Nate Hagens: The End of Growth Nate Hagens: The End of Growth length: 50:49 credit: ontheearthproduction Energy Hub, WUD Society and Politics Committee, and Madison Peak Oil Group host energy/finance expert Nate Hagens for a presentation that weaves together economics, anthropology, psychology, finance, trade, energy and human behavior into a coherent story about our human social system. In a visual synthesis using pictures and paintings instead of charts and graphs, Nate uses biophysical first principles to explain how our human economy really works, and how we achieved enormous success over the past two hundred years. But the underlying drivers of our economic juggernaut; cheap energy and resources, and an unconstrained natural environment, and increasingly, credit and debt, are unlikely to be available to continue a growth trajectory. Nate contrasts our growing realities with the standard assumptions in economic theory that underpin our social systems.
SWIFT Code & BIC Code for all Banks in the World 10 Mind Blowing Documentaries Reading Time: 3 minutes Compiling just 10 is difficult so we’ve created a full list of recommended documentaries with summarised ratings here. There will be weekly additions to our documentary and film page so keep an eye out and if you have any films you’d like to recommend, please comment with them below and we will get round to replying and watching them all where time permits. “Belief is the death of intelligence.” – Robert A Wilson8 These documentaries are not listed as being 100% fact, they’ve been chosen for their thought provoking content and many discuss new ideas and concepts that are either currently impossible to be scientifically explored or have yet to be explored enough. The Century of the Self is a thought provoking, four part documentary describing how Freudian and post-Freudian ideas about human nature were adopted by corporations and politicians to manipulate society and public values in the 20th Century. Watch Part 1 here Watch Episode 1 Here Watch it Watch it here.
Nowtopia: A new politics of work Nowtopia is a book about a new politics of work. It profiles tinkerers, inventors, and improvisational spirits who bring an artistic approach to important tasks that are ignored or undervalued by market society. Rooted in practices that have been emerging over the past few decades, Nowtopia’s exploration of work locates an important thread of self-emancipatory class politics beyond the traditional arena of wage-labor. Outlaw bicycling, urban permaculture, biofuels, free software, even the Burning Man festival, are windows into a scarcely visible social transformation that challenges politics as we know it. As capitalism continues its inexorable push to corral every square inch of the globe into its logic of money and markets, new practices are emerging that are redefining politics. Nowtopia uncovers resistance and rebellion amidst fractions of a slowly recomposing working class in America. How topia...
Central Banks/Federal Reserve HYPERNORMALISATION: We're Living in a False World Documentary Reading Time: 1 minutes ‘We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. HyperNormalisation wades through the culmination of forces that have driven this culture into mass uncertainty, confusion, spectacle and simulation. We have retreated into a simplified, and often completely fake version of the world. Blog: The power of effective activism The power of persuasion for making a difference is often underappreciated. If you can convince just one other person to care about a cause as much as you, then you’ve easily doubled your impact. But peoples’ efforts at influencing others often aren’t as efficient as they could be. Triple your impact in an hour Joe Espinosa Over the past 10 years, Joe Espinosa has likely convinced somewhere between 4,000 and 13,000 people to turn vegetarian. What voodoo magic does Joe use to have such an enormous impact? Going out and talking to people you don’t know about your cause might seem intimidating, and it might take some time to work out how best to do it. The hardest part is getting over the initial awkwardness of approaching strangers with a cause you care about. How to be an effective advocate Jon Camp leafleting with Vegan Outreach booklets at Slippery Rock, U in PA 1) Choose your target audience carefully 2) Appearances matter 3) Be friendly 4) Position yourself carefully 5) Hone your message
Watch Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Series Free Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the greatest things to ever be filmed. This is a six part series on the life’s work of Joseph Campbell. Exploring mythology, symbolism, psychology, theological philosophy, spirituality, the meaning of life – it’s all here. For Joseph Campbell, the study of myth was the exploration of the possibilities of consciousness. The episodes are as following: 1. Examines our relationship with heroism; heroism as an integral part of all world cultures. 2. Campbell compares creation stories (Genesis, other religions). Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth – Episode 02 – The Message of Myth 3. Discusses the importance of accepting death as rebirth as in the story of Christ or the myth of the buffalo, the rite of passage in primitive societies, the role of mystical Shamans, and the decline of ritual in today’s society. Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth – Episode 03 The First Storytellers 4. 5. 6. “People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life.
Propaganda 2.0 and the rise of 'narrative networks' DARPA, the Pentagon's advanced concepts think-tank, is looking to take propaganda to the next level and they're hoping to do so by controlling the very way their targets perceive and interpret the flow of incoming information. The Pentagon believes that by engaging in 'narrative control' they can alter an individual's grasp on reality and the way in which they evaluate current events. Simply put, DARPA is looking to shape minds with stories. Now, this isn't an entirely new concept. It's been said that history books are written by the victors. The United States has been engaging in narrative control for quite some time now. Now I'm not suggesting that this isn't a valid interpretation of events. But now DARPA wants to take this further and make it more scientific and systematic. This is pretty heavy stuff. Lim describes how the project will unfold: When it comes to security, little consideration is given to ethics. That said, the efficacy of narrative networks has yet to be determined.