In my last article, Monsanto v. The State of Illusion, I discussed Monsanto and the illusion they have created for themselves that they are an environmentally friendly company full of integrity and respect for the environment. Which then begs the question: Who and what is this Monsanto corporation? Where did they come from? Today, I give you a brief history of Monsanto. Monsanto, based out of Creve Coeur, Missouri, is a multinational agricultural … [Read more...]
Monsanto v. The State of Illusion
There is a recent movie out called "The People v. The State of Illusion," in which the central theme is that most of us live in a state of illusion, captive of our perceptions and thoughts, and this state of illusion can create a living hell for us. Not only do people live in a state of illusion, but companies do also. And one of the biggest perpetrators of living in this state of illusion is Monsanto. Monsanto is an agricultural giant which … [Read more...]
Meditation, Love and Socrates: Words From the Poet Laureate
Today we have three poems from David Tucker, the Poet Laureate of the Quantum Revolution.
The first is entitled Meditation, the next is To Learn How to Love, and the last is Socrates Speaks to the Children.
I hope you enjoy them.
Meditation
We cannot trap
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Amanda Palmer and an Open World
When I interviewed Charles Eisenstein, author of the book "Sacred Economics," for the Interviews with the Leading Edge series, one of the things Charles discussed is what he calls the gift economy. A gift economy is one in which people act in a way without profit motive as their primary reason for doing something. Instead, they perform their service or sell their wares, and let others decide a dollar value for that service. Radiohead used this … [Read more...]
The Evolution of Culture
This guest post is written by Gerard Senehi, who was recently interviewed on the Quantum Revolution site as part of the Interviews with the Leading Edge series. This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Gerard Senehi is the founder of Open Future Institute, … [Read more...]
Meet the Poet Laureate of the Quantum Revolution
David Tucker is the Poet Laureate of the Quantum Revolution. A Vermont-based poet, David is an insightful commentator on our internal and external cultural, spiritual and political milieu. Here is an introduction, from David. And then below the introduction, is his poem Yearning (Autobiography). Dear Reader, I was born in a desolate little oil town in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California. I was raised in a dysfunctional family. I became … [Read more...]
12 Trends – Now and Future – of an Open World
In my previous article, Towards an Open Future, I discussed the two type of systems that operate in the world: Open systems and closed systems. The hope for the future lies in open systems, and that is where the potential for the success of the brewing Quantum Revolution also lies. In that article, I said how closed systems are rigid and mechanistic, and continue doing the same thing and operating in the same way, even if the approach has proven … [Read more...]
Quotes of the Day: 1/2913 – Open Systems
"I think there should be an open system, period...I think education should be free. And there are a lot of ways of organizing it, but it should be geared to the ideal of helping each person, each student, achieve their goals in the best way." - Noam Chomsky “The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take in the world around us. It has given us a brain that survives in a … [Read more...]
Towards an Open Future
“There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics, I refer to the infinite.” – Jorge Luis Borges, in Avatars of the Tortoise Let's start with a basic supposition: open systems succeed, while closed systems fail. What do I mean by a system? A system is anything comprised of complexity: it can be one single individual or a group, forming a collective or organization. An … [Read more...]
Quote of the Day: 1/7/13 – Gurdjieff
The evolution of man is the evolution of consciousness and "consciousness" cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and "will" cannot evolve involuntarily. The evolution of man is the evolution of his power of doing, and "doing" cannot be the result of things which "happen." - Gurdjieff … [Read more...]
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