“The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
Category: Earth
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Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Most Astounding Fact
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Isaac Asimov – How to Save Civilization
“I never considered myself a patriot. I like to think I recognize only humanity as my nation.”“Anti-Intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.”
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Related – World Without Money – Will Mankind Destroy Itself – Internet & Learning
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Gregg Braden – The Holographic Nature of The Universe
“There is only one of us here. We’re unity by nature.”
“That unity consciousness is moving collectively towards this rare moment in history”
“We have direct access to the creative forces of our world”
“The science of compassion may be the most ancient science, that allows us to gracefully transcend the great challenges of our life, with grace”
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David Icke – Crazy People
David Icke along with Alan Watts, Carl Sagan, Krishnamurti, Bill Hicks & John Lennon
We need a “Revolution of Perception”
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Donald Duck – Mathmagic Land
Through this journey, Donald shows us how mathematics is not just numbers and charts, but magical living things.
– Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)“The cartoon is a good medium to stimulate interest. We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject.”
– Walt DisneyRelated – Geometry of Circles – Fibonacci Numbers – 4th Dimension
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George Carlin – Extreme Human Behaviour
“You know what’s interesting about assassination? Well, not only does it change those popularity polls in a big fucking hurry, but it’s also interesting to notice who it is we assassinate. Ya ever notice who it is, got to think who it is we kill? It’s always people who’ve told us to live together in harmony and try to love one another. Jesus, Gandhi, Lincoln, John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, John Lennon – they all said, “Try to live together peacefully.” Bam! Right in the fucking head! Apparently, we’re not ready for that. Yeah, that’s difficult behavior for us. We’re too busy thinking around, sitting around trying to think up ways to kill each other.”
– George Carlin
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Michio Kaku – Will Mankind Destroy Itself?
“It’s humbling to realize that the developmental gulf between a minuscule ant colony and our modern human civilization is only a tiny fraction of the distance between a Type 0 and a Type III civilization – a factor of 100 billion billion, in fact. Yet we have such a highly regarded view of ourselves, we believe a Type III civilization would find us irresistible and would rush to make contact with us. The truth is, however, they may be as interested in communicating with humans as we are keen to communicate with ants.”
– Michio Kaku
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Happy Earth Day
Pink Floyd – “Mudmen” – from “Obscured by Clouds” 1972
“To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.”
– William BlakeRelated – Pale Blue Dot – Severn Suzuki at Earth Summit – Earthlings