According to David Boyle's Little Book Of Money the lust for gold bankrupted the European economy and prices went up eightfold after the Spanish conquest of...
John, I think you might profitably look at Howard T. Odum's great paper on emergy analysis. (See http://www.dieoff.org/page232.pdf .) As you may know, on my ...
Greetings John and all who follow our links - My thought for the day upon this discussion thread! If David Boyle is right about there only being enough gold in...
... Gold is very useful as a protective coating for stronger but more reactive metals and as a conductor. Diamonds are useful for cutting and abrasion. It...
John, Interestingly, it was at TOES, 1990, that I first heard H. T. Odum speak and learned about eMergy. When I heard that, I said to myself, "That's a good...
Unlearning is more difficult than learning, they say. There is quite a bit to be unlearned in this string. There is also a business adage about falling in love...
Hello William, I am not sure what you think needs to be unlearned in this thread; however, every monetary system that is not based upon immutable physical law...
I share my thoughts as founder of Minciu Sodas http://www.ms.lt and leader of Pyramid of Peace http://www.pyramidofpeace.net regarding our work these next 10...
Andrius said: "I leave us with the question, What is a question that you don't know the answer to, but wish to answer?" My reply: "What is the unique purpose...
John, Thank you for your question! I gain a lot by such personal questions as they give me energy to think fresh, and I think others, as well. I have ...
Hi! I am getting ready to travel on April 20 to Dublin, Ireland, then April 22 to Chicago, Illinois, and then on April 29 to Silicon Valley in California...
Chris Macrae alerted us a few months ago to Nobel Peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus's book "Creating a World Without Poverty" which describes social tools for...
Installing Love Tech Support: Yes, how can I help you? Customer: Well, after much consideration, I’ve decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the...
I share my thoughts about a culture of independent thinkers that I wish to organize over the next ten years or so. I imagine that this might be the kingdom...
Patrick Holden, organic farmer for 30 years near Lampeter in Wales, and chair of the Soil Association, takes a look at the coming oil crisis and its...
Patrick Holden, organic farmer for 30 years near Lampeter in Wales, and chair of the Soil Association, takes a look at the coming oil crisis and its...
Greetings from Las Vegas, Nevada! I have secretly arrived here but today I can share the secret. Do you remember our application for the Knight News...
Salut Andrius, Great news for all! When I read: "Greetings from Las Vegas, Nevada!" and then what followed, I had a spontanious thought that could perhaps...
Benoit and Andrius, I know that Andrius would not contemplate gambling in Las Vegas for many reasons; however, let me relate a story from my youth: I had been...
Betty Kyewa, Sasha Mrkailo, Thank you for your wonderful responses to Fred. Fred Kayiwa, please let me know, What is a question that you don't know the answer...
Sasha Mrkailo, Thank you for your vital work for our Minciu Sodas laboratory for more than a year. I depended on you as we collected stories for My Food...
Chief K. Masimba Biriwisha and I chatted about organizing the Pyramid of Peace to "love our enemy" in Zimbabwe where people have been suffering for decades...
Interesting, I have recently read and thought about Zimbabwe. It reminds me a lot on situation in Serbia during '90 and I am sure it is even much vorse since...
Tom, Thank you for alerting me again to your essay on Truth. http://dematerialism.net/Chapter%203.html#_Toc104446215 I read only parts but I like your writing....
Andrius, In the following two passages I discern the possibility that an imaginary god would be as useful to you as one that existed. You wrote: Imagine that...
Tom and Andrius, There's a famous US preacher who once wrote: "God will not be put into a teat tube!" Benoit Tom Wayburn <twayburn@...> wrote: Andrius, In...
... Montaigne (1553-1592) wrote: "Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens." I thought this list was...
Sorry, John. Andrius posted originally to Living by Truth and Cyfranogi. I will stick to Living by Truth for all correspondence on gods. Tom Wayburn,...
... I wasn't blaming anyone (certainly not you, Tom) for any of these digressions. However, I am (and have been for some time) concerned that those wishing to...
I'm going to put words in the mouth of Andrius - I'm guessing that Andrious is an athiest like myself. I support the un-religions - ((Buddhism and the...
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