The Prometheus Factor

Discussion in 'Economics' started by nitro, Sep 10, 2011.

  1. Nitro,

    I believe you will find a kindred spirit in Jiddu (and U.G., too, but later). Do try to read this if and when time permits:

    http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/freedom-from-the-known/


    "Understanding is not an intellectual process. Accumulating knowledge about yourself and learning about yourself are two different things, for the knowledge you accumulate about yourself is always of the past and a mind that is burdened with the past is a sorrowful mind. Learning about yourself is not like learning a language or a technology or in the present and knowledge is always in the past, and as most of us live in the past and are satisfied with the past, knowledge becomes extraordinarily important to us. That is why we worship the erudite, the clever, the cunning. But if you are learning all the time, learning every minute, learning by watching and listening, learning by seeing and doing, then you will find that learning is a constant movement without the past."

    Edit : I forgot to mention that the many YouTube videos on Jiddu are a good resource, too. A clip where Jiddu talks about the "crisis in consciousness" used in a recent video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BORmMu1quo
     
    #11     Sep 11, 2011
  2. J Ski

    J Ski

    Fusion maybe coming soon.
    I been trying to get hired onto this,
    but not much luck.
    Guess being a French speaking know-it-all
    pollack( my wife says I'm a know it all) don't count for much.

    Would like to see this baby fire up !

    http://www.iter.org/proj
     
    #12     Sep 11, 2011
  3. nitro

    nitro

  4. nitro

    nitro

    #14     Sep 18, 2011
  5. I think it was in dailymail.co.uk, but 2 VERY prominent British Physicists are working towards cold fusion, and said it would be about 18 months before a working model was 'online'.
    They said they could light London for a year on 10K litres of seawater.
    Amazing.
     
    #15     Sep 18, 2011
  6. DT-waw

    DT-waw

    http://www.thevenusproject.com/en/technology/latest-technology


    the world could be free from all materialistic problems in 6 months from now..

    BUT, the humanity is still too dumb for such a change.

    sheeple love to take mortgages for 30 years.
    buy 5x overpriced stuff.
    pay 15% interest on Credit Cards
    . pay for worthless education and be on huge debt at age 25.

    we could have maglev trains inside vacuum tubes and travel at 4,000 mph.
    high quality, super cheap and spacious housing for all.
    abundant food, diamonds, electronics, etc.

    everything you can think off.
    but societies prefer to spend its time and energy on wars, politics, sports, lawyers, cancer industry, trading :D
     
    #16     Sep 18, 2011
  7. And while at it, why not upgrade from internal combustion engine. 80 years approx. and that's the best we have. BS!
     
    #17     Sep 18, 2011
  8. we don't have the best.

    We had the best
     
    #18     Sep 19, 2011
  9. J Ski

    J Ski

    We don't?
    300HP Ford Mustang V-6 that get 31 mph.
    I'd say that's the best.
     
    #19     Sep 20, 2011
  10. KGTrader

    KGTrader

    #20     Sep 20, 2011