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The wolves within: a Cherokee legend
An old grandfather said to his grandson, who came to him with anger at a friend who had done him an injustice, “Let me tell you a story. “I too, at times, have felt a great hate for those that … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Core thought, Culture, Drama, Education, History, People
Tagged cherokee, legend, wolf
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A brown new deal | The Consciousness of Sheep
Those lucky enough to die of old age often fall into a very peaceful state – not dissimilar to the deep relaxation sought after by meditation practitioners – from which they simply slip away. Since 1958, though, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, History, Reblogs
Tagged civilization, death
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A reminiscence from World War II
In response to: Carrot Ranch May 14, 2020, flash fiction challenge: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that answers the question, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you are in absolute danger?” Go … Continue reading
This is NOT natural
Originally posted on Open Mind:
This graph should be on every billboard in the U.S. Paleo from PAGES2K: https://figshare.com/collections/Global_mean_temperature_reconstructions_over_the_Common_Era/4507043 combined with the surface temperature from Cowtan & Way http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~kdc3/papers/coverage2013/had4_krig_std.temp
“Nobody Could have Predicted..”
Originally posted on Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
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Posted in ... wait, what?, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, History, Reblogs
Tagged coronavirus, pandemic
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The blog-driven time machine
The blogosphere is one massive creative content continuum. Most of us only live on the front edge of the ever-expanding wave, but there’s a wealth of diversity hidden below, accessible by a single magic word: That word is ‘?random’. When … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, History
Tagged ?random, Random post
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Are corporations psychopaths?
In my reblog of Paul Handover’s post a couple of days ago I made a comment about the ‘psychopathic creed of the corporations: profit at any cost‘. I’d like to back that up with some facts…. Here’s a definition of … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Capitalism, Core thought, Culture, History, Strategy
Tagged cognitive dissonance, corporate responsibility, corporation, ethics, habituation, injustice, morals, stupid
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Wake up! Your house is on fire!
Originally posted on Bobbing Around:
This is the message of Tim Flannery’s inspiring essay in The Conversation today. Anyone who denies the climate catastrophe, anyone who stands in the way of emergency action, is a mass murderer on a scale…
Adventures with a dumbphone, Part Five
All my earlier wibbling about text input reminded me of a cool tool I used a few years ago: it’s called ‘Dasher‘ (free download — for Windows). I haven’t visited the Dasher Project’s website for a long time. Popped over … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Computers and Internet, History, memetics, Strategy
Tagged dumbphone, Ludditis, smartphone, technophobia
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Human Population Through Time
It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion — and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Education, Environment, History, Phlyarology
Tagged balance, cognitive dissonance, humanity, population
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