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2012/09/202012/09/20

Theophillis Goodyear: 1992 Explicit Warning Ignored by USA and Others

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity (1992) Union of Concerned Scientists Some 1,700 of the world’s leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel laureates in the sciences, issued this appeal in November 1992. The World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity was written and spearheaded by the late Henry Kendall, former chair of UCS’s board of directors. INTRODUCTION …

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2012/08/162012/08/16

Theophillis Goodyear: Experts, Wisdom, and the Public

I’m a talented nobody. I don’t even have an associates degree. And it’s been my experience that some of the the most educated people tend to underestimate the importance of educating the general public. Professionals tend to see the public as people to be managed by professionals. They see them as people who are sick, …

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2012/07/21

Theophillis Goodyear: Stolen Truths

Sometimes it occurs to me that all of our complex terminologies tend to overcomplicate the simplest and most important things, when sometimes a simple phrase can cut through all the illusory complications. Truth is the most precious of all human commodities. And the people and institutions who control virtually everything in our world . . . …

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2012/07/052012/07/05

Theophillis Goodyear: The Essence of Shared Power Over Absolute Power

I watched the video of that French guy. He’s absolutely right, of course. The best way to get points across is through simile, metaphor, and allegory. This movie from 1936 illustrates the principle. The Man Who Could Work Miracles If you need a break but want to combine work with leisure, this movie suits that …

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2012/06/242012/06/25

Theophillis Goodyear: Edgar Morin as “Root” for Sy-Bernetics

Every avenue of vital feedback is jammed, mostly by mega media corporations, but also by other social institutions, like collectives of public “servants.” The result is like the original “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” Paralysis. Nothing moves. In pursuing various lines of inquiry, I keep coming up with one name: Edgar Morin. He was …

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2012/05/27

Theophillis Goodyear: Montreal Pots And Pans Video Of Protest Against Bill 78 Goes Viral

Montreal Pots And Pans Video Of Protest Against Bill 78 Goes Viral A video of protesters banging pots and pans on Quebec streets is going viral on social networks. Posted on Friday afternoon, the beautiful black and white film shows protesters of all ages taking to the streets to protest the emergency law Bill 78. …

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2012/05/102012/05/10

Theophillis Goodyear: US Propaganda Disaster? Officers Taught They Must “Nuke” Islam? + RECAP

According to Wired Magazine: U.S. Military Officers Taught: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam EXTRACT: For the better part of the last decade, a small cabal of self-anointed counterterrorism experts has been working its way through the U.S. military, intelligence and law enforcement communities, trying to convince whoever it could that America’s real …

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