January 2010
19 posts
He knows about Peak Oil: Bill Gates Warns Of... →
Bill Gates said he fears Earth might become a post-industrial wasteland plagued by heat, chronic food and energy shortages, and rampant disease unless governments and private organizations invest more time and money solving what the Microsoft chairman believes are the world’s most pressing problems.
“If we project what the world will be like 10 years from now without innovation...
Kenyan Sci-Fi Short Pumzi Hits Sundance With... →
Pumzi, Kenya’s first science fiction film, imagines a dystopian future 35 years after water wars have torn the world apart. East African survivors of the ecological devastation remain locked away in contained communities, but a young woman in possession of a germinating seed struggles against the governing council to bring the plant to Earth’s ruined surface.
Like recent standouts District...
Get Naked: It’s Good for Your Brain | h+ Magazine →
Okay, buck naked? I am. Fun. Toes wiggle in the shag carpet. Butt cheeks stick to the chair. Nipples goose-bump. We’re natural… nudists! Our huge organs (skin) tingle with sensual data that’s zipped to our thrilled brains. We feel… wild, healthy, alert, spunky. Alive.
Clothing is crushing us! Trapped in tomb-like textiles, we exile our flesh from experiencing the environment. We...
What health care reform advocates can learn from... →
Worldchanging: Solar Recovery In Haiti: Building... →
Last week’s quake cut electricity to most of Haiti’s capital. Without power, residents and aid workers are struggling to maintain basic communication, lighting and water purification systems.
CBC News had reports of officials queuing to recharge their mobile phones. What power there is comes from gas powered generators, but diesel is running low.
In the aftermath of the quake,...
Hexayurt Country: The Hexayurt Project plan for... →
“Hexayurt Country. It’s not a state of mind, it’s a death rate: over 1%…
10 million people, 200k dead so far. 2% of the population. Hexayurt Country.
The Hexayurt is a tent for the real world. Relief tents are a lie: they last for a year. By the time the tent has rotted and the people are homeless again, the eyes of the media have moved on to some other disaster,...
Overview of Biopolitics | Institute for Ethics and... →
Definition:
bi⋅o⋅pol⋅i⋅tics –noun
A political spectrum that reflects positions towards the sociopolitical consequences of the biotech revolution.
eg; Technoprogressives, Libertarian Transhumanists, Left-Bioconservative Luddism, Right-Bioconservative Luddism, etc.
Naomi Klein Issues Haiti Disaster Capitalism... →
In 2007, Naomi Klein wrote a book called “The Shock Doctrine”, detailing how the shock of disaster has been often used as an opportunity to capitalize off a peoples shock and misery following a disaster. This applies to some of our response to the Haiti situation, and the consequences can be grave. Most talk surrounding financial support to Haiti from the US Gov. is in the form of...
A Brief History of Haitian Poverty |... →
News media frequently notes that Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, but they don’t exactly explain why that is so important(or, for that matter, why Haiti is so poor.) Poverty (eg; poor infrastructure, poor medical-care, no disaster preparation, etc.) played a critical, if not more critical role in producing casualties than the tectonic shift itself. Historically...
After Peak Oil, We'll Have To Rely On Pure Sex... →
Sheep gives birth to human-faced lamb | The Daily... →
Teen found after meeting his 42-year-old online... →
Conservative Blogger Unveils Secret... →