus.
2. Working
towards complete food self sufficiency for the basic diet
(meaning that all our nutritive needs are
provided for with the basic diet). Individuals are free to purchase
extra food with any income they generate, or to produce extra food
on their own time, which they can barter with, sell, or consume
themselves (e.g. animals for meat, eggs, dairy, honey, etc, or extra
wheat for bread, herbs, etc) 3. A commitment to taking care of one's
body and staying healthy. No physically damaging addictions,
including smoking, alcohol, porn, and no illegal drugs which could
damage the community vis a vis the outside world.
4. A commitment to sharing knowledge and skills
cheerfully and working cooperatively on bread labor.
When the bread labor requirement is achieved
(might take some time):
5. a commitment to spending at least 10 hours a
week (average) on an individual passionate pursuit.
6. a commitment to spending at least 10 hours a
week on a pursuit which either contributes to at least two other
people in the community in a non-bread-labor way, or to the wider
world. This could overlap with #4 above, so in that case you
wouldn't need an additional 2 hours over personal time. But if I am
passionate about theoretical physics research and noone else is and
it isn't obviously helping the world, then I would also have a civic
responsibility like teaching science or organizing folk dancing (and
hope that at least 2 others are interested in those things). I
suppose teaching a craft would also qualify.
7. A commitment to participate in cultural
enrichment activities organized by others.
-Iuval
