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* [http://vimeo.com/32966847 The employment (short movie)] | * [http://vimeo.com/32966847 The employment (short movie)] | ||
* [http://www.positivemoney.org.uk Positive Money]: Positive Money believes that the root cause of many of our current social, economic and environmental problems lies in the way that we allow money to be created. We work to make the confusing world of money and banking much easier to understand.They made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fJqf5kNlVgg#! a short video] on the banking system and creation of debt, proposing a solution within the monetary system. | * [http://www.positivemoney.org.uk Positive Money]: Positive Money believes that the root cause of many of our current social, economic and environmental problems lies in the way that we allow money to be created. We work to make the confusing world of money and banking much easier to understand.They made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fJqf5kNlVgg#! a short video] on the banking system and creation of debt, proposing a solution within the monetary system. | ||
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+ | == Atheism == | ||
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+ | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism.html?fb_ref=talk Militant atheism (by Richard Dawkins, TED talk)] | ||
== Inspiration == | == Inspiration == | ||
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+ | === Quotations === | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-o-TeFtJE Eduardo Galeano. "El derecho al delirio"] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-o-TeFtJE Eduardo Galeano. "El derecho al delirio"] | ||
− | + | * "Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience."[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn Howard Zinn] | |
− | * [http:// | + | * "The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kelley_(author) Tom Kelley] (IDEO manager) |
− | == Interesting technology issues & ideas == | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_H._Pink Dan Pink], author of "Drive": |
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+ | The three most important natural motivators of human endeavor and excellence: | ||
+ | # Autonomy: The urge to direct our own lives. | ||
+ | # Mastery: The desire to get better at something that matters. | ||
+ | # Purpose: The yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. | ||
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+ | "External rewards extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, crowd out good behavior, encourage cheating, become addictive, and foster short-term thinking." | ||
+ | "While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night." | ||
+ | “Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement”, | ||
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+ | * "Chance favours the connected mind!", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Johnson_(author) Steven Johnson] | ||
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+ | * "I spend most of my time changing my mind and recognizing my mistaken beliefs, not because I make more mistakes or have more beliefs than average, I don't think, but because this seems to be the only way I can contribute to human progress." | ||
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+ | === Interesting technology issues & ideas === | ||
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology (TED talk)] | * [http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology (TED talk)] | ||
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* [http://inhabitat.com Design for a better world] | * [http://inhabitat.com Design for a better world] | ||
Contents |
The Venus Project offers a comprehensive plan for social reclamation in which human beings, technology and nature will be able to coexist in a long term, sustainable state of dynamic equilibrium.
The books:
The three most important natural motivators of human endeavor and excellence:
"External rewards extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, crowd out good behavior, encourage cheating, become addictive, and foster short-term thinking." "While complying can be an effective strategy for physical survival, it's a lousy one for personal fulfillment. Living a satisfying life requires more than simply meeting the demands of those in control. Yet in our offices and our classrooms we have way too much compliance and way too little engagement. The former might get you through the day, but only the latter will get you through the night." “Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement”,
Elena's reading of the Spanish translated version, Diseñando el Futuro.