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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie5zO-mF31M Workers of the world... Relax!] (10min): A philosophical treatise against the practice of forced labor for income. | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie5zO-mF31M Workers of the world... Relax!] (10min): A philosophical treatise against the practice of forced labor for income. | ||
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− | * [http://www.cveitch.org Charlie Veitch and The Love Police] | + | "El mundo trata a los niños ricos como si fueran dinero, para que se acostumbren a actuar como el dinero actúa. El mundo trata a los niños pobres como si fueran basura, para que se conviertan en basura. Y a los del medio, a los niños que no son ricos ni pobres, los tiene atados a la pata del televisor, para que desde muy temprano acepten, como destino, la vida prisionera. Mucha magia y mucha suerte tienen los niños que consiguen ser niños." Eduardo Galeano |
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+ | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNJvvYOtm6Q Consuming Kids]- The Commercialization of Childhood (1h06). On the practices of a relentless multi-billion dollar marketing machine that now sells kids and their parents everything from junk food and violent video games to bogus educational products and the family car. [[Image:creepy.png|400px]] | ||
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+ | * [http://www.cveitch.org Charlie Veitch and The Love Police], on Civil disobedience | ||
== Education == | == Education == |
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.
Spanish Venus Project Group in Facebook.
The books:
The Zeitgeist Movement is a global nonprofit organization for the abolition of money and promotion of a global socioeconomic system in which all resources would be equally shared.
Series of talks by Peter Joseph
Radio programs with Peter Joseph on the Orientation Guide:
Other talks:
"El mundo trata a los niños ricos como si fueran dinero, para que se acostumbren a actuar como el dinero actúa. El mundo trata a los niños pobres como si fueran basura, para que se conviertan en basura. Y a los del medio, a los niños que no son ricos ni pobres, los tiene atados a la pata del televisor, para que desde muy temprano acepten, como destino, la vida prisionera. Mucha magia y mucha suerte tienen los niños que consiguen ser niños." Eduardo Galeano
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
The goal of the future is full unemployment so we can play!
Technology was never meant to increase productivity and growth so that we can work for longer hours, anywhere, any time, from any device. That's insanity. It was meant to make our lives better.
Elena's reading of the Spanish translated version, Diseñando el Futuro: