17/10/2018

Stephen Hawking's newly published essays reveal dark prediction: Wealthy will create 'superhuman race'

Hawking, who died in March, writes that he is sure breakthroughs in genetic engineering will allow people to create a superhuman race within this century. He also predicted that while laws will try to prevent it, the rich and greedy will be unable to resist the temptation.

"I am sure that during this century, people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression," he wrote.

"Laws will probably be passed against genetic engineering with humans. But some people won't be able to resist the temptation to improve human characteristics, such as memory, resistance to disease and length of life."

Hawking added that the emergence of a superior race will soon lead to implications for "unimproved humans" who he presumed will eventually "die out or become unimportant."

He also warned that "once such superhumans appear, there will be significant political problems with unimproved humans, who won't be able to compete." His dire prediction continued that those being outpaced in the human development race will either die out or become unimportant, leaving "a race of self-designing beings who are improving at an ever-increasing rate."

Stephen Hawking's newly published essays reveal dark prediction: Wealthy will create 'superhuman race'

Luke Faulkner

Pluto in particular (in Capricorn 2008-23) is doing its job well

Capricorn is the sign of civilization. It was after Pluto’s ingress in 2008 that questioning picked up steam: How could a country with off-the-charts gun violence, prohibitively priced healthcare, and out-of-control income disparity describe itself as civilized?

Pluto in particular (in Capricorn 2008-23) is doing its job well, eviscerating all standards of normalcy in national life.

And what’s our job, as astro-citizens? It is to hold things in perspective. We may do other things, too, but our main job is to hold onto the big picture.

The biggest picture, the one looming behind all the global crises and hourly political scandals, is told by the cycle of Pluto. It tells us that the governing institutions of the world are being purged.

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How Big Oil Conquered the World

04/09/2018

Lao Tzu's four cardinal virtues on how to live a more meaningful life

Lao Tzu's four cardinal virtues on how to live a more meaningful life

Many centuries ago, Lao Tzu, spoke of the four cardinal virtues, teaching that when we practice them as a way of life, we come to know the truth of the universe. The ancient Chinese master said that living and practicing these teachings can open you to higher wisdom and greater happiness, as they realign you to the source and enable you to access all the powers that source energy has to offer.

"When you succeed in connecting your energy with the divine realm through high awareness and the practice of undiscriminating virtue, the transmission of the ultimate subtle truths will follow." Lao Tzu

21/08/2018

There are plastics and then the chemicals that are added to them

Environmental epidemiologist: We are guinea pigs in a worldwide experiment on microplastics

Microplastics, microplastics everywhere

One of the main problems with plastics is that although we may only need them fleetingly - seconds in the case of microbeads in personal care products, or minutes as in plastic grocery bags - they stick around for hundreds of years. Unfortunately, much of this plastic ends up as environmental pollution.

As for human exposure, no direct studies have been conducted but microplastics have been found in virtually all bodies of water on the planet, and on agricultural lands. They have been found in shellfish, sea salt, honey, beer, tap water, bottled water, and even air. Thus, ingestion and inhalation of microplastics are of concern as routes of exposure.

20/08/2018

Rajneeshpuram & Healing (response to Wild Wild Country)

Foods with healing cannabinoids

You can still benefit from the same cannabinoids that give the cannabis plant its medicinal properties, without consuming cannabis. There are several foods rich in cannabinoids that benefit the body's endocannabinoid system. This system is responsible for helping the body maintain internal balance, also called homeostasis.

Foods that support the function of the endocannabinoid system are pivotal to overall health and well-being. Here are five foods that contain healing cannabinoids and offer therapeutic benefits similar to cannabis.

Foods with healing cannabinoids

Through direct and indirect actions, endocannabinoids are known to influence a wide range of physiological systems, including appetite, pain sensation, inflammation, temperature regulation, intra-ocular pressure, muscle control, energy balance, metabolism, sleep health, stress responses, motivation, mood, and memory. Together, this biological system of lipid mediators, proteins and receptors can be referred to as the 'endocannabidiome.'