Andrew J. Galambos “Humans develop evermore powerful knowledge and therefore evermore powerful tools. When tools are used to harm other humans they are called weapons. Since human knowledge can grow […]
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”Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly right now.” -Buckminster Fuller
Kamen’s Personal Transportation Device
By Amy Harmon New York Times Online The mystery transportation device being developed by the award-winning inventor Dean Kamen—the subject of continuous fevered speculation since provocative clues and predictions surfaced […]
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Dean Koontz Not one day in anyone’s life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem, no matter whether you […]
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Timothy Wilken A character in the Dean Koontz’ novel From the Corner of His Eye, Reverend Harrison White explains: “Each smallest act of kindness reverberates across great distances and spans […]
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Timothy Wilken Progress + warfare = human extinction We are Time-binders and the mark of human power is everywhere. When knowledge is incorporated into matter-energy, it becomes a tool. As […]
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Timothy Wilken In the future, an advanced synergic organization could replace government as we know it today. This organization might perform all the positive functions of present government with none […]
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Timothy Wilken A number of readers have written with concerns about the terminology I chose to describe the “Gift Tensegrity” (GT). Some have suggested changes. First, I want to state […]
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Gary Alexander In our economic ecosystem the first two sets of sub-system boundary issues to consider are: that the major producing organisations’ boundaries separate them from their clients/customers that their […]
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More Dialogue on Gift Tensegrity
James North writes with concerns making the GT work for the poor—for those with less to gift:”I think the ‘urgency’ issue is big factor. I wonder if that ‘urgency’ might […]
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Timothy Wilken The creation of a new system for the exchange of goods and services is an enormous challenge. The design of the Gift Tensegrity must therefore be a work […]
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