Friday, September 2, 2011

Maya Angelou's Abundant Hope | The White House

Maya Angelou's Abundant Hope | The White House

Disappearance of glacial river stuns B.C. hikers - Canada - CBC News

Disappearance of glacial river stuns B.C. hikers - Canada - CBC News

Al Gore is not making this up. If you dismiss climate change as a media plot, you must acknowledge that they have gone to great lengths to pull this glacial river disappearance off.

Ghosts With Shit Jobs



Ghostswithshitjobs from YouTube. A look into the future.

Food and the Fabulous Feed Back

Food and the Fabulous » Blog Archive » Food Bloggers Join the W.F.P to Feed Back

Food and the Fabulous, food bloggers show us a way to give back, through the World Food Program.

Tribute to Albert Einstein


Oh, the madness of it all. Your conceptions of time and space exist only within limits. Think about it...

Social Networking Meets Problem Solving - Technology Review

Social Networking Meets Problem Solving - Technology Review

Technology Review on problem solving vs info sharing. Solutions.

Steve Jobs, World's Greatest Philanthropist - Dan Pallotta - Harvard Business Review

Steve Jobs, World's Greatest Philanthropist - Dan Pallotta - Harvard Business Review


Harvard Business Review piece on the Fix and his connections.

Stripped: The Comic Documentary

The Employment Situation in August | The White House

The Employment Situation in August | The White House

Five Best Friday Columns - Global - The Atlantic Wire

Five Best Friday Columns - Global - The Atlantic Wire

The week in review by The Atlantic Wire. Have a look.

Eagle Eye Still Tired


Eagle Eye In The Sky is still tired of everyone just assuming it supports war. Another week of bad PR...

Your brain chemistry existed before animals did - life - 01 September 2011 - New Scientist

Your brain chemistry existed before animals did - life - 01 September 2011 - New Scientist

Another installment on my obsession with brains.

If you, too, are fascinated with the human brain, read "Icognito, The Secret Lives of The Brain," by David Eagleman.

You Will Know The Truth

...And the truth will set you free. This news flash coming in from the wisest of the wise.

This past week has been another whirlwind of incoming information from all across the globe, from wars, international relations, economic follies both corporate and governmental, human rights violations and struggles and victories, environmental challenges, natural disasters, cuteness alerts, wikileaks news, and the list goes on.

Is anyone watching? Most people that I know get information on a zero to none basis. Many are concerned only with entertainments, which are of course, necessary in regular but limited doses. Others watch only local papers or news from one channel. This could be toxic to your understanding.

Yesterday I stumbled upon the official state "News" source for Russia, PRAVDA. The news factor was minimal, while the propaganda and spin was through the roof. As I said to a friend, a steady diet of this garbage would produce a very sickly specimen. The Russian public would by default be led to dangerous conclusions based on the pablum that they are fed every day. Do they have other options for information? Do they want them? These things I do not know, but I do know that you and I have every opportunity to dig for all the information that we can find published on any given subject.

Democracy of the people, by the people, and for the people demands participation in order for it to function properly. Each individual has a responsibility to think, speak, act for the common good. The danger to our form of government comes when the individual chooses to act on his or her own behalf alone and at all times. Could this be happening too often in these times? Is this a factor in the troubles we are experiencing?

As for me, I choose to be one of the "irrationally ______, rationally ______." See if you can fill in the blanks after watching this TedX piece with Mr. Jefferson Smith at Concordia in Portland, recommended by Ezra Klein, via YouTube.

Have a responsible day.