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Here’s a question that really matters…
The guys from Positive Money went to ask young people a few questions about money. The first questions they asked were no-brainers. “Duh, everyone knows that.” But then they asked: Do you know where money comes from? Our money system … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Education, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged Change, equality, Justice, money, positive money
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How Man’s Effect On Nature Will Change Your Life
Further musings on the absurd antics of the dominant extant species on the only life-bearing planet known to said species. Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Drama, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Food, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, History, News and politics, Phlyarology, Science, Strategy, Water
Tagged AGW, boundaries, Change, climate change, cognitive dissonance, deniers, energy, global warming, perception, risk, stupid
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MODERNISING MONEY
Originally posted on MODERN TIMES IN MUDSHIRES:
Money creation should only be used in the public interest ? The same banks that caused the financial crisis currently have the power to create 97% of the UK’s money. They’ve used this…
Posted in ... wait, Business, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Education, what?
Tagged 'common' sense, banks, Change, communication, corruption, insanity, money, scandal
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What goes around, comes around
Who controls the money supply? This is a fascinating subject. Incredibly, while people believe that they understand how money works, the vast majority don’t appreciate the reality. The documentary ‘97% Owned‘ (below) highlights the fact that if we continue as … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, Business, Capitalism, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Economics, what?
Tagged 97% Owned, banking, banks, banksters, cognitive dissonance, concretization, crisis, debt, Democracy, finance, monetary system, money, people before profits, positive money, private ownership, schizophrenic thinking
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Truth, honesty, and loss
Dear Paul, A few days ago, you asked: Wherein lays the truth? I believe that the crux of the matter lies in one of the quotations you offer: “… we are in a generational struggle to defend the principles of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Capitalism, Communication, consciousness, Core thought, Economics, Environment, History
Tagged activism, Armistice Day, Democracy, First World War, freedom, George Monbiot, Great War, poppy, Poppy Day, Remembrance Day, TPIP, WWI
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What can I do?
Humanity’s demands on our planet’s resources now exceeds nature’s ability to regenerate by a massive 50%. This means that we would need one and a half planet Earths to support humanity’s current ecological footprint. And — largely due to ignorance … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, crowdsourcing, Culture, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, Food, Health, History, Just for laughs, memetics, Music, People, Phlyarology, Strategy, Water
Tagged act, boundaries, Change, choice, climate change, communication, crowdsourcing, Earth, Ecological footprint, Global Footprint Network, homo fatuus brutus, Language, Moscow, overshoot, Russian, Smokie
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This changes everything
Posted in Business, Capitalism, Climate, Economics, Energy, Environment
Tagged act, action, activism, boundaries, Change, climate disruption, cognition, cognitive dissonance, Naomi Klein
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A multitude of drops
Global Footprint Network pointed me to ‘My Drop in the Oceans’ — a global currency platform designed to empower people to value nature through partnerships with businesses and local authorities. I’ve signed up and claimed my free money already 🙂 … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Drama, Economics, Environment
Tagged Change, Cloud Atlas, DIo, drops, Free money
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