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Jurg on No water no Coca-Cola - 05:09:08
in their recent water report jpmorgan expressly warns investors for water related risks. they say that 'corporate disclosure of water-related risks is seriously inadequate'....
snitcher on Narrative Identity: constructing through stories - 20:08:08
Jorgen:
I think you are really onto somthing with what you say (multiple stories, not just one). aAa is me (a) telling the story of Me (A) to me (a). aAb is me telling the story of me to another (b). bAc is another telling the story of me to yet another (c), and s...
Erik on Television: The Critical View - 13:07:08
:quote: Television is NOT mindless entertainment!:
...This book will teach how to engage your television in a way that is as mentally stimulating as anything I can imagine. Do yourself a favor and get this book! It might take you a couple reads, but it’s well worth...
Erik on The fundamental right to cognitive self enhancement (DYY) - 13:07:08
Prior to the 20th century, there were quite a number of single individual who achieved great works that have yet to be exceeded. Since that time it seems we only gain more evidence that we are not as capable as we once were. Brain boosting drugs may give some of us a gl...
Joris on Is 'green' heading for the same catch-22 as medicines are in? - 04:07:08
Sustainabillity comes with wealth. When people become more wealthy their demands switch from the bare essentials to quality and innovative products. The next step will be to pay a premium for healthy products to support a balanced life style. Sustainability will be part...
Jörgen on Is 'green' heading for the same catch-22 as medicines are in? - 27:05:08
It sounds like a very socialist kind of solution to a problem that was caused by mass production and capitalism. I think the solution should be found likewise. If, like Barber says, capitalism returns to its true essence: supplying goods for the needs of consumers, inst...
Dylan on Drug your child to exceed - 19:05:08
Is it really that bold? Provided one is well informed about the potential risks and benefits of cognitive enhancers, and the risk-benefit ratio is low, then it strikes me as crazy not to use them. I don't know anyone who is short-sighted who chooses NOT to wear glasse...
Jurg on Drug your child to exceed - 19:05:08
very bold statement. why?
did you see the news on the south african athlete oscar pistorius? apparently he is allowed to compete in the 'normal' olympic games. i pre...
Dylan on Drug your child to exceed - 19:05:08
To me, the surprising thing is that 66% of respondents would NOT give their children Ritalin if they knew their kids' classmates were being given it. I would use every possible cognitive enhancer if given a chance, from Ritalin to brain implants....
Almar van der Krogt on Third Media Revolution? He who tells the story, rules the world - 13:05:08
Mission accomplished! This is both amazing and convincing!
Elliott Mayer on The Visual Story: Seeing the Structure of Film, TV and New Media - 03:05:08
This is the first book I've read that taught be how to combine pictures and story. If you want to learn how to employ visual structure so you make a movie with real style, than you MUST get this book. It has a new edition that has much better pictures. I had to buy th...
Haroon on Russia: battling inclusivity vs exclusivity continuously - 21:04:08
I think what you describe as a thinking in black and white and Russia's ambivalent relationship with its neighbours has a lot to do with its geography.
Some countries, like England, Japan, but also the US have natural borders, the most powerful one being the sea, that ...
Arjan on Andrews Cohen's third tier on the Spiral - 19:04:08
Note:
Don Beck his book/ spiral theory is for a huge part based on large scale research. So even the new tiers are not imagined, they are based on research-panels etc. Al his levels are present in the current paradigms. On the contrary Cohen's theory is based on reaso...
Stefan on Andrews Cohen's third tier on the Spiral - 11:04:08
Well, I think the paradigm he describes is a ultimate goal, something to reach for. It is not something to be seen easily in society as a whole, but something for some individuals to experience. Lots of what Cohen said resonated with me to some extend but what really ha...
Jurg on Andrews Cohen's third tier on the Spiral - 11:04:08
stefan, i like your post and i definitely share the same paradigm as you. it is very hard to 'feel' or 'envision' or 'become' what he says. but, i can imagine that in certain events, or certain phases of your life, you stop thinking and you become. does cohen have examp...
Almar van der Krogt on The fundamental right to cognitive self enhancement (DYY) - 11:04:08
Use of brain-boosting drugs reported in survey:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/04/09/brain.drugs/?iref=mpstoryview
blackboard on The concept of 'proudness' and the concept of 'flag' - 08:04:08
Hi, that is sad, but unfortunately reality all over europe, too.
But ii`s just a matter of knowledge. There are plenty very good arguments against death penaltry, and as soon as they are stated only really stupid "hardliners" stay resistant against them.
Curious enou...
Jurg on The concept of 'proudness' and the concept of 'flag' - 08:04:08
i have to correct myself, as the newspaper has done a survey to what the 'followers' of rita verdonk would want as policy for holland. the majority of the people interviewed were for reinstating the death penalty.
still scary, but very different from death penalty in...
Nicolas on The concept of 'proudness' and the concept of 'flag' - 07:04:08
I was only talking about Europeans :-) South America has some similar ingredients, but is another mix, as this interesting story shows: http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=15578&IBLOCK_ID=35...
Flavia on The concept of 'proudness' and the concept of 'flag' - 07:04:08
If I see people burning a flag of my country I would feel angry-hurt. It is irrational (like any feeling :P), because it is just an object, etc. etc.
But anyway, I wonder why I would feel like that. Maybe because I'm not European, or I am not the intelligent type tha...
Jurg on Probiotics reporting shows ignorance and discomfort - 07:04:08
bjorn, what i don't understand is why are we (or de volkskrant newspaper, at least) so scared and confused of this yakult phenomenon. you have any idea why we are so 'happilly' consuming probiotic yakult and scared of probiotic medical treatment?...
Björn on Probiotics reporting shows ignorance and discomfort - 06:04:08
Just remind yourself that Yakult is probiotic, that substance what you had in your own refrigerator ;-) And are you dead? :-)
Jurg on The concept of 'proudness' and the concept of 'flag' - 06:04:08
i am about to read the newspaper, especially the coverage on our new 'queen' Rita Verdonk. what strikes me as totally medieval is her stand on the death penalty. she (and according to the newspaper of yesterday her followers as well) wants to reinstate the death penalty...
Jurg on Probiotics reporting shows ignorance and discomfort - 06:04:08
i tend to agree with what you say, at first glance. but i don't find evidence for that. can you give an example where people are comfortable with 'creatures' in their body doing 'things' for them they don't understand? when, as you say, they really understand what it is...
Björn on The concept of 'proudness' and the concept of 'flag' - 06:04:08
It's especially scary how they got the flags over there... Who arranged it, with what motives? Etc... They don't ask questions to us and also not to themselves about what is all about... That is scary!:-)
Even then, if all (or at least most) people want the same thin...
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