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Category Archives: Science
Survival of the Richest
The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind By Douglas Rushkoff Source: Medium Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed would be a hundred or so investment bankers. … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Apocalypse, Billionaires, capitalism, civilization, culture, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, elites, Environmental Collapse, Futurism, Philosophy, Social Collapse, society, Technocracy, technology, Transhumanism
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Orwell knew: we willingly buy the screens that are used against us
By Henry Cowles Source: Aeon Sales of George Orwell’s utopian novel 1984 (1949) have spiked twice recently, both times in response to political events. In early 2017, the idea of ‘alternative facts’ called to mind Winston Smith, the book’s protagonist and, … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, internet freedom, media, police state, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged 1984, Authoritarianism, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, George Orwell, police state, Sarah Igo, Smartphones, Social Media, Sociology, Sophia Rosenfeld, surveillance state, technology, Telescreens, TV
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Loneliness
By Yogi Prateado Source: Adbusters The Silicon Valley in which I live, a culture infused with the cocaine high of technological breakthroughs, grates against my earthly sensibilities. Riding on the crest of adrenalin, discovery, and money, what many in the fair … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, culture, Economics, Inequality, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged big data, capitalism, culture, Economics, Facebook, Google, Late Stage Capitalism, Progress, science, Silicon Valley, society, Tech Industry, technology
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Human Extinction by 2026? A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival
By Robert J. Burrowes There is almost unanimous agreement among climate scientists and organizations – that is, 97% of over 10,000 climate scientists and the various scientific organizations engaged in climate science research – that human beings have caused a … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, elites, Environment, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Biosphere, civilization, Climate Change, cold snaps, Collapse, culture, Die Off, droughts, environment, floods, Global Elites, Global Warming, heat waves, Human Extinction, Insects, Methane, Nuclear War, psychology, Rainforest, society, Sociology, wildfires
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9 Things You Don’t Know about Yourself
By Steve Ayan Source: Waking Times Your “self” lies before you like an open book. Just peer inside and read: who you are, your likes and dislikes, your hopes and fears; they are all there, ready to be understood. This … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology
Tagged appearance, Behavior, Consciousness, Ego, Flexibility, Insecurity, psychology, Self, Self Reflection, self-assessment, Self-Awareness, self-deception, self-perception
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Building a Cooperative Economy
By Oliver Sylvester-Bradley Source: Resilience In permaculture terms the economy sometimes feels like a segregated monoculture planted with terminator seeds, sprayed with patented pesticides on venture capital backed farms designed to maximise profits in an unsustainable market place full of … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, consciousness, culture, Economics, Environment, Health, internet freedom, media, Philosophy, Science, society, Technology
Tagged Agile Development, Collaboration, Cooperation, Diversity, Economics, Federated Technology, Holo Project, Holochain, Monoculture, Network Effect, Occupy, OPEN Conference, Open Source, Peer to Peer, Permaculture, Platform Co-ops, Self Regulation, The Open Food Network, Zero Waste
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OUR NEW, HAPPY LIFE? THE IDEOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT
By Charles Eisenstein Source: Waking Times In George Orwell’s 1984, there is a moment when the Party announces an “increase” in the chocolate ration – from thirty grams to twenty. No one except for the protagonist, Winston, seems to notice that … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, Economics, education, Environment, Health, imperialism, Neoliberalism, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged 1984, Agriculture, Developing Nations, Dystopia, Economics, empathy, George Orwell, Global South, happiness, Health Care, Humanity, Literacy, Nicholas Kristof, Progress, science, Sick Care, Statistics, Stephen Pinker, technology, Third World
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