TED: Morality

Some things I heard in the TED lecture called ‘Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives.’ Here are my notes:
Liberalness: openness, change,
Conservativeness: stability, status quo
We all are born with a preparedness to learn the Five Foundations Of Morality:
Harm/Care [...]

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Posted by Ted on February 17th, 2010
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The Crash Course

Chris Martenson has developed a series of video clips that explain how money works, how it is tied to energy and our environment and what to do about a future that is full of risk and uncertainty. It is called the Crash Course and deals with the extremely fast and radical changes our world is [...]

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Posted by Ted on February 13th, 2010
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Theories of Action

We all base our daily decisions on our “theories of action.” Roy Madron writes a bit about that at his blog.

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Posted by Ted on February 11th, 2010
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Common Good Bank

In order to create a better world, one that deals with the challenges of today, we are going to need to build new systems to replace the old - especially the financial system. Become part of the movement for a Common Good Bank. There are a lot of people behind it. Their “Hands-on Democracy” seems [...]

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Posted by Ted on January 8th, 2010
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Gaian Democracies: Redefining Globalisation and People-Power

I recently came across Roy Madron’s Gaian Democracy website. It looks like he is into many of the same ideas I am, so you know he’s at the leading edge of the wave of conscious global transformation. : )

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Posted by Ted on December 26th, 2009
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A great book!

Here is a great review for a great book that is about another system that has to change. I believe that changing our money systems won’t happen until we can change our power in governance systems, but, who knows, maybe it’s the other way around. We change our money systems, which changes our power structures, [...]

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Posted by Ted on October 15th, 2009
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De-Dollarization

De-Dollarization: Dismantling America’s Financial-Military Empire
The Yekaterinburg Turning Point
by Prof. Michael Hudson
Prof. Hudson basically says (I think) that nations like China (but many others as well) were collecting dollars because the U.S. was buying more than it was selling for many years now. In order for them to then not lose value they had to buy [...]

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Posted by Ted on June 16th, 2009
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11 Extinct animals that have been photographed alive

A number of my friends are getting together in different groups to start small businesses that will make this world a better place. As I was researching ecopreneurial opportunities I came across this page and, since I’m figguring I might branch out a little and have my blog be not just about DG (that’s what [...]

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Posted by Ted on June 12th, 2009
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Understanding Peak Oil

In my attempt to be blogging, and hopefully soon vlogging, I am deciding that I don’t need to write something deep, but can just point to good or interesting ideas that someone else has put on the web somewhere.
If you don’t know much about peak oil - the idea that we’re running out of cheap [...]

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Posted by Ted on May 29th, 2009
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Check out this interview with John Buck

John Buck was recently on the Jim Rough Show out of Port Townsend, Washington. Check it out. For some reason I can’t put a link on here so click ‘Read More…’ to get to the link.

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Posted by Ted on April 30th, 2009
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