Archive for December, 2009
the vanishing of a species?
While I’ve read many books on the problems facing humanity, Geologist Dr. Peter Greetner’s The Vanishing of a Species? was a unique experience. Published posthumously by his son Nick, The Vanishing of a Species? is a look at the problems of the mid to late 1970s that ironically we still face almost forty years later. [...]
few are classified as unemployed
Absolutely brilliant…
I ask google, “why does…”
google suggest provides an irreplaceable window into what people around me are thinking…
models for transformation
Self-transformation is the most important challenge we face as humans. The growing complexity of modern crises require a new breed of human thinking that few are willing to embrace. Because of these challenges, I was intrigued by the idea of Dr. Robin Robertson’s Indra’s Net, combining the mathematics of chaos theory and the mythological language [...]
Steorn has unlimited energy for keeping us from evaluating their technology
Just when you thought we’d forgotten about perpetual motion machines, the UK company Steorn is showing some balls with their latest Youtube video.
is technology the biggest ponzi scheme of all?
I’ve been prevented from sharing on the blog recently because of my regimen of finals at University of British Columbia but I had to pass on this talk from Archeologist Sander van Leeuw. Stewart Brand’s The Long Now Foundation is always posting great talks but this one was my favorite on the podcast feed thus far. (Michael [...]
quote of the day: on technology and learning with C.P. Snow
C.P. Snow’s lecture on the Two Cultures is a classic. Here is another great quotation from C.P. Snow,
welcome to the Midwest
Editors Note: The original intention was to post a description of my Summer 2009 roadtrip closer to the time that it occurred, but now 2010 is approaching and since I’m not even half-way through I need to get on this! When we drove through Gary, IN fighting through the traffic and then seeing Chicago’s skyline [...]
musings on technology and an infinite universe courtesy of Alan Watts
I’m one to always enjoy the musings of a man that’s willing to consider the limitations of technology and the ability to even perceive the infinite,
