Mandy Brown (@aworkinglibrary) is always a must read.

"Jettisoning networking in favor of kinworking means taking a more ecological approach, one oriented towards nurturing the soil, planting seeds, providing water and sunlight—and then accepting that you have no control over what grows. This is as opposed to the strip mining orientation so common to much traditional networking, the expectation of a trade in value, of a return on the investment."

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https://everythingchanges.us/blog/make-kin-not-nets/

Make kin not nets | everything changes

Caretaking beats value capture every time.

everything changes

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"The difference is between the act of contributing to the ground on which you and others stand versus negotiating an exchange that leaves the earth barren and dry. Which is not to say that kinworking doesn’t deliver, but rather that what it delivers isn’t capital but *life*—that connected, abundant, joyful experience of living among people and working, together, for a better world."

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#coworking
#collaboration
#networking
#kinwork
#oddkin

https://everythingchanges.us/blog/make-kin-not-nets/

Make kin not nets | everything changes

Caretaking beats value capture every time.

everything changes