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March 2008 
The Story of Stuff
Posted on Dec 5th, 2007
by 
Rich
Rich
It's the Christmas season... don't forget to buy people lots of stuff because they are buying you lots of stuff.
Wake up! Look at what is going on around you!
One of the painful aspects of "waking up" is that you suddenly become aware of what is really going on all around you. Once you step outside of "normal" thinking, you see how fucked up and chaotic the world is around us.
I know that everything is perfect... ahhh... Absolute Perfection.
Umm, can I say that it is perfectly fucked-up? If we were trying to create a system that provided short-term pleasure for a very small percentage of the population... then I guess you could say that we have succeeded. Perfectly created system to benefit the few.
Concentration of wealth. Power over. For some... perfection. For most others... pain and fear.
What is the alternative? Balance. There will always be dark energy in the world, that's the nature of duality. Let's bring light and dark into balance.
This 20-minute video shows how we, citizens of earth, are co-creating an unbalanced reality. The more we know about what is really going on around us, the better we will be able to make decisions about how to take action.
Wake up! Look at what is going on around you!
One of the painful aspects of "waking up" is that you suddenly become aware of what is really going on all around you. Once you step outside of "normal" thinking, you see how fucked up and chaotic the world is around us.
I know that everything is perfect... ahhh... Absolute Perfection.
Umm, can I say that it is perfectly fucked-up? If we were trying to create a system that provided short-term pleasure for a very small percentage of the population... then I guess you could say that we have succeeded. Perfectly created system to benefit the few.
Concentration of wealth. Power over. For some... perfection. For most others... pain and fear.
What is the alternative? Balance. There will always be dark energy in the world, that's the nature of duality. Let's bring light and dark into balance.
This 20-minute video shows how we, citizens of earth, are co-creating an unbalanced reality. The more we know about what is really going on around us, the better we will be able to make decisions about how to take action.
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
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whatever iPhone ;)
whatever… you want one! ;-P
I think we are close to the end of physical technology. I hope that I never have to buy another phone, iPod or computer ever again. I hope Apple's equipment holds up until we start using neural interfaces. That's when Hi-Def really gets interesting.
I don't want to have to buy more stuff. Sustainable Technology.