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Author Archives: Nanook
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
Posted in Democracy, Evolution, Government, Human Evolution, Progressive Politics, Social Justice
Tagged democracy, Evolution, government
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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
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
Posted in Computer Consciousness, Social Justice
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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
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
Dennis Meadows Video Limits to Growth
Dennis talks about the impending social collapse – Dennis Meadows Video
Posted in Business, Climate Activism, Corruption, Cultural Evolution, Democracy, Denial, Education, Evolution, Family, Freewill, Government, Human Evolution, Law, Machine Evolution, Morality, Naturalism, Progressive Politics, Psychology, Seven Deadly Sins, Social Justice, Society and Culture, Sustainability, Truth
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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
Wikileaks is trying to wake us up!
The following is a post I made to the Linked in group Innovation Democracy. In a previous post, I stated the the basic form of democracy hasn’t changed much since ancient Greece. A number of people replied that they thought … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy, Progressive Politics, Social Justice
Tagged democracy, wikileaks
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System Thinking Suggests Two Human Species on Earth
My comment on the Linked In Systems Thinking World group site drew a remarkable response. It essentially described the commenter’s experience that, somehow, people who can envision issues as part of a system, have brains that are “wired” differently. This … Continue reading
Posted in Progressive Politics, Social Justice, Sustainability
Tagged Evolution, Systems Thinking
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Why is system thinking not readily accepted?
I recently posted a comment on the Linked In Systems Thinking World group site. The comment was in response to the question: “If System Thinking is such a good method (especially for solving poorly defined problems), why it is not … Continue reading
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Tagged System thinking
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