Monthly Archives: January 2011

A nation of fearless, bumbling morons

The Economist Democracy in America Blog had an article and discussion on the topic “A nation of fearless, bumbling morons”. http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/01/getting_tough?page=2#comment-802532 In short, the discussion was asking whether people in the U.S. have become WUSSES, based on a recent canceling of a … Continue reading

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Greed is a SOCIAL issue

There was a post on a google group called Minds Eye in relation to the word GREED. The post started with the following point: “The word “greed” is tossed out so often and it always intrigues me just what people … Continue reading

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The Singularity, Humanity’s Last Invention

Wednesday, there was an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered with Robert Siegel titled The Singularity, Humanity’s Last Invention.  The interview was held with people from The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence. The SINGULARITY, they are talking about is the … Continue reading

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U.S. Home Foreclosures May Top 100,000 In January – Continued

NPR radio had an interview about the high foreclosure rate on January 3. I missed the time period to comment.  Here is a second comment I was going to post: There have been a lot of comments in this discussion claiming … Continue reading

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U.S. Home Foreclosures May Top 100,000 In January

NPR radio had an interview about the high foreclosure rate on January 3. I missed the time period to comment.  Here is the comment I was going to post: All of the posts so far have focused on the foreclosure of … Continue reading

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Dennis Meadows Video Limits to Growth

Dennis talks about the impending social collapse – Dennis Meadows Video

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Why government leaders can’t understand complex issues

Don Hall on the Transition Sarasota website posted an excerpt from a financial discussion by Richard Heinberg in which Richard discussed how society was up against inescapable environmental limits that will require massive social adjustments.  After reading Heinberg’s article, I … Continue reading

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