tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post6100395499661235842..comments2024-03-27T16:08:30.313-05:00Comments on The Great Change: Turning the HerdAlbert Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17627996921976501534noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-83797017915900686792021-09-06T20:29:16.973-05:002021-09-06T20:29:16.973-05:00Not sure if this memo goes to the artist of the Bu...Not sure if this memo goes to the artist of the Buffalo herd. Can I use your art to express myself as to what is going on this very day? I’d like to speak more of it to you but don’t wish to leave my personal email in public view. Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294340569393800258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-38068114219319688972013-07-27T21:44:06.950-05:002013-07-27T21:44:06.950-05:00Your wrote:
"It is argued by Naomi Klein, amo...Your wrote:<br />"<i>It is argued by Naomi Klein, among others, that nations are now functioning as brands, running sophisticated PR campaigns designed by their financial sectors for the purpose of gaining expanded markets, access to raw materials, and new populations of debt slaves.</i>"<br /><br />Leaving the analysis of why the sophisticated PR campaigns are being run, the fact that they are dominating media channels is obvious.<br /><br />"<i>From these seeds, with some sunlight, water and the luck of a green thumb, who knows?</i>" <br /><br />Yes, but that sunlight water and luck of the green isn't there if the neo-liberal security state is not being erected but is already in place and actively shaping public opinion away from seeds so in need of nourishment.<br /><br />The herd is not slowing and the outliers are not gaining adherents fast enough. The government does not have the agenda to nourish the seeds. I'm advocating new ways be found to alert the herd. Those in the lead need to have a chance to follow the outliers without being pushed over by the ignorant, controlled wave behind them. - <a href="http://chasingthesquirrel.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><i><b>K-Dog</b></i></a>k-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788296863763985663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-56791373299227454292013-07-19T00:39:07.278-05:002013-07-19T00:39:07.278-05:0067There are signs, if you look for them, that gove...67There are signs, if you look for them, that government can respond positively to these challenges. 'In the twenty-first century many people will be generating their own green energy in their homes, offices and factories and sharing it with one another across intelligent distributed electricity networks, - intergrids - just like people now create their own information and share it on the internet'. <br /> Jeremy Rifkin sees in the merging of renewable energy production with the internet, a democratising and transformational influence on social relationships in education, health, the economy, paving the way for a partnership with nature and the biosphere. His book The Third Industrial Revolution, how lateral power is transforming energy, the economy, and the world, a beacon of hope in desperate times, is an insider's account of what is going on behind the scenes. The Third Industrial Revolution (TIR) and its 5 pillars has been endorsed by the EU in 2007, and several European cities are already developing carbon neutral development plans , eg Rome, Utrecht.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05854328470992145329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1575603731696062553.post-57103079808952506412013-07-17T05:44:46.312-05:002013-07-17T05:44:46.312-05:00Excellent analysis, Albert, and with you as one of...Excellent analysis, Albert, and with you as one of the lead outlier animals we're all in better shape. <br />I see the herd analogy for today's behavior, but our evolution was not as a herd animal when we picture people working together in bands and tribes (without the modern equivalent of work). Regional gatherings like migrations were for enriching gene pools and spiritual recharging.<br />Since the mistake of Western Civilization (for sustaining life), there have been many creative approaches for trying to change society's course in the last century or so. Such as appealing to fun, mischief and chic rebellion: the Yippies. The back to the land trend for wholesomeness and healthier living is still going. <br />But things keep getting worse, apparently unaffected by no end of great projects, studies and art. So, given that revolutions and such don't come without hunger in the belly, perhaps the herd now rushing over the cliff might feel hunger for real food: pristine nature, no GMOs, freedom from invasions of privacy, etc. It needs to be felt from within rather than dependent upon outlier attractions.Jan Lundberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00820776018221427750noreply@blogger.com