Re: Community wide Wifi | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Mariana Almeida (missmgrrl![]() |
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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:26:05 -0800 (PST) |
Good post, Daniel! We have other topics where we can't agree on because we're all using differing sources of news/knowledge. I've advocated completely backing away from trying to reach consensus on whether we have a position on some things. Here's our list of "things I believe we shouldn't set a policy about", and instead should follow a policy of benign neglect: Canola oil - is it processed = bad? Tofu - does it raise risk of breast cancer? Conventional meats -- will eating it occasionally as part of common meals give you health issues? GMO foods -- undigestible? bad for you? Ocean fish -- has radiation from the Pacific Ocean? White rice -- is it the same as eating sugar? I'm rather afraid that as a group we keep on wanting guidance on these, so we may be forced to come to position on these. Similar to what Daniel is saying, I fear that the discussions will be damaging to the community. I fear the discussions will cost more than they are worth. If there is a risk in eating some of these things, then you can control for that in the other many meals a week you eat, outside of common meals. But of course, this belief of mine is colored by my sources of information! Mariana Berkeley, CA >________________________________ > From: Daniel Lindenberger <daniel [at] smallboxcms.com> >To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> >Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 11:02 AM >Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Community wide Wifi > > > >The best advice I can give around wifi is to be careful about how you talk >to one another about it - treat those with differing experiences or >thoughts respectfully while having the discussion. > >Our community is in the process of healing rifts from a decision around >"Smart Meters" that came not at all from the topic, but from the way in >which folks were with one another. >If your community is like ours you may have: > >- Folks who "know" that wifi is extremely dangerous, and exposure should be >limited. >- Folks who "know" that wifi is totally harmless > >- Folks who "know" that the evidence to look at is peer reviewed science >- Folks who "know" that the evidence to use is the stories they hear from >friends and their own experience > >It is easy (and pointlessly divisive) for folks with any combination of the >first and second "knowledge" to treat those with differing opinions like >they are ignorant, naive, irrational, etc. >Our consensus process went off the rails the moment we stopped respectfully >listening to each other, and started trying to convince each other why >people weren't thinking clearly about the issue. > >Daniel Lindenberger >Windsong Cohousing > > > > > >On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Jerry McIntire ><jerry.mcintire [at] gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> We don't use wifi in our house because we are following the precautionary >> principle, and hardwire connections are faster. >> >> Jerry >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >> http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >> >> >> >_________________________________________________________________ >Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: >http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > > >
- Re: Community wide Wifi, (continued)
- Re: Community wide Wifi nancybtoo, January 27 2014
- Re: Community wide Wifi Daniel Lindenberger, January 27 2014
- Community wide Wifi & Smart Meters Sharon Villines, January 27 2014
- Re: Community wide Wifi & Smart Meters Don Benson, January 27 2014
- Re: Community wide Wifi Mariana Almeida, January 27 2014
- Re: Community wide Wifi Diana Carroll, January 28 2014
- Re: Community wide Wifi Sharon Villines, January 28 2014
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