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The [[Consumerium]] '''glossary''' is those terms which | The [[Consumerium]] '''glossary''' is those terms which must be understood or broadened or narrowed in the [[Wiktionary]] to enable Consumerium's mission. In general this requires three types of terminology shift: | ||
*adding terms that the general public does not yet know, e.g. [[ecoregion]] | *adding terms that the general public does not yet know, e.g. [[ecoregion]] | ||
*narrowing terms that are usually understood too locally, e.g. "[[safe]]" | *narrowing terms that are usually understood too locally, e.g. "[[safe]]" | ||
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The preliminary list of terms to ensure are defined correctly and compatibly in all languages, without all of which Consumerium makes no sense or can't work: | The preliminary list of terms to ensure are defined correctly and compatibly in all languages, without all of which Consumerium makes no sense or can't work: | ||
*[[bad]] not evil | *[[bad]] not evil | ||
*[[biosphere]] includes terrestrial ecoregions, oceans, atmosphere, is a big body | *[[biosphere]] includes terrestrial ecoregions, oceans, atmosphere, is a big body | ||
*[[body]] | *[[body]] | ||
*[[buy]] can have moral criteria, one can do evil by buying | *[[buy]] can have moral criteria, one can do evil by buying | ||
*[[commodity]] as services - a good backed by standard contracts, trade empire | *[[commodity]] as services - a good backed by standard contracts, trade empire | ||
*[[cost]] only calculable through risk, until you know what is done | *[[cost]] only calculable through risk, until you know what is done | ||
*[[done]] as legal concept | *[[done]] as legal concept | ||
*[[ecology]] of Earth | *[[ecology]] of Earth | ||
*[[ecoregion]] | *[[ecoregion]] | ||
*[[evil]] | *[[evil]] | ||
*[[faction]] agrees what person, safe, fair, done, evil, forgive and ignore mean. | |||
*[[faction]] agrees what person, safe, fair, done, evil, forgive and ignore mean | |||
*[[fair]] as ecologically founded but socially negotiated | *[[fair]] as ecologically founded but socially negotiated | ||
*[[forgive]] | *[[forgive]] | ||
*[[forgiveness]] as measurable | *[[forgiveness]] as measurable | ||
*[[good]] as services - a product backed by social custom, legal guarantees | *[[good]] as services - a product backed by social custom, legal guarantees | ||
*[[ignorance]] | *[[ignorance]] | ||
*[[ignore]] outcomes you consider evil, which is ignorance, not always bad | *[[ignore]] outcomes you consider evil, which is ignorance, not always bad | ||
*[[illth]] is opposite of wealth | *[[illth]] is opposite of wealth | ||
*[[instructional]] responsibility - you tell 'em how, it's your fault | *[[instructional]] responsibility - you tell 'em how, it's your fault | ||
*[[measure]] | *[[measure]] | ||
*[[person]] is not always human: could be ape, corporation. legal concept | *[[person]] is not always human: could be ape, corporation. legal concept | ||
*[[regret]] measurable | |||
*[[resource]] includes waste | |||
*[[risk]] only basis of cost | |||
*[[service]] includes things states do, e.g. regulate markets, tax, set standards | |||
*[[power]] in energy, social, instructional/knowledge/skill, buying sense | *[[power]] in energy, social, instructional/knowledge/skill, buying sense | ||
*[[safe]] as social not objective idea except via ecology to a degree | *[[safe]] as social not objective idea except via ecology to a degree | ||
*[[sell]] can have moral conditions | |||
*[[sell]] can have moral conditions | *[[social]] trust | ||
*[[social]] trust | |||
*[[waste]] as resource | *[[waste]] as resource | ||
*[[wealth]] as | *[[wealth]] as well-being | ||
*[[well-being]] | *[[well-being]] | ||
'' | ''Discussion of these is in [[Talk:urban ecology]] - discuss in [[Talk:glossary]]'' | ||