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Are corporations psychopaths?
In my reblog of Paul Handover’s post a couple of days ago I made a comment about the ‘psychopathic creed of the corporations: profit at any cost‘. I’d like to back that up with some facts…. Here’s a definition of … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Capitalism, Core thought, Culture, History, Strategy
Tagged cognitive dissonance, corporate responsibility, corporation, ethics, habituation, injustice, morals, stupid
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Let’s Play… cut down a tree today
EXT. DENSE WOODLAND – DAWN Mist swirls amidst the trunks of the trees of an ancient forest. BURLY MAN arrives, clearly a lumberjack, armed with a large axe. He chops down a tree. FADE OUT FADE IN The sun rises. … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Capitalism, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Fantasy, GCD: Global climate disruption, Just for laughs, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged ancient forest, boundaries, cognition, forestry, growth, habituation, lumberjack, stupid, sustainability, trees
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Ding, dong, the witch is dead
On the radio yesterday I heard the compère read out a tweet that described as ‘obscene’ the act of spending £10k£10m from the public purse on a funeral for the Iron Lady. (I agree with that stance myself; but then … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Drama, Economics, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, News and politics, People, Phlyarology, Strategy, Tributes
Tagged Change, coal, cognitive dissonance, environment, fossoil, habituation, injustice, Iron Lady, perception, safety, Thatcher, UK
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Oblivious to the crash
(With thanks to Guy McPherson on TransitionVoice.) From “The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future” (Daedalus, Winter 2013) by Oreskes and Conway (who you may know from their seminal book Merchants of Doubt): By blocking anticipatory action, … Continue reading
Stop, you fools—you’ll kill us all!
All truth passes through three states: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. And third, it is accepted as self-evident. So said Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788–1860) – or perhaps that was someone else. First they ignore you, … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, crowdsourcing, News and politics
Tagged 'common' sense, habituation, omnicide, sustainability, world parliament
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Illusion and reality
As well as being a phlyarologist, I’m a wannabe poet. I think that poetry is like any art form: it has subjective value, modified by our perceptions. Since we’re all different, we’ll each come to our own decisions of the … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?
Tagged boundaries, cognition, habituation, illusion, reality, Star Wars, Steve Martin
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Deniergate burbles on below the mass media radar
The fizzling of the scandal not yet formally known as ‘deniergate’ continues to fester in the murky fringes of reality, as revealed recently in Desmogblog, Huffingtonpost and Peter Sinclair’s Crock of the Week. That the devious deceptions, threats and prevarications … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, News and politics
Tagged deniers, FUD, habituation, manufacturing doubt, stupid
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It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it
As a phlyarologist, I understand that words matter. It’s often not what you say that counts, what’s far more important is how you say it (as a very good friend of mine is so fond of pointing out). Choosing one’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 'common' sense, cognition, cognitive dissonance, consensus, FUD, habituation, manufacturing doubt, risk
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The Story of Broke
Annie Leonard waves her hands around far too much for my liking. But what I do like in her latest presentation is that she’s not just mirroring my own chief grievance (ie: our society is seriously broken and needs fixing) … Continue reading
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