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Yeah, Uber is openly trash. I use taxis when I'm in a bigger city, and Lyft otherwise. Not sure how much better Lyft really is, though. Zooming out, I do believe it's important to boycott actively evil companies 💯. And also, I believe there's effectively "no ethical consumption under capitalism." 😬 Multinational corporations, convoluted acquisitions and mergers, staggeringly complex, fluid, global supply chains, the predatory, value-extractive nature of capitalism itself, etc., all guarantee that pretty much every purchase we make intersects with exploitation on some level. This is not to advocate a "what's the point of trying" malaise. Again, whenever possible, it's worthwhile to refuse yielding money or labor directly to certified ghouls. But I think the latter insight, while depressing, is essential, if only to deflate the hubris of believing that "ethical consumerism" can truly co-exist within capitalism. From this realization might begin the process of envisioning, discussing and fighting for a fundamentally better way. ✨

Thank you @Alchemistgeorge I've also fixed the URL to the PDF in the original post: Interview with Bruce Frantzis and The Tao Bums March 2011

You may remember back in November 2010 I posted an inquiry "what would you ask Bruce Frantzis?" Thank you for the many thoughtful questions that came out of that topic. So many in fact it was rather hard choosing which to send to Bruce. A huge thanks to Apech there for helping me organize all these questions into a coherent document, and reviewing the final streamlined interview questions. (Thanks!) This post is to announce that I've just received Bruce's responses now. It turns out he took many hours to carefully respond to our interview questions. The interview is well over 8,000 words. So instead of trying to format it into a post, I created a PDF of the whole thing which you can download here: Interview with Bruce Frantzis and The Tao Bums March 2011 Hope you enjoy! Best, Sean PS - I've also been told that Bruce's new "Taoist Meditation Circle" is live: http://www.energyarts.com/taoist-meditation-circle-subscription Looks pretty cool. If you're thinking of signing up, be sure to use the coupon they gave me "taobums10" for 10% off.

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Looks interesting, worth reading? I currently live in North Carolina. 💀