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News Briefs 21-07-2011

Indignez-Vous!

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Rick, Greg & Nan.

Quote of the Day:

"The Western obsession with productivity has brought the world to a crisis that we can escape only with a radical break from the headlong rush for ‘more, always more’ in the financial realm as well as in Science and Technology. It is high time that concerns for Ethics, Justice and Sustainability prevail."

Stephane Hessel, Time For Outrage [Amazon US & UK].

  1. Parallax and Podcasts
    Re: Radio Misterioso podcast, with guest Norio Hayakawa: a discussion into UFOs Area 51, Bob Lazar, & funerary karaoke.

    “Norio stressed his agnostic approach. Like many others, he has found that interested non-belief is probably the best way to approach the UFO subject as well as so-called conspiracy issues.”
    http://radiomisterioso.com/2011/07/18/norio-hayakawa-non-belief/

    I absolutely agree with this approach. But I think it is important to define ‘non-belief’ so that it is not confused with disbelief.

    Disbelief is a posture of negative judgment.
    Non-belief is also non-disbelief; to neither believe or disbelieve.

    It works better in the realm of the human conceptual than the physical because… like, one can argue all day that a glass cannot be half empty. But it’s a parallax view and sometimes gets lost in the transition.

    Anyway, I wish I could have caught the Hayakawa interview.

  2. Zzzzz
    While awaiting the arrival of Friday’s TDG in my digital portal… there was this mist that rolled in off the mental banks of Lake Patience.

    In this fog there were visions of flying cars at rush hour, and angry, impatient drivers/fliers flashing and crashing into light poles with the flaming debris of their winged sedans and coups falling over those poor folks below still rolling on rubber.

    Then it changed and there was a question about letting the kids borrow the Terrafugia 4Dr for a night out.

    The dream within a dream flew off to scenes of carnage with the carcasses of birds stuck all over the paint job the next morning… and my son, who did not leave enough fuel for me to get to the air-car fillin’ station. The fall was painless. The impact hurt like hell.

    Wake up!

    Nope… nothing new yet. Back to the misty banks and some quality time with Hitler and his All Girl Saucer Squadron…

    1. I get you
      What is the hurry anyway? sure right now a flying car would be a great asset, since my daily commute is 1 hour + in order to cover 40 kilometers from my home to my office. But what if instead of going to the office, i could stay home and skip the commute?

      My car can do 100 km in less than 10 seconds, but my average speed during the week is 25 km/h. We need to change our priorities.

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