Just a missive: I think this is interesting. Spontaneous protesting is akin to a collective consciousness, or mass community brain. It’s very future, and very cool. I wonder if we’re all just passengers (more…)
Occupy Wall Street, and the coming change…..
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/opinion/rushkoff-occupy-wall-street/index.html 99% vs 1% – occupy wall street people want our system to change. I would love to see a rational discussion about how to fix (more…)
Sunsets
This comment is in response to a wonderful friend’s musing on Sunsets and religious interpretation vs atheism……. —————— “You realize that the sun does not go down, it’s just an illusion (more…)
Idiot Burning Man Hater Virgin or Preconceptions bury our minds while living…….
A guy who hated on the event for a decade finally went. How many of your silent preconceptions have secretly thwarted your desire to live? He captured it perfectly… learning about the self, boundaries, (more…)
A letter to the Georgia Board of Pardons & Paroles prior to the state sponsored murder of Troy Davis regarding the evidence of his innocence
That sort of doubt demands proactive involvement…. we cannot allow another “accident” that further degrades our judicial system. There have been 273 post incarceration DNA exonerations: http://www.innocenceproject.org/know/, so it seems prudent, rational, objective, and forward thinking to have the flexibility enough to alter our flawed trajectories before they become ingrained and mechanistic. We need to have the leadership and objective humilty to recognize the past actions do not need to influence our current course. We have every opportunity to take control, recognize mistakes, and revisit Troy Davis’ case with strength and respect for the judicial system as it can be, versus what it may become.
So… are jobs obsolete?
Simply brilliant and thoughtful article. There’s PLENTY of jobs for high skilled people. Robots and tech is killing union jobs for unskilled labor, the internet has made thousands of types (more…)
Organic food has no health benefits, study says, & FREE STICKERS! =)
One of my favorite lines in history was a response to the Economist article in the letters section of the magazine. That organic is ridiculous, and “something as prosaic as buying an apple denotes your social class and education level”. Pro-Organic people were so dogmatic. Oh well… they’ll brush it off and not learn any lessons. That’s what liberals always do.
This picture is why your privacy doesn’t exist anymore: Vancouver Canucks fans pre-riot plus facial recognition technology.
Culled from the web / not my words. All I want to know is what happens when facial recognition software is ubiquitous and automatic? Â For those very many of you with something to hide…. you might (more…)
“willful ignorance has become a litmus test for candidates” – Paul Krugman, re: Anti-Science mentality of the GOP & Republican Party
THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO POST ABOUT – Read this Paul Krugman article please “So it’s now highly likely that the presidential candidate of one of our two major political parties will either be (more…)