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Information Filtration
There’s no such thing as information that has not been filtered. Every word of it has been spun this way and that by each observer, writer, and editor it passed through on it’s way from reality to your brain. First hand experiences …
hey wall street stop gambling and lets go feed some starving people :)
“Here’s what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the …
it’s times like this that make you question who the fuck you are.
I just walked home from work. I’m used to passing homeless people, it’s usually the same ones by the hotel I work at. I know their faces, but not their names. I don’t make eye contact, usually, because that would …
do we have free will?
My gut is saying no, but, really, what the fuck does my gut know? The more I learn about the structure of the human mind, about the technicalities of our thinking processes, the more I start to see consciousness as …
fuck the cia. :)
In 1947, President Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Council. The CIA is accountable only to the president, and has no democratic oversight, and even their accountability to the president is tenuous …
a centralized government is the last thing the people in control want
If the world is united, even if under some fascist regime, it would give the people something to rebel against. As it stands now, there is no one power for us to overthrow. The IMF? The Fed? The USA government? …
faster thinking affecting time perception?
One of the many unique and bewildering promises held by nanotechnology is the ability to ‘upgrade’ our brains. IE; make them faster, increase memory capacity. Since I first heard this notion, it’s gripped my imagination, it sounds so… sci-fi, yet …
will posting this get me fired from my job? (probably not?)
I just got home from a barbecue with some people I work with at and I walked into the middle of a conversation about a new policy I hadn’t heard about. Apparently, employees can expect to be fired for posting …
Top Ten Reasons Global Revolution WILL Happen
10. Peak Oil: Everything plastic or rubber is made of oil. Oil fuels our transport, our trade, our economy. Our entire civilization is based on the use of fossil fuels for both energy and materials. There are ways to fix …
Science, Wonder, and the Beauty of What’s Real
The struggle to find meaning in life seems almost to be a basic human impulse. Those who choose to engage in that struggle will find it both difficult and rewarding. Finding true meaning, for me, doesn’t come from made up …
