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POPSTwitter Search to make broader sweeps Something significant is happening everyday. I found this out from an Ed Goldstein retweet of a Clip on Amplify. The self-signifying collaborative consciousness is at its baby-talk stage. Soon some form of grammar will have to evolve if any sense is to be made of the torrents of data.
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POPSSpace storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe This is science warning of a 2012 solar event -- NASA and the New Scientist. Nobody is listening, yet. The only way to prepare is to decrease dependency on electricity, fast. Too bad for the electric car enthusiasts.
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POPSBBC documentaries dissecting modernity Brilliant documentary series. The first is about how Freud's psychology was used both to create the mass market and fascist propaganda. Edward Bernaise must be the most important person that have never heard of. Click 'online' to see on YouTube. I don't remember seeing them in the main BBC schedule.
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POPSYard Sale Nation (1) The rise of the post-consumer society. But the new authorities in Obamaland do not seem to understand the significance.
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POPSThe Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons Has the time come to *change* minds about capitalism? It is based on false theory and bad doctrine, and its effects are devastating the ultimate commons which is all of nature.
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POPSWorld is facing a natural resources crisis worse than financial crunch To understand the nature of accelerating change, see the Clips below. They show the statistical nature of the problem. Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy (transcript) - Part 1 http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9ACF7407-5408-4A61-9DEC-DAFA7484AECE/ Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy (transcript) - Part 2 http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/26B7972E-AD22-4AC6-8AEC-E76CEF735804/ The solution has be implemented virtually instantaneously, if there is to be any chance of survival. But all it takes is a change of mind about the purpose of life -- from earth consumer / exploiter to earth carer / partner. To change one's mind takes only a micro-second and we already have the means of instant communication. The choice is simple, clear and stark.
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POPSThe Barnyard Strategist A small step in the right direction is better than standing still or going backwards. The problem is the severe and tragic limitations of modern human consciousness.