Archive for the 'General' Category

Zeitgeist: Addendum

November 3rd, 2008

The continuation for Zeitgeist, the Movie, Zeitgeist: Addendum discusses the Federal Reserve System in the United States, the CIA, corporate America and others, concluding with the advocating of the Venus Project, created by social engineer Jacque Fresco.

Captain Obvious, individual knowledge, common knowledge and social relationships

November 1st, 2008

A child, however, who had no important job and could only see things as his eyes showed them to him, went up to the carriage.

“The Emperor is naked,” he said.

“Fool!” his father reprimanded, running after him. “Don’t talk nonsense!” He grabbed his child and took him away. But the boy’s remark, which had been heard [...]

In Memoriam: Randy Pausch (1960-2008)

July 26th, 2008

“If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.” - Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.

In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked [...]

Healthy mind & smart ideas through diversity

June 20th, 2008

Photo by: chrisjfry
One of the biggest enemies of a healthy mind is uniformity (lacking diversity or variation in its interactions). That is, having a homogenous interaction with the world and filtering out everything that does not fit one’s interests.

Imagine a John Doe who only watches horror movies, listens only to country music, eats only chicken, [...]

The core qualities of personal-development 2.0

January 30th, 2008

photo by: TW Collins
In a comment on my previous post, Z. Hereford raised a very important point; defining the truth and beauty on which I want to build personal-development 2.0 on.

Differing claims on such questions as what constitutes truth and beauty, how to define and identify them, whether they is subjective, relative, objective, or absolute, [...]

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