New "Human" Paradigm may not need "Economic Growth".

After the 20th century of the "Communism vs Capitalism" polarity, a new Political/Economic Paradigm seems to be Emerging.

This paradigm is controversial.

There are many articles claiming to "debunk" it.

Nonetheless those humans who consider it their responsibility to (at first) try an understand "these things" (the choices and priorities of societies and its consequences for the future of humans), must consider these ideas rather seriously.

The most recent video, I've seen, is this one:

The ideas in above video originate/are-similar-to those of the Zeitgeist Movement:



The Zeitgeist people offer a rather utopian solution: the Venus project.

Communications: Analysis of US copyright law suppressed within 24 hrs of publication

Excellent analysis of US copyright law, suppressed within 24 hrs of publication - Communications

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Julian Assange Interview (2012-12-03)

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) might blaze brighter than the full Moon

New comet might blaze brighter than the full Moon

Genetically, "Arabs and Jews are essentially a single population"

Epiphenom: "Palestinians and Jews are virtually indistinguishable."

The Reason for Everything

I do not find implausible the notion that the reason the whole Universe has existed, is for Vincento Bellini to compose Norma and Maria Callas to sing Casta Diva:

Energy-producing pavement

Energy produced from people walking (Wired UK)

WTF: USA says it 'does not believe in diplomatic asylum'!

AFP: US says it 'does not believe in diplomatic asylum'!

Creepy U.S. government Spying System Revealed by Wikileaks, Which Then Gets Hit by a Massive Attack

Creepy Spying System Revealed by Wikileaks, Which Then Gets Hit by a Massive Attack

Antiparos

Antiparos had a fairly large population in the 17th century.

In 1675, Daniel, a Knight of the Order of Malta, was fighting the Ottoman Turks who were occupying Greece at the time. He used the straight between Antiparos and Despotiko islands as his hide­out from which to raid Turkish ships. He was of course declared a "pirate" by the Ottomans.

One day, off the coast of Despotiko, he found himself surrounded by a Turkish fleet. He and a few men barely managed to set the ships on fire (to prevent them from being captured by the Turks) and to disembark. They went to the inhabitants of Antiparos and asked for safe passage. They even offered great wealth for it.

The islanders pretended to be interested. But they alerted the Turks instead. Betraying the Frenchman and his men, the Antipariotes then turned them over to the Turkish occupiers. As "pirates" this meant certain death.

That could have been the end of the story. However, Daniel's friends, Orange, Honorat and Hugo de Crevellier found out about this act of treachery. They then sailed to Antiparos. Flags waving they disembarked and proceeded to search for and put to the sword ... every man, woman and child of the island. Not a single person survived.

The population of Antiparos thus went down to zero. And then it was as if a curse remained over the island. Every-time it repopulated it was attacked. In 1794, most of its population was again slaughtered and taken captive, by pirates from Kefalonia and Mani this time.

Google reports 'alarming' rise in censorship by governments | Technology | The Guardian

Google reports 'alarming' rise in censorship by governments | Technology | The Guardian

Do numbers EXIST?

Copyright Math

The Forgetting Pill Erases Memories Forever

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_forgettingpill/all/1

Yikes!

Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth

Dailygalaxy about Titan.

The Economist's Europe