Futurist and author Robert Theobald died in November of 1999. Two years before his death, he gave a series of lectures that eventually became his final book which was published as […]
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Living Without Fossil Fuels
Arthur Noll has a lot of real experience in living off the land. As we move towards fossil fuel depletion, we might benefit from his thoughts. Arthur Noll I’m living […]
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The following dialogue was presented on Radio National, a part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in 1998. From the program intro: Robert Theobald, is discussing the subject of learning. His guest on the program is […]
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Futurist John Petersen reflects on his attendance at the World Economic Forum which was held in Davos, Switzerland in January 2001. John L. Petersen As the setting sun leads us […]
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Dr. David Reed is an independent entrepreneur, advisor and consultant. His career includes four years at Interval Research Corporation, exploring portable and consumer media technology. Seven years as vice president […]
Continue readingDavid Brin’s Naked Truth About Privacy
In our quest for future security in a high tech and overpopulated world one model that promises to give us such safety is the transparent society. This means the public […]
Continue readingEconomic Efficiency = Social Darwinism
Jay Hanson is known as the Paul Revere of the FossilFuelDepletion-GlobalWarming-OverPopulation Crisis. He, as well as many first rate energy scientists, see no solutions. Hanson fears a die off in which billions of humans […]
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Synergy means working together–operating together as in Co-Operation– laboring together as in Co-Laboration–acting together as in Co-Action. The goal of synergic union is to accomplish a larger or more difficult […]
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Sister Joan Chittister “Try saying this silently to everyone and everything you see for thirty days: ‘I wish you happiness now and whatever will bring happiness to you in the […]
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The following dialogue was presented on Radio National, a part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in 1998. Robert Theobald & Robert Stilger Robert Theobold: Each of these Healing Century programs starts from the assumption that […]
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