Why Aren't You Outraged?

The obedient must be slaves.” – Henry David Thoreau

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"If Wall Street paid a tax on every “game” they run, we would get enough revenue to run the government on." ~ Will Rogers 

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Those who follow the great part of themselves become great men, and those who follow the small part of themselves become small men. – Mencius

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It solves so many problems.

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Practical Sustenance: make Your Calories Count
IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, then I want comfort food. I could use some reassurance these days. But I don’t seem to get it from buying a lasagna out of the freezer section at the grocery store. Once, e…

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"His argument was, you're just not going to find intelligent life elsewhere, and you probably won't find it here for very long either because it's just a lethal mutation. 
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With the environmental crisis, we're now in a situation where we can decide whether Mayr was right or not. If nothing significant is done about it, and pretty quickly, then he will have been correct: human intelligence is indeed a lethal mutation. Maybe some humans will survive, but it will be scattered and nothing like a decent existence, and we'll take a lot of the rest of the living world along with us."

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Human intelligence and the environment
Human intelligence and the environment, by Noam Chomsky (UNC Chapel Hill, September 30, 2011)

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"McGinn himself believes that no matter how much scientists study the brain, the mind is fundamentally incapable of comprehending itself. "We're rather like Neanderthals trying to understand astronomy or Shakespeare," McGinn said. Human brains suffer from a "cognitive gap" in understanding their own consciousness, he said."

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Will We Ever Understand Consciousness? Scientists & Philosophers Debate
From the mind-body duality to Jennifer Aniston neurons, experts discuss what it means to be conscious.

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That is pretty sad for a supposedly intelligent species.

Oil limits are price limits. Indirectly because of these price limits, fuel consumption of all sorts (not just oil) will decline in the near future. The problem will be greater job loss and an inability to afford products of many kinds, including those made with fossil fuels. Financial collapse, particularly of governments, and a long-term decline in population are also part of this scenario.

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Oil Limits and Climate Change
They say that every cloud has a silver lining. If future energy consumption (which is mostly fossil fuel) drops because of a financial collapse brought on by high oil prices and other limits, then,…

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When was the last time you put your hands in the dirt?

“No, it’s not us or them, no matter all the stories we’ve heard about the fierce competition for survival. It is either us and them, or it is death all around.”

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On the Acceptance of Near-Term Extinction – Nature Bats Last
by Gary Gripp. penned 11 May 2013. The world we’ve gotten used to and thought of as normal now turns out to be an aberration — a bubble world based upon the ever-accelerating depletion of non-renewable resources. Fossil energy has fueled an industrial revolution as well as an agricultural …

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Any attempt to “blame civilization” for our modern epidemic of chronic physical and mental disease is fraught with danger. Yet when the advertisers and politicians and media keep telling us life has never been better, the cognitive dissonance with the misery all around us is hard to ignore, and hard not to ascribe to something larger.

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Too Many Rats in the Cage: Civilization Disease « how to save the world
civ disease chart 2. THE CYCLE OF DISCONNECTION. Almost everyone I know is depressed these days. Friends who are renowned as especially intelligent or informed seem to be the most vulnerable to this malaise, so perhaps ignorance is bliss. The brilliant cartoonist at Hyperbole and a Half has just …

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“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May

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“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May

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The new Mother Pelican is out.

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Mother Pelican ~ A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability
Sustainable Human Development

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I am trying to effect positive change within the existing political system. 

Some say I am a dreamer. But I need to start somewhere.

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Thank-you.

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We invite you to explore the Green Party’s new ideas, and to get to know your candidates.

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The new Mother Pelican is out.

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Mother Pelican ~ A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability
Sustainable Human Development

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"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist." – Kenneth Boulding 

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"Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness, will never seek the light."–Bruce Lee

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“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” – Albert Einstein

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When you consider the serious health effects of stress, this is such a simple solution.

“People who reported higher levels of mindfulness described better control over their emotions and behaviors during the day. In addition, higher mindfulness was associated with lower activation at bedtime, which could have benefits for sleep quality and future ability to manage stress.”

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Better Living through Mindfulness | University of Utah News
March 07, 2013 – A new study from the University of Utah shows that individuals who describe themselves as being more mindful have more stable emotions and perceive themselves to have better control o…

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“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be, by remaining what we are.” - Max DePree

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