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Chris Hedges shuts down Kevin O’Leary
In an interview with Chris Hedges about the #OccupyWallStreet protests, Kevin O'Leary snaps and calls Hedges a "left-wing nutbar." Hedges retaliates, comparing CBC to Fox News, and stating he'll never interview with them again. Well done.
Read morePutting Our Culture’s Decadence in Check
How we traded in our wisdom for mindless luxury.
Our culture’s lack of wisdom is pulling us further and further away from the consequences of our way of life. We watch television and advertisements that tell us to live an increasingly decadent lifestyle and we happily oblige, indulging in harmful behavior and plundering the planet, covering our ears and
Read moreOff With His Head!
Severing the head of the ego god: Wall Street
John Perkins tells us of a Mayan prophecy that describes a time when a king who represents ego, and greed and exploitation, would have his head cut off by the hero twins; who represent the humans. He would then be replaced by a leader characterized by cooperation, compassion, and sustainability,
Read moreBiophilia
Exploring our innate connection to the natural.
Biophilia might sound like a perverse word (you can’t help but think of pedophilia, a word we’re too familiar with, and that’s given the whole suffix a negative connotation), but it actually defines something amazing about our human nature (BIOphilia, not the other one). The term was first used by
Read moreSapience is in Production
Sapience is currently in production. Stay tuned for more updates.
Read moreAre We Already Living in the Apocalypse?
We may already be living in apocalyptic times, we just choose not to see it.
Are we already living in the Apocalypse? Consider for a moment how we behave on an individual level: waiting until the last minute to finish homework, smoking cigarettes when we know they can kill us, only acting on it once we get ill, eating food we know makes us sick.
Read moreThe Difference Between Wisdom and Intellect
Comparing intellect to wisdom; the true form of intellect.
Throughout our research on Wisdom for the film, we often asked ourselves, what is the difference between Wisdom and intellect (and we capitalize the word Wisdom purposely here)? The answer—at first—was difficult to find. Intellect is often misunderstood as a measurement of one’s intelligence, but it’s better defined as the ability
Read moreMoving Towards Sapience
Embracing Indigenous Knowledge as a way forward.
In looking for an elective to fill my university schedule this year, my curiosity was most piqued by the idea of a women’s studies minor. I can say most people who I shared this with rolled their eyes or made a joke, but I tried to assure them (not always
Read moreFrom KillCap to WikiSwarms, by Micah White
Welcome to the thrilling world of WikiSwarms, the culture jammer game being played right now in which the future of the Earth is at stake. By Micah White
Guy Debord, the maverick Situationist philosopher, practiced living as if it were a game because he theorized that doing so could spark a revolutionary upheaval. "The sole thrilling direction remains the fragmentary search for a new way of life" beginning with "systematic provocation" that transforms existence into a "integral, thrilling
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