s mind-blowing for me, as a dyslexic 3D thinker, because my own vision as a child was of a future time when we would be able to personally experience a simulation of the reality such that we would not be able to tell the difference between the simulation and the reality.
Many moons later in California, whilst speaking to the female dyslexic designer of the very latest Silicon Graphics workstation - I was introduced to Thomas West's epic book IN THE MIND's EYE - as a result of which I helped to set up an event of the same name.
Most of the 73 exhibitors were
members of the ADT - otherwise
known as the Arts Dyslexia Trust
and the idea was to present work,
not only from the fine arts, but
from designers of all kinds
including scientists and engineers.
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t from our deeper sense of who we are as beautiful souls—we withdraw from life instead of
enjoying it. Laughter brings us back to ourselves and back to life.”
Sonia Choquette from Trust Your Vibes
*tickle tickle*What have you laughed at lately?!? If you’re looking for a GREAT chuckle, I think you’ll dig this
YouTube clip called “Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy” by comedian Louis CK on Conan
O’Brien’s show talking about, among other things, how it should be illegal to complain about
anything when sitting in a chair in the air (aka flying)! It’s HILARIOUS and an incredible reminder
on how easily we can take life’s gifts for granted. :)
And, here’s one of the 33 “six sensory practice” exercises that concludes the chapter called
“Laughing Matters”: “This week, laugh a lot. Look for the humor in things: Sing in the shower,
create shampoo sculptures with your hair in the bathtub, make funny faces while brushing
your teeth, read humorous books, rent comedies, go to a karaoke club with a friend and join
in, call your best pal from grade school and reminisce, goof around with your kids, and play
with your dog. In other words, get over your seriousness and let your hair down! Fake it if
you have to, but do a good job of it. Don’t worry if you look foolish—the more foolish you
are, the more enlightened you’ll feel.”
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vernments tell you how valuable our banking system is, and how important our financial services sector is, don’t believe them. Most of it is as valuable to our lives and as energetically parasitic as a Flu virus. For sure, we need old-fashioned banks who help us move money around, and take care of our savings. Possibly we need insurance companies to help us deal with life’s risks. Maybe there is even some sense in having companies which manage investments – if that process can be removed from the paper-casino it currently lives in and revert to supporting companies to buy plant and equipment, or cover their trading cycles. But a City of London filled with financial institutions generating huge fantasy debts which we, our children and our grandchildren are supposed to pay back? They’re not worth the paper they’re NOT written on.
BUT - WHAT IF Nassim Taleb's "Black Swans" were engineered by a group of men -
living together in society today - as a result of information asymmetry ?
" When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society - they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorises it and a moral code that glorifies it "
Frederik Bostiak
Governments should be afraid of their PEOPLES -
and the PEOPLE should not be afraid of voting into
power - GOVERNMENTS
- of the PEOPLE
- by the PEOPLE
- for the PEOPLE
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c Framed Wellington bomber and you from your
own thoughts of him on his 'critical-path' sail-boat trips around
the lighthouse as well as his in-depth understanding of the urgent
need to address the potential of climate change disaster and his
dream of the potential of an EDEN-PROJECT like INITIATIVE,
which his daughter Allegra Fuller Snyder visited • in her capacity
as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Buckminster Fuller
Institute and most certainly established as an exemplar of the way
forward • with respect for and regard to the issue of Climate Change,
in juxtaposition to the likes of Lord Lawson, who has a history of
controversial appearances on the Today programme, to make a
number of inaccurate claims throughout his interview, which has
already attracted widespread criticism from scientists.
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