Michel Bauwens: When Growth Outpaces Happiness (Corrupt Mis-Appropriation of the Benefits of Growth)

When Growth Outpaces Happiness CHINA’s new leaders, who will be anointed next month at the Communist Party’s 18th National Congress in Beijing, might want to rethink the Faustian bargain their predecessors embraced some 20 years ago: namely, that social stability could be bought by rapid economic growth. As the recent riots at a Foxconn factory …

Review (Guest): Evolutionaries – Unlocking the Spiritual and Cultural Potential of Science’s Greatest Idea

Carter Phipps The Evolution Religion: Making Sense of Evolution,August 15, 2012 By F. Visser “Frank Visser” Carter Phipps has been executive editor of the now defunct EnlightenNext magazine, formerly known as What is Enlightenment? In this role, Phipps did many interviews with leading authorities in the fields of science and spirituality. He also authored many …

Mini-Me: NATO Admiral Says the Future of Global Security is Strategic Communication — Robert Steele Corrects + META-RECAP

Huh? NATO Admiral Says the Future of Global Security is Strategic Communication Written by ruston on August 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment by Scott W. Ruston The title of this post is my interpretation of what ADM James Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of United States European Command (USEUCOM), says …

The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 7 Public Intelligence and the Citizen Extract I

The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Chapter 7 Public Intelligence and the Citizen Extract I Integrity, in my view, starts with the individual human being, and grows in a compounded manner from there.  The citizen must be an “intelligence minuteman.”  The next step in our exploration, beyond the individual human mind and soul, can be found …

John Steiner: Genetic Foods – Transparency, Truth, & Trust versus Tyranny, Toxicity, & Theft

Genetic Engineers Explain Why GE Food Is Dangerous Nation of Change, Sunday 24 June 2012 One of the report¹s authors, Dr. Michael Antoniou of King¹s College London School of Medicine in the UK, uses genetic engineering for medical applications but warns against its use in developing crops for human food and animal feed. Aren¹t critics …

Open Source Everything Manifesto Hits #50 for Democracy

For a tiny book from a boutique publisher, this is huge….there is no advertising budget, no public sales effort, etcetera.  This is a word of mouth rising. Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #50 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Government     > Democracy NOTE:  Amazon is selling the …