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Dr. Chris Martenson

פורסם: 1.02.12, 12:48 am

Field of reference: Economy, Energy, Environment

style="text-align: left" dir="ltr">Description: a 45min crash course In The 3 Interconnected E’s: Economy, Energy, Environment. >style="text-decoration: underline">Elaborate description

>Economy: “…the banking system must continually expand – not necessarily because it is the right (or wrong) thing to do, but, rather, simply because that is how it was designed …the extremely wealthy are saving incredible amounts of money, while at the lower ends the savings rate is deeply negative. Why is this important? Because as the Greek philosopher Plutarch once stated, “An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”

>Energy: “Energy is the lifeblood of any economy. But when an economy is based on an exponential debt-based money system, and that is based on exponentially increasing energy supplies, the supply of that energy therefore deserves our very highest attention…. Peak Oil is simply a fact. World production of conventional crude has been flat for the past four years, even as prices have increased by 140%.”

>Environment: “Multiple essential resources are being depleted at ever faster rates. Our money system requires continual economic growth, but energy depletion will run headlong into dwindling resource returns to limit future growth options …So the question is this: What happens when a human-contrived money system that must expand, by its very design, runs headlong into the physical limits of a spherical planet?”

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Paddy Ashdown

פורסם: 1.02.12, 12:43 am

Field of reference: Politics

Description: TED talk about the newly formed interdependence of people and nations

> "If you get Swine Flu in Mexico, it's a problem for Charles De Gaul Airport 24 hours later. Lehman Brothers goes down - the whole lot collapses. There are fires in the steppes of Russia - food riots in africa. We are all now deeply, deeply, deeply interconnected."

>"If it is the case that we are now locked together in a way that has never been quite the same before, then it is also the case that we share a destiny with each other. Suddenly, and for the very first time Collective Defense, the thing that has dominated us as the concept of securing our nations is no longer enough. It used to be the case that if my tribe is more powerful than their tribe, I was safe. My country was more powerful than their country, I was safe. My alliance, like NATO, was more powerful than their alliance, I was safe.
>It is no longer the case. The advent of interconnectedness and of the weapons of mass destruction means that increasingly, I share a destiny with my enemy."

> "When I was a diplomat negotiating the disarmament treaties with the Soviet Union, in Geneva in the 1970s, we succeeded because we understood that we shared a destiny with them. Collective security is not enough. Peace has come to Northern Ireland because both sides realized that the zero-sum game couldn't work. they shared a destiny with their enemies. One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both side, both Israel, and I think the Palestinians do not understand that they share a collective destiny."

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Albert Einstein

פורסם: 1.02.12, 12:32 am

Field of reference: Philosophy, Sociology

Description: style="text-align: left">crisis brings innovation and opportunity.

style="text-align: left" dir="ltr">>"Let’s not pretend that things will change if we keep doing the same things. A crisis can be a real blessing to any person, to any nation. For all crises bring progress."

>"Creativity is born from anguish, just like the day is born form the dark night. It’s in crisis that inventive is born, as well as discoveries, and big strategies. Who overcomes crisis, overcomes himself, without getting overcome. Who blames his failure to a crisis neglects his own talent, and is more respectful to problems than to solutions. Incompetence is the true crisis."

> "The greatest inconvenience of people and nations is the laziness with which they attempt to find the solutions to their problems."

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