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To fully understand what is offered here, read these posts if you haven't already:
Everything costs something. Although the blog is free, getting the work done is not. Retreats, interviews, the email list that you can join, the illustrations, all cost something.
The media, as we have know it in my lifetime, is splintering, fracturing, and sinking. The internet is many things to many people—and one purpose it serves is God's retribution for the greedy, arrogant corporate executives and owners of media conglomerations. They took readers, viewers and listeners for granted and pandered too much to advertisers—all while barely paying a living wage to the majority of their employees. The internet is restoring balance to the relationship.
Now, the media is asking audiences what they want and considering how to give people what they need—while trying to figure out how not to go broke. For the moment, the media is doing a lot of asking. Generations stuck on radio in the car, newspapers at breakfast and TV news after dinner will soon fade. Generations raised on net books, cell phone novels, and Facebook/Skype/Twitter are rising, and they will continue to demand new media models. Free is one of them, but free still costs.
One of the models is asking. Taking a page from the religious playbook, media organizations of all sizes and independent journalists are asking for your financial support instead of demanding it. Essentially, if you are find value in something you consume, you are given the choice to support it and keep it going.
So, I'm asking. Pitch in if you can. Whether you give or not, keep reading and keep the conversation going. In the time honored tradition of Buddhists, offer dana (in my native Christian tongue, a "love offering"). But since I'm Buddhisticalish, think about what you feel comfortable giving for each post, then give $1 more. Click the "Donate" button below now.
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