beachplastic.com found at YesMagazine.
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I would like to see politicians, companies and people talk about the issues raised in Zeitgeist: Moving Forward. I went to the premiere a few days ago. The movie describes problems with the current way things work in the planet, and it also describes a resource based economy where things would work very well. Most of the issues were already known to me, either from the two previous movies, from blogs and news, or from carefully observing what goes on around me. But I think there is a crucial part missing in this movie: The Transition. It does not talk about it.
Things can not go at the current pace forever because we are needing more and more every day, but the production of some substances can not keep increasing at the required speed to match the demand, in fact, we are running out of some substances. That means there must be a transition to a new way of doing things. If things go well, this transition can happen without any troubles. But it can also be full of them. I consider myself a positive person, sometimes idealistic. But in this case I have a hard time imagining a smooth transition. Scientific discoveries could mitigate or even avoid a large global crisis, but betting everything on such discoveries is quite risky if we don't have a plan B. On the other hand, it's probable that there are "B plans" out there, but they are kept secret to avoid panic. Just talking about it would scare the hell out of some people.If I am thinking about this future, and people I know sometimes do too, I'm sure there is at least one person in a position of power wondering about how life will be in a few years and about how to, if in any way, prepare for it. I say at least one because it looks like some prefer just to have fun and avoid those troubling thoughts altogether. What is obvious is that it's not issue number one, it's not discussed in the news but only in some documentaries and blogs. And what do you do if you think there is something important that needs attention but it's just not happening? Is there anyone in control?All this makes me wonder about the idea of the present in Buddhism. Not thinking about past and future makes people happier but, is it right to only focus on the present? It sounds a bit irresponsible. I wonder how does Buddhism view this issue.The keynote at the 27th Chaos Computer Congress "We come in peace" by hacker Rop Gonggrijp relates to the coming changes we will have to face. You can download it here in different video and audio formats (recording 4302).Rewritten / updated on 18.01.11 12:45 -
Ayer vi el documental "Comprar, tirar, comprar. Pirámides de desperdicios" sobre la obsolescencia programada en La 2. Me pareció importante compartirlo con los demás, así que aquí está (creo que hasta el 24 de enero más o menos):
Mientras veía el documental me preguntaba cuanta gente en España estaría haciendo lo mismo. 10.000? 20.000? resulta que ya al terminar el documental las palabras "obsolescencia programada" era "trending topic" en Twitter España, o sea, que era el tema más discutido en la red en ese momento. Sorprendente.
Hace un par de años me vino a la cabeza la idea de que vamos todos en un tren a toda velocidad hacia una pared. Algunos de los que van en el tren se dan cuenta, pero son ridiculizados o no se les escucha por que otros hablan más fuerte. Me sorprendió escuchar exactamente la misma idea del vehículo que va hacia la pared en el documental, creo que mencionada por el profesor Serge Latouche. Aunque no me alegra no ser el único que lo piensa.
Aprovecho para enlazar al vídeo "Story of Stuff" (La historia de las cosas) traducido al español, que describe en 20 minutos de donde vienen las cosas que compramos y a donde van a parar cuando las tiramos a la basura.
Gracias a Cosima Dannoritzer por el documental, y a RTVE por emitirlo.
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Now it's even more fun to learn math, physics or other topics. The interface is more game-like and you get points and badges for learning. Education for free, good and easy. Visit the Khan Academy and log in using your Google or Facebook account, so the system can remind you which videos you have already seen and suggest appropriate exercises.
Read also my previous post about Khan Academy.
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Berlin before I left.
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I'm so happy about my birthday present! I received it one week early :) It's called Panorama Corrector 2. It's Windows only, but thanks to Wine and Irfanview it works perfectly under Ubuntu.
With it I can remove any kind of perspective distortion from my photos with a few clicks, resulting in perfectly vertical and horizontal lines. I will post some examples after I do more work with it. -
Puedes elegir un rectángulo naranja o cualquier otra cosa.
