Not A Step Further!

The other night after having put my pajamas on, I had to walk to my bed to go sleep. I am speaking of a well-known to me route of no more than five steps which has never before become a product of any deliberation. All of a sudden and somewhat out of nowhere I caught myself concluding that I couldn’t and didn’t want to take one step further towards the bed, the feeling was bizarre and undeniably laughable. I must further mention that the experience didn’t last longer than approximately a minute.

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We CAN Acheive A Sustainable Developement

Cities become more productive and efficient as they grow larger. It’s science. Cities play a crucial role in our evolution as a species. Statistics show that the bigger a city is the less pollution and crime there is within that city, and the more inventions and, ultimately, more opportunities for a healthier and more connected society. Despite the age old image that we have, that these cities are unnatural and accelerate crime, disease and waste: cities concentrate, accelerate and diversify social and economic activities.

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The Basics of Being Alive Now

There's no way around it - being alive now requires a lot of thought.

In this era, blocking out the rest of the world and living just to keep ourselves happy is much more difficult. There's so much more impacting our daily survival, evermore information lodging itself in our brains and socially, given how arrogant humankind can be in regard to how much some people like to be seen to know what they're talking about, many of us think we should project that we're really on top of things; or at least feel the pressure to do so.

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Another Avenue for Raising awareness

All of us here love to write at great length about the RBE and the vast spectrum of issues surrounding what we should be doing to help get us there faster. But when it comes to convincing the wider public, we have a common problem: we can easily leave people behind or alienate them with our seemingly radical ideals that challenge the boundaries of the paradigm box to which they cling as a comfort zone.

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Love

In our world today, Love is a word that is used more commonly than any other. It is thought of to the point of obsession by nearly all mankind, yet how many people truly understand what love is? When I look around the world I see some acts done with love, but my overwhelming sense is that most acts are done out of insecurity, fear and selfishness. How can it be that as a society we talk of nothing but love yet still fail to act in a loving way to one another? We know deep down to our core that love exists and that we have experienced it.

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The Ghost in the Machine

The Ghost in the Machine phrase was invented by philosopher Gilbert Ryle as a way to describe René Descartes' mind-body dualism. In his book The Concept of Mind Ryle ridiculed the belief that the psyche somehow functions independent of the physical body -according to Decartes and all dualists thereafter, the mind is not subject to mechanical laws, it is not even in space, hence the immaterial soul governing the mechanistic body, the Ghost in the Machine.

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Response to the attacks on free culture and free knowledge on the Internet - TZM Spain

Internet is the most powerful means of communication that human beings have created, and one of those that has had more social impact. It is an instrument capable of uniting the world's societies and providing access to knowledge.

Sharing art and knowledge is a powerful means of cultural evolution. It is in our nature to grow by sharing in an appropriate environment.

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Shift the Paradigm, Election 2012

Ok, (sorry about the language) but, fuck it! I’m going to propose something very major. At a time like this, there really isn’t much to lose. In a radio address not long ago, PJ was doing some Q & A and one of the questions was would he ever run for president? He said he would not, but that he would support someone running on the RBE platform (and I realize Scott Keller is already trying something similar). He said essentially, that he would be curious to see how far it would, what kind of reaction it would get. Well this is what I want to do – Basically run for office.

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The Age of Creation

“The future is about gigs and assets and art and an ever-shifting series of partnerships and projects.” – Seth Godin

The world as we know it was created by the Industrial Age and it is now crumbling before our very eyes. We grew up in this world listening to common sense: learn well to get into fine universities, to land a well paid, SECURE job with pension, and to live comfortably until you die.

This path might have worked up until a couple of decades ago, but then came the 21st century which erased any remains of job security and the promise of nurturing Companies or the State.

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On Beliefs and Being Wrong: An Occupy Discussion with a Homeless Guy Named Zack

Q. I can’t believe I’m talking to a homeless guy at the Occupy protests about beliefs.

Z. Hey man, I was minding my own business. You came up to me. Besides, do you really know for a fact that I am homeless?

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