Point Foundation (environment)

The Point Foundation was a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco and founded by Stewart Brand and Dick Raymond.[1] It published works related to the Whole Earth Catalog.[2] It was also a co-owner of The WELL.[3]

Point Foundation
Nonprofit
FounderStewart Brand and Dick Raymond

Notes
  1. Kirk, Andrew G. Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism, Lawrence: Univ. of Kansas Press, 2007, pp. 120-122.
  2. Turner, Fred. From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 2006, p. 294.
  3. Turner, Fred. From Counterculture to Cyberculture. p. 142.
gollark: It's quite plausible that if actually *fully enforced*, the laws of many countries would result in close to their entire populations being imprisoned.
gollark: I have vaguely worried about this, since laws aren't updated to go along with this.
gollark: Arguably revolutions are increasingly less practical because technology makes law enforcement easier.
gollark: Alternatively, just have better grid infrastructure?
gollark: Well, lots of infighting wouldn't be very good either.

References
  • Kirk, Andrew G. Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism. Lawrence: Univ. of Kansas Press, 2007.
  • Turner, Fred From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. University of Chicago Press. 2006. ISBN 0-226-81741-5.


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