Konstantin Kisin Gave This Speech :This House Believes Woke Culture Has Gone Too Far, For The Oxford Union Debate Club Which has bee nquite viral the last week. I have edited the speech and added subtitles for those of you for whom english mioght be difficult,...
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The Effects Of The Metaverse On Society
The investment bank Jeffries recently said that the metaverse will be the biggest disruption to how we live that the world has ever seen – and financial firms are looking at the metaverse as a huge potential opportunity. The metaverse is an iteration...
Read moreAn Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans by Kristin Flyntz
Change subtitle into your language. Stop. Just stop. It is no longer a request. It is a mandate. We will help you. We will bring the supersonic, high speed merry-go-round to a halt We will stop the planes the trains the schools the malls the meetings...
Read moreCreative Communities Workshop Documentation
So the first day of the architecture workshop startet with a tour around an in the cathedral led by Ulrich Gehmann and Heiner Weigand. The workshop officially startet with lectures by John Marx and by basislager8 Bernard Prigge
Read moreEventworkshop CREATIVE COMMUNITIES building.future.cities
We want to comprehend the needs of „living people“ and shed light on what insights can be obtained into creative and dynamic urban development removed from immediate constraints. We therefore cordially invite you: ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP CREATIVE COMMUNITIES...
Read moreRediscovering the Timeless Wisdom | Peter Russell
“Awareness of our true nature doesn’t need studious reading of spiritual texts, years of meditation practice, or deep devotion to a teacher; only the willingness to engage in a rigorously honest investigation into the nature of awareness itself. Not an...
Read moreWill the Future Be Human? - Yuval Noah Harari at the WEF Annual Meeting 2018
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari takes to the Congress Hall stage at the World Economic Forum annual meeting, to highlight key challenges posed by data in the era of the technological revolution. Introduced and moderated by Gillian Tett.
Read moreExploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk’s Neon and Noir
From Afrofuturism to the New Weird, nine sci-fi subgenres for understanding what’s to come Source: Medium Daily Digest by Jay Owens “Cyberpunk” has been the go-to imagery of the future for a startlingly long time — Bruce Bethke’s short story of that name...
Read moreThree Dimensions of the Great Turning
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy explains three dimensions of the Great Turning: slowing down, creation of sustainable structures, and a shift in consciousness.Joanna MacyEco-philosopher Joanna Macy, Ph.D., is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory,...
Read moreOur Responsibility in the Anthropocene
We live in a new epoch called the “Anthropocene”, in which human activity is the primary determinant for biosphere health. “There’s never been more reason to be nervous. There’s never been more reason to be hopeful.” ~ Johan Rockström, founding director...
Read moreTshering Tobgay: This Country Isn't Just Carbon Neutral -- It's Carbon Negative_TED Talk
Deep in the Himalayas, on the border between China and India, lies the Kingdom of Bhutan, which has pledged to remain carbon neutral for all time. In this illuminating talk, Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay shares his country's mission to put happiness...
Read moreWhat futures do we want to remember by 2025?
Learn more at: www.iam-weekend.com The complexity, lack of logic and apparent overwhelming nature of ‘current events’ (a.k.a. Trump, Brexit, Climate change, refugee crisis, nuclear vibes, etc) is derivating in a threatening hypernormalisation, full of...
Read moreWhy is Denmark so successful at reducing food waste?
CC BY 2.0 US Department of Agriculture It's all about the culture. Denmark is a superstar when it comes to cutting down on wasted food. In 2015 the Agriculture and Food Council announced that the country had reduced the amount of wasted food by 25 percent...
Read moreA wonderfully GOOD story from rural New Zealand_The Living in Peace Project
From our friend Brigitte right now on the road in New Zealand: Karamea. A community of 650 people in rural New Zealand. A small community with a big vision. Imagine if every traveller and every business took responsibility for their carbon footprint....
Read moreCELEBRATE WHAT’S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD! TEDtalk by Dewitt Jones
Are you discouraged by what's happening in the world today? THEN WATCH THIS! In minutes, you'll rediscover the wonders and possibilities that surround us everyday just waiting to be noticed and celebrated. Find out for yourself why former National Geographic...
Read moreWe can now harvest electricity from Earth's heat using quantum tunnelling
Researchers have come up with a way we could harvest energy from Earth by turning excess infrared radiation and waste heat into electricity we can use. Source Nexus Newsletter By David Nield / Freelance journalist The concept involves the strange physics...
Read moreIntegral City Prototypes for a Planet in Transition
People often ask what is an Integral City or which cities are Integral Cities? The answer often seems to disappoint them, in that you can say “Integral” is not an ideal for a city, but rather a framework for understanding the city as a human system in...
Read moreStruggling With Chronic Illness? HEAL is the One Documentary to Watch
“The body is so intelligent and it’s designed to heal and repair itself at every moment.” ~ Kelly Noonan Gores, producer of HEAL documentary Source: Wake up Newsletter by Carolinne Wright The innate wisdom of the body can heal any disease, any disorder...
Read more12 changes that could shake up the blockchain world in 2018
If there is one thing I have learned in the last two years in the cryptocurrency world, it’s that things change so quickly in this sector, it can humble anybody. Anyone who says he knows what he is talking about, doesn’t! Still, it’s New Year’s Day, so...
Read moreThe cities of tomorrow
Thematic fields © www.deutschland.de The campaign “City of Tomorrow” focuses on four priority topics pivotal to urban development. Energy resources and infrastructure systems ⒸShutterstock Whether looking at a single building, a city block, a district,...
Read moreThis Photographer Shot The Same People On Their Way To Work Over 9 Years
Peter Funch stood outside Grand Central for nearly a decade photographing the daily rituals of commuters. source CO.Design Blog By Katharine Schwab We all have our little morning rituals, whether on the train, at the coffee shop, or while walking into...
Read moreRay Kurzweil’s Most Exciting Predictions About the Future of Humanity
In Brief Ray Kurzweil is a formidable figure in futuristic thinking, as he is estimated to have an 86 percent accuracy rate for his predictions about the future. The future he envisions is one marked by decentralization of both the physical and mental....
Read moreThe Reports Are In: AI and Robots Will Significantly Threaten Jobs in 5 Years
In Brief A report suggests people only have five years before automation and AI threaten jobs and force them to learn new skills for the workforce. The firm PwC surveyed 10,000 people from around the world, revealing people are concerned about automation,...
Read more11 Actions Which Indicate You’re Actually Waking Up
Residents of earth are becoming more conscious in two primary areas. Source: Phillip J. Watt, Contributor Waking Times The first relates to the way in which our planetary social system has been hijacked into a scam to predominately benefit a select few...
Read moreHow whales change the clima
From the makers of "How Wolves Change Rivers", a fascinating insight into Whales' role in our ecosystem. Many thanks to Sustainable Man for another brilliant video.
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