Honor Thy Spreadsheet

The idea is that we, as a country, create something new to care for and by keeping it alive we'll begin to truly thrive. And that something is...The Buffalo Fund - A Collection for Funds for Tribal Distribution. 

I just came up with the term "Tribal Distribution" and it doesn't necessarily mean Native Americans, it's more like a style where the benefits of bravery are shared in terms of community shelter, food, and medicine. And that is, I believe, what our country needs, is to think of everyone as part of the tribe.

Imagine this whole thing as a spreadsheet with its proportions determined by modern history. The original buffalo herd in the United States was 40 million head. The number of federally recognized tribes in the United States is 600. This means that each tribe honors 66,666 buffalo and anytime someone needs shelter, food, or medicine the herd can be drawn upon.


Considering the buffalo market, it costs $2/day or $730/year to care for a buffalo, and let's say a natural buffalo life expectancy is 13 years, that's $9,490/head, or in terms of the total herd that's $379.6 Billion...to draw from.

It's so crazy that it just might work.


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