ok, we need to get in touch. Admirable.
"At the grave of Richard Wagner", Interpreted by the Kronos Quartet, Composed by Franz Liszt, Recorded in 1993.
"At the grave of Richard Wagner", Interpreted by the Kronos Quartet, Composed by Franz Liszt, Recorded in 1993.
Thanks to Will Moller for the link.
As a 2010 TED fellow, we are collectively required to adress the question "what the world needs now?".
Today the American president is a black man.
The dream is becoming a reality. Maybe.
Thanks to Will Moller for the link.
As a 2010 TED fellow, we are collectively required to adress the question "what the world needs now?".
As a 2010 TED fellow, we are collectively required to adress the question "what the world needs now?".
Also I must disagree on the discourse that says Industrial revolution will make us free. This is what we have been attempting since 300 years, the same old ideal future that we never reach, a future for a free "updated new" class (a rich minority of "visionaries") that the rest of humanity must labour and pay for it... Our society is industrial, I am not sure getting rid of 90% of human labour with new supertechnological means is the good underlying priority in the agenda...
In other words, the Jaques Fresco "Venus Project" is an interesting and inspiring Utopian project. Someone has to dream, and show a bundle of possibilities to the majority, and the rest of us, as actor-consumers, can buy into it, more or less. Jacques Fresco is doing his job being the figure of the grand visionary architect for a glorious future, I respect that ; but I think to deeply impact the world, every single human needs to have the freedom, capacity and desire to the the architect of his/her own life. And that might not be possible in a world where resources are limited.
So it goes back to the beginning of the Venus project : "a Resource Based Economy". On this everyone can agree, we need to start by considering the resource before making grand plans. The architect should publicly employ his creative mind to fabricate this fabulous tool that will give an entire new perception of our actual system, a tool with which a new -probably much less fancy than described- future can be built.
Also, you cannot be ethically at both ends of the chains : you cant be judge and jury, and if you are : don't expect any credibility.
It is scary for other to have one grand vision that incorporates all the aspects of a NEW life, it is too intimidating and normative.
To conclude : to work out this "not-new" resource limited word, let's do it in the right order : first, let's set up the "sensors" to measure this limited and changing world.
Before we invent super great grand designs and strategies, let's simply get to know what is happening, and make that knowledge available to everyone.
- There is an open-source project that enables people to do that today : http://pachube.com
- There is a global observatory system : http://earthwatch.unep.net/data/g3os.php
- There is an ocean division of this global observation system that works : http://www.argo.net
Also I must disagree on the discourse that says Industrial revolution will make us free. This is what we have been attempting since 300 years, the same old ideal future that we never reach, a future for a free "updated new" class (a rich minority of "visionaries") that the rest of humanity must labour and pay for it... Our society is industrial, I am not sure getting rid of 90% of human labour with new supertechnological means is the good underlying priority in the agenda...
In other words, the Jaques Fresco "Venus Project" is an interesting and inspiring Utopian project. Someone has to dream, and show a bundle of possibilities to the majority, and the rest of us, as actor-consumers, can buy into it, more or less. Jacques Fresco is doing his job being the figure of the grand visionary architect for a glorious future, I respect that ; but I think to deeply impact the world, every single human needs to have the freedom, capacity and desire to the the architect of his/her own life. And that might not be possible in a world where resources are limited.
So it goes back to the beginning of the Venus project : "a Resource Based Economy". On this everyone can agree, we need to start by considering the resource before making grand plans. The architect should publicly employ his creative mind to fabricate this fabulous tool that will give an entire new perception of our actual system, a tool with which a new -probably much less fancy than described- future can be built.
Also, you cannot be ethically at both ends of the chains : you cant be judge and jury, and if you are : don't expect any credibility.
It is scary for other to have one grand vision that incorporates all the aspects of a NEW life, it is too intimidating and normative.
To conclude : to work out this "not-new" resource limited word, let's do it in the right order : first, let's set up the "sensors" to measure this limited and changing world.
Before we invent super great grand designs and strategies, let's simply get to know what is happening, and make that knowledge available to everyone.
There is an open-source project that enables people to do that today : http://pachube.com
There is a global observatory system : http://earthwatch.unep.net/data/g3os.php
There is an ocean division of this global observation system that works : http://www.argo.net
Really interesting talk about what makes us "uniquier" from other
animals, on the behavior, psychology and culture aspect as a specie.
I do agree that we have an immense OPPORTUNITY as educated, empowered
primates. The talk is addressed at Stanford University students on the
day of their graduation : I understand and highly value the
encouraging content of the message. Professor Robert Sapolsky explains
how privileged and responsible the soon-to-be-graduated audience
members should feel, and the immense RESPONSIBILITY they will have in
the real world. In a sense it is very good to make young women and men
responsible and ambitious, but on the other hand, it does glorifies
the audience more than it does give it direction ... and that's the
greatest thing about this talk.
I highlighted the words "Opportunity" and "Responsibility" as a simple
equation. As a matter of fact, we have the opportunity to be in charge
of our lives and others, educated or not, and we all do in different
ways BUT the grand ambition that generations feed upon generations is
not necessarily healthy : as if we had to force-feed-forward, an
ideology of performance and sacrifice...
What's even greater in this talk is that the performance we are
encouraged to perform is the heroic figure of the PARADOX BELIEVER,
may it be Jesus or this nun working in the death row ... Volunteer
martyrs? Are these our moral models? Acting incoherently and negating
our animal tit for tap instinct would be the ultimate mark of
superior intelligence, what makes us beyond "uniquier", but
"uniquierest"? Why do we want to pretend to be better than all other
animals? Where does this extravagant arrogance leads humans? What do
humans do to the other species? To the earth? What if we were thinking
a bit more like animals, maybe we wouldn't destroy our world as much
as we do as "super intelligent" specie? Isn't there anything to learn
from animals but that we are superior and responsible for everything?
This is why I think this talk is greatly wrong.
This talk tells you "you have immense power, so be responsible and
powerful" but it does pose the figure of the paradox believer as the
role model, when in the world we have so many NON-PARADOXAL problems
that need to be addressed humbly, with common sense and creativity. As
a scientist specialized in primate behavior (logic development of
social interactions), he could propose an other approach to
problem-solving but the paradox that usually leads to immobility or to
the dichotomic self-destructive psychologic profile (to cite the drone
pilot in Texas). We dont need no more paradox heroes, we need coherent
positive models, no more martyrs please.
What makes us different is not what makes us "uniquier" or superior
Professor Sapolsky. That's terribly wrong and non scientific.
I am very sorry but we are not "uniquier" or "superior", we are
different, and we should concentrate our efforts on observing and
studying other species and learn what good they do to themselves and
the environment, and try to implement these methods in our own lifes.
I am not claiming we should go back to being monkeys, but I think our
attitude toward the world must change so radically we might loose a
lot of human ego, as a specie, as individuals. It is another ego we
would gain, the ego of being part of this world, truly, among the
other animals. This new ego we should desire is what I wish you were
exploring professor Sapolsky. And this time, it is not so much about
being superiorly intelligent, it is about being good, in a true sense.
Cesar Harada, Paris, France. 2010/01/14
http://twilightearth.com/environment-archive-2/the-world-according-to-monsanto-full-documentary/
The World According to Monsanto is an in-depth Documentary that looks at the domination of the agricultural industry from one of the world’s most insidious and powerful companies.
This is one of the most powerful, must see films for anyone interested in the behind the scenes world of the food industry, and how just one world dominating corporation holds the keys and patents to much of the worlds food supply.
Monsanto, which started out as one of the planets largest chemical companies is also responsible for such chemical compounds as Agent Orange, Bovine Growth Hormone, PCBs and genetically-engineered crops.