Giving Back
Living as I do in the heart of the Protestant Vatican, I keep hearing about tithing, the notion that one should give 10% of one’s income to the church. Once I bristle past my first cynical reactions (regarding one opinion regarding the real purpose of religion), I start to think that 10% probably still is a good target for general giving, charity, etc. Once I bristle past my second cynical reaction (regarding the ~50% of my income already “given” to social causes, whether or not I approve), I think, well, the *deserving* causes still need help.
So since this weekend I’ll be working on a new budget for the coming year, I’m going to factor in at least more giving than I have in the past, whether or not I’ll get to 10% we’ll see.
Which brings me to the real purpose of this post, which is to propogate this request: Three Ways to Help the Commons in 2006. I’m thinking they will get some of what I budget this weekend, hopefully you’ll feel the same.
Meanwhile that post led me to discover Public Knowledge, which seems to be another great intellectual property resource. And on that subject I thought I would also throw in a link to Negativland, a fantastically bizarre gang of music manipulators & culture jammers who have long been warriors on the i.p. frontier.
