a true real-time democracy was on the way. “One day soon,” he said, “we will be able to click a thing on our wrist to say ‘I like it’ or ‘I don’t like it,’ and that will be our vote.” Bucky’s ideas generally came about fifty years in advance of reality, which means real-time democracy should arrive by about 2020. Considering recent political events, another Bucky thought to ponder is this: “When something is broken, don’t try to fix it. Create a new model that renders the old one obsolete.” Bucky said successful global air traffic control is proof that we can cooperate despite our differences. “You may ask how we are going to resolve the ever-accelerating dangerous impasse of world-opposed politicians and ideological dogmas,” he said. “I answer, it will be resolved by the computer. While no politician or political system can afford to yield understandably and enthusiastically to their adversaries and opponents, all politicians can and will yield to the computer’s safe flight-controlling capabilities and bring all humanity in for a happy landing.” Surely there will soon be an app for that.
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Added by Michael Grove at 11:26 on December 17, 2017
une as recorded by our radars and air traffic management systems. An early prototype version of this system, was the one which I utilised many moons ago during my discussions with American Express, about the possibility of utilising such a system as an adjunct to their Departure/Arrival Systems at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. During one of my meetings with them in Brighton, I was given access to their hyper-security centre where, as part and parcel of showing me the extent of their systems processes • they asked if I would like a demonstration of the very basic process which took place during authorisation of an AMEX CARD purchase • which they then proceeded to demonstrate to me in real-time so to speak. Surprise, surprise however, that several screens of columns of AMEX CARD holders named Michael Grove appeared, which certainly provided a very thought provoking yet humbling experience.
The camera has been fixed in one position and activity is shown at 800 times faster than real time. The time runs from midnight to midnight and shows the arrival of early morning traffic coming across the Atlantic in the early hours, the build up through the day and then the calming of flows into the night before the pattern repeats.NATS provides air traffic control services in UK Airspace 24x7x365.
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ZEN is TAO and NOT ZEN without TAO
ZEN is BUDDHA and NOT ZEN without BUDDHA
TAO & BUDDHA are independent & of ZEN
ZEN is dependent on TAO & BUDDHA as ONE
Added by Michael Grove at 15:51 on November 16, 2010