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While we are in the process of rewriting the Revol7 business plan, we are reevaluating every part of the plan according to the conventional p’s. The one that troubles me most is place.

Basically, place would translate for us to some piece of real estate we would rent in order to start Revol7 there. But in our search for maximum distinguishing capacity we have failed to think of anything that would add to it when it comes to the place of business. Perhaps we are looking at it the wrong way. (more…)

And it is the one thing keeping us together.

We are not designed to live in a dense city. We do not like only having a small amount of space to put our stuff (as George Carlin aptly calls it), and we certainly do not like for other people to stand in our way. Be it on the street, in a mall (where it is to be expected though) or even in a bar where we go to meet people. We are often annoyed by people we don’t know.

Which is exactly the reason why! We don’t know those people, but we share a living environment with them. I think we can safely say most of our subconsious urges and inner-body workings come from a time where the earth wasn’t crowded and we certainly did not live stacked on top of eachother. We did live with other people though, we lived in tribes that could be very big from time to time. But these were people we felt kindred to, and most of  the time actually were. In later times, we felt connected through a common religion or by sharing a small part of history together if you lived in a town for 50 years. Nowadays, we have no ties to the people around us and we should thank whatever lord you wish for etiquete.

Because if we weren’t taught to lie innumerable times a day, if we would always speak our mind or act immediately. Things would quikly turn sour, very sour. Have you ever thought of the reason why people start looting immediately when there’s a riot? I imagine its because all other reasoning falls away and people think straightforward to what they desire most, to have it all.

It is a blessing that we are taught to think from the point of view of others, it saves us all from a lot of trouble. But would it be true to say that in an living environment as dense as a major city, people should think from the perspective of the others they encounter, not their own? By living this close to eachother, we should start to think as one organism, not as individuals.

As I mentioned in my post in March, I could not just keep going on and on with my Revol7 project because of my lack of funds. The split between both types of jobs I would enjoy has been made. And I started working as Ties the bartender the end of March, which was at the Blauwe Theehuis. This place is in the center of Amsterdam’s main park; het Vondelpark.

After a terrific summer, enjoying the days while having enough money to keep spending, the fun had to end, or at least had to change. And that change has now arrived!

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