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Shift Happens
The pace of change seems to be ever increasing. Can't keep up with it all? Here's a nice little summary, complete with dramatic soundtrack.

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More Shift Happens
14 jan  |  An update to Shift Happens, a very popular web video showing the massive changes that have taken place in human society over the past 100 years and how the pace of change seems to be quickening. . . read more
Why Baby Boomers Failed - From Glen Allport
11 nov  |  Instead of Burning Man, Boomers had Woodstock and the Summer of Love. Instead of rap and video games, Boomers grooved to Stevie Wonder (and a thousand other artists who were focused, as much as anything, on love and peace) and staged massive anti-war protests. “Do your own thing” was the generation’s affirmation of personal freedom and rejection of all forms of repression. “Do whatever you want as long as you aren’t hurting anyone else” was another oft-heard sentiment...

Surely, the repression, conformity, racism, and war-mongering of previous generations were about to give way to a more open, free, compassionate and peaceful world. So what happened? I believe the answer is surprisingly simple. With tragic consequences, Boomers failed to embrace non-coercion, at least where government was concerned – and that one mistake sabotaged everything positive the Boomers stood for, including peace, love, and freedom...

Love and freedom are a connected duality, and each half only works with help from the other. Our job is to move that thought, and eventually that understanding, into people’s minds as widely and quickly as possible. The free and compassionate world – the secret world of our hearts – depends on it. Life itself on this Earth may depend on it. The Boomers stumbled and failed here; their children and grandchildren must not. . . read more

Did You Know?
20 nov  |  Here is a video depicting the frightening brave new world we soon will all be entering. . . read more
Historian vs Futurist on Human Progress
9 jun  |  Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on the overall nature of human progress. . . read more
NYC Underwater - Is This Our Future?
15 jan  |  Breaking news from 2051. A helicopter crew from CNC News captures this shocking view of Manhattan under 25 feet of water. Is this our future? . . read more
Met images of student protester with 'petrol bomb'
14 jan  |  ITN news in England has put together this report looking at the Met in London's investigation into conduct of student protesters over the astronomical fee hike that's about to hit the UK. Kind of makes you wish these students had of been made weapons of mass destruction.  . . read more
A User's Guide to Steampunk
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The Shift
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Sir Martin Rees: Earth In Its Final Century?
21 jan  |  In a taut soliloquy, renowned cosmologist Sir Martin Rees explains why the 21st century is a pivotal moment in the history of humanity: the first time in history when we can materially change ourselves and our planet. . . read more
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