tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post5183748719839760051..comments2024-03-14T07:29:46.679-07:00Comments on Baha'i Coherence: 29 Nations of the EarthBryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-88300368719102526592019-01-19T22:04:41.548-08:002019-01-19T22:04:41.548-08:00Dope. Make it so. :)Dope. Make it so. :)Paladonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15022783482818001676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-10757275061256185252016-01-05T21:43:25.395-08:002016-01-05T21:43:25.395-08:00This is so awesome! I was like, I want to be frien...This is so awesome! I was like, I want to be friends with this person! Then I scroll down and see that its Bryan Donaldson. I knew you were awesome, but now you're so totally super OMG yeehaw chocolate and snorkeling awesome!<br /><br />I'm saving this. Thanks bro! PS. I'm glad you made all of the Pacific Islands one section. I'm cool with that. :)Souanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368900950535893573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-3744610239498283752016-01-05T21:41:32.697-08:002016-01-05T21:41:32.697-08:00Not surprised to find you on here. Hi Bryan!Not surprised to find you on here. Hi Bryan!Souanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368900950535893573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-68682759960229727732013-11-13T08:54:07.216-08:002013-11-13T08:54:07.216-08:00Here is another attempt to redraw north America al...Here is another attempt to redraw north America along cultural lines, similar to Joel Garreau. This one is by Collin Woodard:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244527860/forget-the-50-states-u-s-is-really-11-nations-says-author" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/2013/11/11/244527860/forget-the-50-states-u-s-is-really-11-nations-says-author</a>Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-91686150921338955432013-04-22T17:53:10.663-07:002013-04-22T17:53:10.663-07:00Just stumbled across your blog, which I consider t...Just stumbled across your blog, which I consider to be very interesting and thoughtful and I find this particular article very, very thought-provoking. In the near term, unfortunately, I see states and nations becoming more fragmented. In my state of Wisconsin, there has been great division politically over the last 2 years, and sometimes, as a Madison WI resident I will run into someone from another part of the state who will insist that Madison isn't part of Wisconsin. (Certainly the culture here in Madison is in many ways unique to Wisconsin). <br /><br />Sometimes I think that the only way to stop this internecine warfare is to give localities as much autonomy as possible so that they don't feel as threatened culturally or otherwise by their neighbors, and maybe from that place the nations as you describe them can be reconstituted, with the default being local governance unless certain issues--such as water allocation--need to be worked out regionally or nationally. Even then, I would see the potential for some ugly fights unless we as a human race evolve. I wonder if there are resources besides water that need to be taken into consideration? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-16110628021311616962013-03-01T12:46:21.554-08:002013-03-01T12:46:21.554-08:00Interesting map of US states by equal population:
...Interesting map of US states by equal population:<br />http://fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-25349370136845388062012-07-28T15:07:58.685-07:002012-07-28T15:07:58.685-07:00Hi Cliff. Comments are moderated, so just post you...Hi Cliff. Comments are moderated, so just post your email address. Only I will see it. I'll send you the file and delete the comment.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-47253046627348722442012-07-27T17:32:26.896-07:002012-07-27T17:32:26.896-07:00I would like to download the google earth files.I would like to download the google earth files.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769670768058860007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-10098737088127299492010-10-16T10:40:04.837-07:002010-10-16T10:40:04.837-07:00A friend commented that my maps don't include ...A friend commented that my maps don't include aquifer basins, which don't always overlap with major watersheds. I think he's right that this information should be included in politically organized bioregions, but there doesn't seem to be good documentation of aquifers and their attributes. It becomes very complicated when you consider hydrology, cause some aquifers are much more porous than others, and some have a very slow seepage rate. They don't all act like underground lakes, and their connectedness is not always clear. <br /><br />I found this map that shows some major aquifer boundaries, but as you can see, it's complicated. I noticed that in general they follow river basin boundaries, so this isn't a huge change from the maps I drew. <br /><br />http://www.whymap.org/cln_092/nn_1055978/whymap/EN/Downloads/Global__maps/whymap__125__pdf,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/whymap_125_pdf.pdfBryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-24064588674832386642010-10-11T18:33:49.075-07:002010-10-11T18:33:49.075-07:00I really like this post a lot, I don't know ho...I really like this post a lot, I don't know how practical it is politically in the short term, but it makes a lot more sense to organize nations how you describe. Mr. Cat's point about there being different borders for different issues also makes a lot of sense. I like the idea of a holon, everything is a whole entity in and of itself, but it is also composed of parts and is also itself a part of something larger. In this case each nation would "exist" for a specific reason, and each region might be part of many different nation-reasons.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162527239228375591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-72953915566593798132010-10-08T13:45:03.429-07:002010-10-08T13:45:03.429-07:00I think that a lot of what needs to be done to hel...I think that a lot of what needs to be done to help people both materially and spiritually can be done before this and through people becoming more equal and more welcomed for working in other countries, as well as settling long-standing disputes, a vast reorganization of cultures will occur and a shift in economic realities that will require completely redrawing these maps. There also might have to be settled long-standing misplacements of peoples due to conflicts from centuries ago that are still creating antagonism between peoples and might best be settled by solving the original difficulty, which could simply happen on the personal level through spiritual development, still creating great changes in culture. What if the Chinese all commute to Russia for work, or if more Italians than natives end up in Algeria? What if the European Australians gave the land back to the Aborigines, as they have been asking? What if Persia was no longer an Islamic majority? What if America had more Mexicans in it than Europeans? Or the Russians moved back into Alaska? If we are not so picky about borders I do not know what other reorganizations might take place. Also, Pakistan exists as a separate country currently for a good reason. They separated from India because all the Muslims live there and the Hindus in India (Originally Pakistan and Bangladesh were one country and they were East Pakistan and West Pakistan). If religious circumstances changed that might change. Overall I do not think we need to worry about border right now. As we work to get along we will sort it out.<br />In a community I am involved in there was a large community that was split up according to county lines and part of it was far away from the rest but they saw people in another community more often, so they asked to be split apart and join the other community and it was done. Some of this seems hopeful though.a personhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485127641004296249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-60589191350312240512010-10-05T06:21:59.332-07:002010-10-05T06:21:59.332-07:00This is incredibly impressive and quite an amazing...This is incredibly impressive and quite an amazing thought piece. Thank you so much for taking on this project and posting it. As a Geographer this is like candy :)Maevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477655680696090366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-50170715345505728082010-10-05T04:29:16.825-07:002010-10-05T04:29:16.825-07:00We live in a patch-work world of illogically divid...We live in a patch-work world of illogically divided states. But I think to a great extent we already live in the world described by Baha'u'llah in the expression "the earth is but one country and mankind its citizens."<br /><br />Just think about anytime that two countries have a border dispute. It has global consequences, so half the world has to weigh in anyway. Try to imagine diplomats from the US, EU, and China all agreeing that what happens in Kashmir is just between Pakistan and India and irrelevant to everyone else. It would never happen.<br /><br />So since we're thinking about nation-level governance at a global scale anyway, we might as well get creative and try new things. And by "we" I of course mean all the peoples of the world. Devising new patterns of civil governance for the world would be perhaps the largest undertakings in human history. It would require unprecedented levels of participation to make it work.<br /><br />Another thing that this got me thinking about is that we don't need to use the same borders for all the same issues. For example, there could be a political entity for all the Caribbean tasked with dealing with hurricanes on a holistic basis. But for education, there might be different borders and different organizations. After all, Tampa and Porte-au-Prince will be dealing with very different educational issues for the foreseeable future. So it might not make sense to lump them together in one political unit.<br /><br />All of this is, of course, speculation. But it's very helpful to think outside the box of what already exists. Humanity, it seems, tends to walk backwards through history, highly aware of the past and everything that happened then, but generally oblivious about what lies in the path ahead of it. So it's good to take a chisel to our unquestioned assumptions every once in awhile.Mr. Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477489009466005394noreply@blogger.com