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Beyond the Underpants Gnomes

December 21st, 2009 · No Comments

[Part 1 of the Beyond the Underpants Gnomes series, a response to Bill McKibben]

After I beat up on Bill McKibben, I felt a little bad. Ripping somebody for not having real strategy is kind of lame if you don’t have one yourself. So, the next few posts are my quick & dirty effort to throw together a draft of a strategy. I’ll also use it as a chance to push the rules & game metaphor a little further and see where it goes.

One caveat: in the real world, coming up with a winning strategy is not something you do by yourself — especially if you’re one lone middle-class white guy in the US of A. So think of these posts not as a full-blown solution but just some thoughts to get a conversation going.

The Series:

  1. Introduction
  2. Playing on the Corporate Accountability Board
  3. Playing the Vigil Move On the Corporate Accountability Board
  4. Playing on the State/Local Board
  5. Current Moves on the Local Board — and the example of Seoul
  6. CityFight 2020: Seoul Kicks San Francisco’s Ass!
  7. Ready, Fire, Aim!
  8. Conclusion

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