RE: The Eden Project shows what committed voluntarism can achieve
Hello Karl, yep it sure is one hell of a drive to get to Eden. At least by the route we took. Basically down a one track road. The gps took us that way but when we arrived we found an alternate route for the journey back via the a30.
It is a very impressive project. The scale of it is quite hard to get across in photos. It is truly massive and well executed.
I recall that there are over 400 volunteers with a few 1,000 on a living wage rate paid jobs.
The place was very busy considering the time of year but it is so huge that it didn't feel crowded at all.
The rain forest is a must see if you get the chance.
Good to bump into a fellow sociologist here on steem. 😀
Steem is terrific for participant observation research and experimentation don't you think?
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I thought the A30 was a one track road! Isn't that why everyone leaves for Cornwall at 4.00 a.m...?
Good old GPS... mine will take me down any old pot holed track the first chance it gets.
I shoud visit really, at some point.
I'm really just a sociology teacher rather than a sociologist - maybe one day.
How about you, a fully paid-up sociologist professional?
It's a great subject!
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The last time I visited Cornwall in 1976 the a30 was a one track road but there has been quite a lot of new roads built since then.
There are still sections of one track but mostly dual carriageways and full on motorways. I was surprised to see the changes to be honest.
I'm a teacher and lecturer in Science Technology and Society (STS) but have conducted a few obscure research projects and written a few papers over the last 30+ years.
STS is a fascinating area which covers multiple disciplines. I'm very interested in behavioural economics and noticed you mention Thaler in one of your recent posts. Nudge nudge 😂
Michael
All sounds very interesting, you can't escape the cognate disciplines in sociology!
Happy to meet you here on this bizarre blockchain!
This has to be one of the most interesting study-environments for a sociologist!
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Happy to meet you too. It is a truly bizarre and interesting blockchain due to the community.
Without the community. Steem is just a fancy distributed ledger.
I sometimes feel how Adam Smith must have felt when he was studying the pin makers.
Of course we can never know how he felt but we are witnesses to something extraordinary here on steem.
Just about all human behaviour is represented in some way or another on here with the addition of monetary incentives for some.
This distinguishes it from any other online social community.
I'm still trying to get my head around it and I've been here almost two years!
Great fun and super interesting.
Agree with all of that! Are you coming to the Leicester steem camp?
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I've got it in the diary for sure assuming nothing more important gets in the way. I'll be there.
Great! Hopefully see you there then!
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