Does it indeed care about such matters?
While Share-Capital harbors no interest in competing for a seat at the table of religious institutions, it does hold that the culture of capital—may be best understood by heading towards, not away, from the deep considerations that have captured the imagination of humankind since pre-history: fairness, beauty, delight, duty. (Is Share-Capital suggesting a new secularism?)
The Share-Capital Foundation has written a private monograph (a series it calls “Chores”) suggesting that we may all be marooned to this place. The nagging urge to understand how to consider our source of origins may be explained by it. “We have been put ashore…”
This is a novel place for developing a point of view about capital, capital markets and philanthropy--nonetheless, it is the view held by the Share-Capital Foundation. If Share-Capital believes it is beholding to the legacy and contribution of Wisdom Literature and the Western Mystery Tradition for insight—we might just suspend judgment and watch this play out (Noam Chomsky befriends Joseph Campbell?)
Is this why Share-Capital views “capital” to be a fundamentally metaphysical, and not an industrial, phenomenon? Have you been to the web site, www.share-capital.com? On the home page it declares:
“The Share-Capital Foundation intends to bring together the best of two cultures: the best "value culture" contributions of the non-profit community, conflated with the best "fulfillment culture" of corporate capital and their management teams.
Non-profit meets Corporation. (Cinderella meets Godzilla).”
If there is room for the power of myth at the Share-Capital table (viz. Cinderella meets Godzilla) maybe Share-Capital is trying to remind us that the big issues facing us today are indeed accessible—if not to our leaders—they are accessible to the intuition that connects the vast majority of people as humankind.
In the weeks ahead we will work to provide more insight and nuance to the Share-Capital Foundation message. We understand the Chores series is scheduled to be published in late summer 2010 by Kicker Rock Press, a Share-Capital affiliate. We bid you Peace in the pursuit of grassroots proxy-guided philanthropy!
