Much as all the stakeholders in the energy industry would like to be optimistic, it isn't an oil glut by 2020 that is keeping oil prices as high as they are. It is the reality that the oil sector has been pushed to the limit of its capabilities and that this difficult challenge will dominate energy markets for the rest of the decade.
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9411
tisdag 18 september 2012
Darwin's Unfinished Business: The Self-Organizing Intelligence of Natur
Darwin’s theory of evolution is undoubtedly one of the most important scientific ideas of the modern age, explaining the existence of both life and consciousness without recourse to divine intervention. Yet how do we interpret evolution? How do we evaluate the ability of Nature to engineer something as exquisite as the genetic code or the human brain? Could it be that evolution is an intelligent process? Is Nature smart? According to most scientists, the answer is no. While humanity may be intelligent and purposeful, the natural processes that crafted us are deemed to be devoid of such attributes.
In a radical move away from orthodoxy, Simon G. Powell extends Darwin’s vision by showing that evolution is not just about the survival of the fittest but rather the survival of clever and sensible behavior. Revealing the importance of the context in which things evolve, he explores the intelligent learning process behind natural selection. Rich with examples of the incredibly complex plants, animals, insects, and marine life designed by Nature--from the carnivorous Venus flytrap and the fungus-farming leafcutter ant to the symbiotic microbes found inside the common cow--he shows Nature as a whole to be a system of self-organizing intelligence in which life and consciousness were always destined to emerge. Examining the origins of life and the failure of artificial intelligence to compete with natural intelligence, he explains how our scientifically narrow-minded views on intelligence are now acting as a barrier to our own evolution. As Darwin’s unfinished business comes to light and Nature’s intelligence is embraced, we learn that Nature’s agenda is not simply the replication of genetic matter but of expanding consciousness. By working with Nature’s creative and innovative powers instead of against them, we can address today’s social and environmental challenges with a new green science of evolution.
http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-27s-Unfinished-Business-Self-Organizing-Intelligence/dp/1594774404/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_3
In a radical move away from orthodoxy, Simon G. Powell extends Darwin’s vision by showing that evolution is not just about the survival of the fittest but rather the survival of clever and sensible behavior. Revealing the importance of the context in which things evolve, he explores the intelligent learning process behind natural selection. Rich with examples of the incredibly complex plants, animals, insects, and marine life designed by Nature--from the carnivorous Venus flytrap and the fungus-farming leafcutter ant to the symbiotic microbes found inside the common cow--he shows Nature as a whole to be a system of self-organizing intelligence in which life and consciousness were always destined to emerge. Examining the origins of life and the failure of artificial intelligence to compete with natural intelligence, he explains how our scientifically narrow-minded views on intelligence are now acting as a barrier to our own evolution. As Darwin’s unfinished business comes to light and Nature’s intelligence is embraced, we learn that Nature’s agenda is not simply the replication of genetic matter but of expanding consciousness. By working with Nature’s creative and innovative powers instead of against them, we can address today’s social and environmental challenges with a new green science of evolution.
http://www.amazon.com/Darwin-27s-Unfinished-Business-Self-Organizing-Intelligence/dp/1594774404/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_3
Simon G. Powell
After graduating from UCL in 92, Simon G. Powell suffered an extended bout of 'mushroom fever' brought on by excessive psilocybin use. After his 'mushroom fever' subsided, he was left with a case of chronic biophilia compounded by chronic gaiaphilia. He was compelled to write a number of unorthodox books, including The Psilocybin Solution and Darwin's Unfinished Business. He also wrote and directed two documentaries: Manna and Metanoia. Simon discusses the experience and the message of the psilocybin mushroom. We’ll talk about Earth intelligence and its connection to human consciousness. Then, Simon refutes Jan Irvin’s research on the secret history of the magic mushroom and Gordon Wasson’s involvement with the CIA. He also comments on John M. Allegro’s mushroom cult theory.
| Websites: simongpowell.com Music: Cruise of the Condor by Simon G. Powellhttp://www.redicecreations.com/radio3fourteen/2012/R314-120912.php |
måndag 17 september 2012
Bernanke And Draghi Are Not Trying To Save Our Economies
It's time to get this through our heads once and for all: Bernanke And Draghi Are Not Trying To Save Our Economies. Perhaps they would if they could, but the question is moot: they know they can't. Instead, they're trying to save the financial system by stealing our remaining wealth while making us believe that the economy and the financial system - a.k.a. the banking industry - are one and the same thing. They are not, and that's why we see our jobs and benefits and homes go up in thin air and smoke while the S&P looks rosy.
Those last two things are connected. The first are not, no matter that so far most people fall for the sleight of hand. Which is sad today, and will turn to tragedy tomorrow.
http://theautomaticearth.com/Finance/bernanke-and-draghi-are-not-trying-to-save-our-economies.html
We Are Now Beginning The Last Wave Of Gold's Major Uptrend
On the heels of the Fed announcing QE3, and the gold market surging higher, today King World News wanted to speak with the firm that is calling for $10,000 gold. Paul Brodsky, who co-founded QB Asset Management Company, had this to say about what what the Fed and other central planners are doing: “What I’ve noticed about today’s move is that the Fed embarked on more QE, but without any pretense, it seems, of economic stimulation. I think this is something that investors, economists and others should take note of.”
Paul Brodsky continues:
“It may be ‘crossing the Rubicon’ if you will, from the thinking that the Fed might be able to elicit a cyclical economic rebound, to it looks as though we have a serious debt problem. In an economic environment in the United States in which the budget deficit is on pace to grow at $1 trillion a year, it seems to me that the markets are starting to internalize that this is something bigger than what was previously acknowledged.
We have been arguing for quite some time now that this really isn’t an economic stimulus game that the Fed and other central banks are playing. What they are really trying to do is to de-lever the system....
“We see the $40 billion a month in mortgage backed securities purchases as being a way to put your thumb in the dyke. We think it’s only going to get larger. There is much more of this to come. The frequency of further QE announcements is going to be greater, and it’s ultimately going to lead to much higher resource and precious metals prices.
Gold was up today, but what I really think we are looking at is a fundamental shift in investor psychology in that there is only so much central banks can do in terms of real economic stimulation. Meaning they can’t. So, again, what we are looking at is a deleveraging process that has to take place. There is nothing that fiscal policy can do about it.
We also think we are beginning the next and last wave of gold’s uptrend. In reality, the move today was muted. I would agree with Felix Zulauf’s comment (on KWN) today that you are supposed to buy the dips, and that’s been our strategy for years now.”
Brodsky added: “I would also agree with Felix that we are in the process of witnessing the end of the fiat money system right now. The end result is probably going to be a new global currency regime. It’s the only politically expedient way out.
By the way, the deleveraging that has to take place is the gap between bank assets and base money, and maybe even more than that. There are only two ways to handle this. The first way is to let it deteriorate on its own. That would involve bank system failure and a deflationary depression.
The other way to deleverage is to simply manufacture the base money, which of course destroys the purchasing power of all savings. We believe this second choice is what the central planners have been and will continue to choose. This frankly defines QE. They are confirming it because this is the 3rd round of QE we have seen, and they are going to continue doing more.
The bottom line here is that investors need to make sure they protect their purchasing power as the currencies are destroyed.”
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