Pessimistic consensus One thing that I see continually around me is people’s general lack of a positive vision for our future. We have a general lack of consensus around where we are going as a species, other than pictures of gloom related to any number of doomsday, grim terminal futures you see all around us….
Presentation given for ZDAY2011 in Portland OR. How can the transition happen, what would a possible transition look like, and is the transition we are talking about even unique in Earth’s history? And what can we do today?
Cybernetics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics Is a subject which has come to my attention following reading some material from a book called “Web of Life” by Fritjof Capra: Home Until now I have had an assumption of what it is all about, but never a clear clean definition. The most interesting aspect of Cybernetics to me currently is…
Still using fluoride? Part 1: Part 2:
Hi folks, some general information which is important to know: On all plastic bottles / containers, you have a number. This number indicates the type of plastic that was used. Some plastic is meant to be re-used safely, others are not. The two most common side-effects caused by plastic is hormonal disruption and cancer. Here…
In the not so distant future, people will be marketing devices, and especially electronic/computer related ones for entirely different qualities than they do today. A typical computer will be something that you buy for its craftsmanship, something that you know was built to last 20 to 50 years or more, even if you throw it…
here is an interesting video about a brain scientist who has a stroke and then gives her person story on how those effects translate to her life and study. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU 20 min long, heart touching.
For quite some time I have been interested in theories that discuss the balancing between right and left brain thinking, and the translation of ideas from one field to another. Ken Wilber’s book [my review] opened up a new domain of philosophical thinking. Through this interest I have heard a great deal mentioned recently about…