The Human Desire to Belong Leads to Our Submission to Manipulation
Take a second and imagine you’re shopping in the mall. You and your group of friends walk through the mall and laugh about all the things you really can’t afford but wish you could. Window after window and shop after shop, you see all the cool stuff you just don’t have.
Who Runs the World ? – Network Analysis Reveals ‘Super Entity’ of Global Corporate Control
Business Published on August 28th, 2011 | by Michael Ricciardi In the first such analysis ever conducted, Swiss economic researchers have conducted a global network analysis of the most powerful transnational corporations (TNCs). Their results have revealed a core of 737 firms with control of 80% of this network, and a “super entity” comprised of 147 corporations that have a controlling interest in 40% of the network’s TNCs. Strongly Connected Component (SCC); layout of the SCC (1318 nodes and 12,191 links). Node size scales logarithmically with operation revenue, node color with network control (from yellow to red).
Cooperative
In short, a coop can be defined as "a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers."[4] Cooperative businesses are typically more economically resilient than many other forms of enterprise, with twice the number of co-operatives (80%) surviving their first five years compared with other business ownership models (41%).[5] Cooperatives frequently have social goals which they aim to accomplish by investing a proportion of trading profits back into their communities. As an example of this, in 2013, retail co-operatives in the UK invested 6.9% of their pre-tax profits in the communities in which they trade as compared with 2.4% for other rival supermarkets.[6] The International Co-operative Alliance was the first international association formed by the cooperative movement.
Contrasting and categorization of emotions
The contrasting and categorisation of emotions describes how emotions are thought to relate to each other. Various recent proposals of such groupings are described in the following sections. Contrasting Basic Emotions[edit] The following table,[1] based on a wide review of current theories, identifies and contrasts the fundamental emotions according to a set of definite criteria. The three key criteria used include: 1) mental experiences that have a strongly motivating subjective quality like pleasure or pain; 2) mental experiences that are in response to some event or object that is either real or imagined; 3) mental experiences that motivate particular kinds of behaviour. The combination of these attributes distinguish the emotions from sensations, feelings and moods.
an obstacle to living life fully
People with lyme disease or iron deficiencies or any other such ailments may appear to be quite lazy, especially if they forego activities that their friends and families partake in. These problems are especially troublesome if they're undiagnosed, for no one can see or know of a specific cause of a person's inactivity. Of course, all of the possible causes (save the physiological) don't justify a life without accomplishment. Nor does knowing that you're being lazy because of fear compensate for what you miss out on in life because of your unwillingness to act.
Project Avalon - Klaus Dona: The Hidden History of the Human Race
Click here for the PDF version of this interview (20 pages) Click here for the video presentation March 2010 **Ed note: Some transcripts contain words or phrases that are inaudible or difficult to hear and are, therefore, designated in square brackets.
Self-organization
Self-organization occurs in a variety of physical, chemical, biological, robotic, social and cognitive systems. Common examples include crystallization, the emergence of convection patterns in a liquid heated from below, chemical oscillators, swarming in groups of animals, and the way neural networks learn to recognize complex patterns. Overview[edit] The most robust and unambiguous examples[1] of self-organizing systems are from the physics of non-equilibrium processes.
Color Psychology
by David Johnson Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Yet what does it all mean? Why are people more relaxed in green rooms? Why do weightlifters do their best in blue gyms?
Map of Consciousness
A Powerful Framework For Your Personal Growth In this article, I’m very excited to share with you the map of consciousness, developed by Dr. David Hawkins in Power vs Force. This is the same map I alluded to in Are You Sleepwalking Your Life Away? Part 2 post. The reason I’m so excited is because this map is probably the single most powerful tool in your pursuit for personal growth and excellence.
What does political correctness mean anymore? A linguist explains how the far-right has changed the meaning of PC
Not long ago, political correctness stood for an ideal of fairness and open-mindedness. Yet today, “PC” is a widely bashed catchphrase, with politicians gaining popularity worldwide by destroying its rosy image. The list includes US president-elect Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin, and leaders of populist radical right parties in European countries, among them France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Mystery Disks
Alien Connection One of the news stories finding its way across the World Wide Web of late is about a team of Chinese scientists traveling to the remote western province of Qinghai to investigate reports of a mystery pyramid that local legend claims is an ancient launch tower left by aliens. According to the story released by China's state-run Xinhua agency, the mystery pyramid is located on Mt. Baigong in an extremely harsh and uninhabited part of the world. Those who have seen it say there are three caves with triangular openings on the façade.
Five Manifestos for the Creative Life
by Kirstin Butler How a numbered list can start a personal revolution. Some days everyone needs a little extra encouragement. The words or lines or colors don’t want to come, or worse, we don’t even want to sit down to create.
Ive seen it, very interesting thanks . by gabalini Aug 18
The generalizations that you are making about Muslims are not accurate. There is a great documentary on the topic. You should watch it. by tor.nelson Aug 18
- That`s not easy when we talk about Islamists as they operate as soldiers of Allah, the one true God, witnesses to suicide bombers dont see a crazed madman/women, they see someone calm talking to Allah - Ashahdu-Anna-La-Ilaha-Ella-Allah-Wa-Ash… which means, I Bear Witness That There Is No God But Allah And That Muhammad Is His Messenger. Lets just analyse for a second : I know 100% that if I was as a boy dragged to the mosque and fed the qarans words all my life then I would be brain-washed, I would accept that there is but one god and muhammad is his messenger - when I hit my twenties all I will feel is hatred for non-believers. After the words of the qaran are fimly planted in my sub-concious, how could I feel any different ? by gabalini Aug 17
I see what you are saying but dont agree, sorry, the Bible says lots of things but Christians dont follow any of the bibles instructions literally where-as Islamists follow the qaran like an instruction manual of hate !, obviously you have moderate islamists who go about their business on a daily basis but they are also guilty of acceptance of the above, you dont hear of moderate muslims condemning their fellow Islamists and rightly so, as they would be beaten up or worse. If you can honestly say that the qaran promotes peace and tolerance to all religions and people then i`ll quite happily eat my hat. heres a small clippet for you: Those who disbelieve from among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists, will be in Hell-Fire, to dwell therein (for aye). They are the worst of creatures. (98:6) Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve, then they would not believe. (8:55) by gabalini Aug 17
No. I don't think that at all. Extremists in EVERY religion give it a bad name. In Christianity the Bible advocates stoning women, that is pretty hateful and heinous. My theory is that religion is often a stand in for thinking... ie I don't have to decide for myself if "x" is evil cuz the Bible says it is; lack of independent thinking is the foundation for a cult. by bex411 Aug 17
You can make better generalizations if you draw a distinction between fundamentalist practices and religious practices. by tor.nelson Aug 17
Ok, shall we say Islam is an evil cult (after studying the qaran and its hatred there in and seeing the way Islams followers behave ) compared to all other religions ? by gabalini Aug 16
very deep and well-structured analysis of mind control and brainwashing techniques; check out if you plan on writing about cults! by betlamed Mar 22