Phonebloks. An Abundant World. Do you remember the movie Spaceballs? There is a scene in which President Skroob, played by Mel Brooks, reaches into his desk drawer to open a can of clean “Perri-air” after assuring a news agency that “there is absolutely no air shortage whatsoever.” While it may seem ludicrous that there would ever be a scarcity of clean air, living in polluted cities such as Beijing, Manila, or Los Angeles shows that clean air is not as abundant as it once was. For most of us, it is hard to imagine an abundant society. Abundance sounds nice. The concept of living in an abundant world feels good. Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future. Post-Scarcity « Free Northerner. I probably don’t need to regale you about the economic troubles of our generation.
Manufacturing work has been declining for decades hurting the economic prospects of the working class. Professional occupations are now suffering as well, enough so that even the mainstream media gets it. Public Libraries, 3D Printing, FabLabs and Hackerspaces. Fully Charged. Jacque Fresco (2011): Incentive & Motivation (Audio) Noam Chomsky on Work and Human Creativity.
The Venus Project-Scarcity, Justice, Transition, Resource Based Economy. Designing the Future - narrator Peter Joseph. Andrew Buxton - TVPDesign (Z-Day 2011) What about democracy? A Resource Based Economy. What about “Democracy” in an R.B.E.M.? by Peter Joseph. What about “Democracy” in an R.B.E.?
[Originally posted in Aug 2011's TZM Newsletter] Before we begin, the subject of social participation in an R.B.E. is extensive, and to those unfamiliar with other discussions of this issue in our materials it can seem complex and foreign. It isn’t the scope of this essay to be definitive as it would be substantially long. The following presents a basic overview along with select points for consideration. The participatory structure of an R.B.E. is very different from what we know today. A common point made within The Zeitgeist Movement is that our social problems are, in fact, “technical” and not “political”.
They are, in fact, technical by nature and hence each issue can only be resolved by a technical/physical solution. Democracy, technocracy, the free market or the scientific method for social concern? RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation. Zeitgeist Day 2013: Brandon Kristy. Us Now (FULL 60 MIN FILM) Are you ready for the 21st Century? The Networked Society, On the Brink. INTERNET RISING: edu-tainment documentary film. Jacque Fresco - What the Future Holds Beyond 2000 - Nichols College (1999) Food Production in a Resource Based Economy. "Visualizing a Systems Approach" "Thinking in Systems" [Part 7 of 11] Titan supercomputer could be the world's most powerful. Is the new supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Labs the most powerful machine on Earth?
It might be. But we won't know for a few more weeks. Uncloaked on 29 October by Oak Ridge -- a Tennessee lab run by the US Department of Energy -- the Titan supercomputer is a Cray machine made of nearly 19,000 processing units stitched together with 710 terabytes of memory. It can perform 20 thousand trillion calculations per second, or 20 petaflops. Labs' Central Nervous System for the Earth project aims to build a planetwide sensing network: HP Labs Feature Article (November 2009) In the first commercial application of CeNSE technology, HP and Shell will build a wireless sensing system to acquire high-resolution seismic data.
By vastly improving the quality of seismic imaging, the new system will allow Shell to more easily and cost-effectively explore difficult oil and gas reservoirs. The ground-breaking solution will be delivered by HP Enterprise Services, and will include HP’s high-performance sensing technology, a recent breakthrough from HP Labs and the company’s Imaging and Print Group. The solution will provide a better picture of existing and alternative energy resources – allowing Shell to perform more targeted oil exploration and reduce their environmental impact. » Learn more. Computer Science as Resource Management. Many who read about the Resource-Based Economic (RBE) model wonder how such a thing would be possible ever, especially when many consider it to be possible with today’s technology.
There is already a well-established science on resource management and efficient decision-making. Computer science has a significant requirement for the wise management of resources and efficient decisions regarding their use. Much of the hard work of understanding and implementing a Resource-Based Economic Model, or more generally a Natural Economic Model (one which does not use price or ownership systems), has already been considered, implemented, and tested by computer scientists. First, we have to define an “economic system”. According to mainstream economics, it is “The large set of inter-related economic production and consumption activities which aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated.” Fresco. Jacque Fresco New Zealand FULL TV Interview Duben 2010. The Greatest Talk of Jacque Fresco - The Venus Project. Jacque Fresco on Larry King Live Full. TROM: [3](B) Resource Based Economy.
The Venus Project-Resource Based Economy. Zeitgeist: The Summary. ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD. An Intro. to a Resource-Based Economy [ TEDx - Peter Joseph ] Zeitgeist Movement Activist and Orientation Guide. Ben McLeish talks TZM for the coming documentary "Perspectives on Contemporary Britain".
Awakening Full movie by Douglas Mallette. Douglas Mallette Lecture Blindern Oslo Norway. TEDxOjai - Peter Joseph - The Big Question. The Zeitgeist Movement: EXPOSED!1. "Deprogramming Zeitgeist Movement/Venus Project Cult Members" - Off The Cuff Response. Stefan Molyneux on "Is TVP/TZM a cult?" Peter Joseph's Response to "60 Minutes" / Brooklyn Co.Expo [ The Zeitgeist Movement ] Alex Jones Anti-TZM Propaganda Debunked by Peter Joseph - Aug 15th 2012 [ The Zeitgeist Movement ] FAQ. (1) What is The Zeitgeist Movement?
The Zeitgeist Movement is an explicitly non-violent, global sustainability advocacy group currently working in over 1000 Regional Chapters across 70 countries. The basic structure of The Movement consists of Chapters, Teams, Projects & Events. Overall, the Chapters are essentially what define the Movement and each Chapter works to not only spread awareness about the roots of our social problems today but also to express the logical, scientific solutions and methods we have at our disposal to update and correct the current social system and create a truly responsible, sustainable, peaceful, global society.
Working through global and regional educational projects and community programs, the intermediate goal is to obtain a worldwide movement, essentially unifying the people, regardless of country, religion or political party, with a common value identification that we all invariably share, pertaining to our survival and sustainability. Infinite Growth. TZM - Orientation. Download Here The Zeitgeist Movement Defined (Full PDF Book) Who profits? Financial Data to see financial transparency info. About: The Zeitgeist Movement Defined is the official, representative text of the global, non-profit sustainability advocacy organization known as The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM).
This tediously sourced and highly detailed work argues for a large-scale change in human culture, specifically in the context of economic practice. However, in the early 21st century, these problems have risen prominently, taking the consequential form of increasing social destabilization and ongoing environmental collapse. While largely misunderstood as being "utopian" or fantasy, this text walks through, step by step, the train of thought and technical industrial reordering needed to update our global society (and its values) to enable these profound new possibilities.
Response to StormCloudsGathering - TZM is Nonviolent.