Do we want this future? Do we deserve it? Can’t we build a better one?«At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to say this, that or the other, but it is ‘not done’Sigue leyendo «Obey – When Corporations replaced Government»
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Resilience is not enough
It isn’t enough to repair the damage our progress has brought. The unintended consequences of our efforts to improve quality of life for humans has repercussions and requires action. Yes, and. It is also not enough to manage our risks and be more shock-resistant. Now is not only the time to course correct and be moreSigue leyendo «Resilience is not enough»
Jules Vernes – Prophet of science fiction
My tribute to Jules Vernes, one of my favourite sci-fi writers Un homenaje a Julio Vernes, uno de mis escritores favoritos
Ecofilms
Nice web with a great video gallery on aquaponics and permaculture. http://www.ecofilms.com.au
The hacker economy
Many people assume that evolution is about the survival of the fittest. It’s not. What really drives evolution is adaptation to changing environments. That’s why our planet is made up of more than just one super-fit organism. Instead, we have a complex ecosystem. New things come in and displace old ones, but the old onesSigue leyendo «The hacker economy»
P2P production and the coming of the commons
By Hilary Wainwright : Rethinking Michel Bauwens work. Illustration: Andrzej Krauze ‘At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing relations of production or – this merely expresses the same thing in legal terms – with the property relations within the framework of which they have operated hitherto.Sigue leyendo «P2P production and the coming of the commons»
Oil price peaking up
Long time without talking about the oil price, but as we all know, when a resource is scarce, its price will keep going up. This is what happens with oil. Reaching again the USD100 barrier in the Brent market, and almost USD110 in the Chinese market.
The end of an era
Authored by Dr. Tim Morgan, Tullet Prebon, The economy as we know it is facing a lethal confluence of four critical factors – the fall-out from the biggest debt bubble in history; a disastrous experiment with globalisation; the massaging of data to the point where economic trends are obscured; and, most important of all, the approach ofSigue leyendo «The end of an era»
Dolphins slaughter – The cove
Climate change evidence
Chasing Ice
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