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Initial Thoughts on Blade Runner 2049
Upon hearing early reports of a planned Blade Runner sequel a couple years ago, I felt both anticipation and dread. I considered it a singular vision which didn’t necessarily need a sequel, yet could understand the desire to re-immerse oneself … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Dystopia, Film, media, Philosophy, society
Tagged Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Cult film, culture, Cyberpunk, Denis Villeneuve, Dystopia, film, Hampton Fancher, Harrison Ford, media, Philip K. Dick, sci-fi, Science fiction, society
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Kafka Warned Us
By Dan Corjescu Source: CounterPunch Kafka’s The Trial can be read in retrospect as a prelude to the Twentieth/Twenty-First century. Although probably not written as prophecy, Kafka’s short unfinished book nevertheless provides a road map to the terrors of the current Surveillance … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, Law, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged Bureaucracy, culture, Dystopia, Government, Joseph K, Kafka, law, Liberty, police state, Power, society, surveillance state, technology, The State, The Trial, Totalitarianism
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Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time
By Robert J. Burrowes Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October, the date of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birth in 1869 and the International Day of Nonviolence – offers an opportunity to reflect on human violence and to ponder ways to end it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, consciousness, culture, Feminism, Inequality, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Association of Franciscan Families of India, culture, Drone Bombings, Drone Warfare, Drones, Father Nithiya, Ghandi, International Day of Nonviolence, John McKenna, Joy First, Lily Thapa, Mairead Maguire, Non-Violence, Peace, Prince Simbwa Joseph, Rohingya, society, Uganda, Violence, Women for Human Rights
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The Hamilton Hustle
By Matt Stoller Source: The Baffler AS DONALD TRUMP SETTLES INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, elites in the political class are beginning to recognize that democracy is not necessarily a permanent state of political organization. “Donald Trump’s candidacy is the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Economics, History, media, Militarization, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, American History, Broadway, culture, Democracy, fascism, Federalists, Founding Fathers, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Obama, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, propaganda, Ron Chernow, Social Justice, Thomas Jefferson, Trump, wall street
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The Complexity of Cultural Evolution
By Joe Brewer Source: Resilience What does the ecological crisis have in common with global poverty? How does politics relate to economics? The study of history? The changing landscape of technology, arts, and culture? Why is there not a coherent School … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Biological Systems, Biology, complexity science, Consciousness, Cultural Evolution, Cultural Transformation, culture, Culture Design, Ecological Crisis, environment, Evolution, evolutionary studies, Mind, politics
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Profit Maximization is Easy: Invest in Violence
By Robert J. Burrowes For those of us committed to systematically reducing and, one day, ending human violence, it is vital to understand what is causing and driving it so that effective strategies can be developed for dealing with violence … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Drug War, Economics, Environment, Militarization, Philosophy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, war
Tagged Big Banks, Corporate Crime, culture, drug war, Economics, environment, Militarization, military-industrial complex, Morality, Non-Violence, Peace, Philosophy, police state, Police Violence, psychology, social control, society, State Crime, US Foreign Policy, Violence, war, War on Drugs, war profiteers
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Crow’s God: Ego Dissolution and the Evolution of the Self
By Gary ‘Z’ McGee Source: Waking Times “To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” ~Jorge Luis Borges “Trickster god is god’s God,” Crow says, peering from behind The Branches of Lost Time. These … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, society, Spirituality
Tagged Buddha, Consciousness, Crow, culture, Ego, Philosophy, society, Soul, spirituality, Trickster
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Why are all those Racists so Terrified?
By Robert J. Burrowes Racism is not a new phenomenon and while it is an ongoing daily reality for vast numbers of people, it also often bursts from the shadows to remind us that just because we can keep ignoring … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, divide and conquer, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged Charlottesville, culture, fear, Hatred, Non-Violence, psychology, racism, society, Sociology, Trump, Violence
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