Apropos to this conversation, Jimychanga just posted a Redacted interview of Whitney Webb where she talks about the WEF and Harari. She states that the WEF's objective is a world of private-public partnerships aka corporate capture of gov'ts, which is the definition of fascism. Her view of Harari is that he makes the Automation Revolution seem inevitable and so it's better to be exploited than to be irrelevant. That pushes the desire for augmentation, and also for people to put pressure on gov'ts to solve the problem of 'useless people' when it doesn't exist, and will never exist, imo. And I mean that on a practical level not just moral. So maybe that's the end game. Highly recommended on Epstein, WEF and WHO: https://jimychanga.substack.com/p/jane-street-and-effective-altruism.
Well, doesn't that depend on the kind of attention? Maybe rather than the 'useless eaters' comment that was intentionally provocative, we should be putting Yuval's assumptions under scrutiny that AI and automation is going to provide for human needs. Or will it replace the bullshit jobs, as Graeber terms them, that keep us serving the masters and force us to examine that relationship?
"Well, doesn't that depend on the kind of attention? "
Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. I supect these people are oftentimes put there to float outrageous ideas and to annoy and distract us. No matter what they say or do, portions of the masses will emulate them to the detriment and continuous degredation of the societies we live in and to the benefit of the pareasites in power. They clowns get the stage and spotlights as long as they're useful to the bosses then they vanish as swiftly as they appear and the show goes on.
It's imperative that we make ourselves aware of what they're saying, doing and promoting while refusing to participate in their degeneration and otherwise ignoring them, I think. It's too bad that so many folks go along with their programs despite the evil they produce, but I don't think that's something unique to these times.
As two readers just noted, James Corbett reviewed Harari's book Homo Deus. Here's the direct link to his site: https://www.corbettreport.com/harari/.
This is the comment I posted there after watching: "I’ve now finished listening and I think we’re answering two different questions. Yours is “Do we agree with what YNH says?” With the exceptions noted [nations and money], which I think are useful for promoting small-scale sovereignty, the answer is clearly no. An implicit question in yours is “As the public-facing voice of the WEF, should we ignore him?” I think the answer is ‘at our peril.’
Harari is a treasure trove–or dung hill–of clues about the propaganda campaign of the WEF. I think he’s exposing their weaknesses (how robust AI really is) along with their intentions. And that has nothing to do with the useless eaters, although depopulation is absolutely their agenda.
And on Russell, I agree with his method: love the people, challenge the ideas. Don’t give someone a pass on sloppy thinking because you like them or they’re ‘on your side.’ And don’t reject the person and give up your ability to argue their ideas.
I'm not really seeing where people get the idea that Yuval is pushing the WEF and the narrative. Reading his book, it seems what he is doing is pointing out reality and encouraging people to *think* about it. Just stating something isn't the same as advocating it!
We all need to be open minded, consider different points of view. Learn and grow. There is no value to living in an echo chamber (only listening and talking with others that agree with us) .
Well put, John. And the real question is--why is the WEF pushing him? I haven't read his book so you're more qualified than me to answer that. I've been coming to some further thoughts in these conversations about him getting us to accept the Fifth Industrial Revolution into AI replacing humans as inevitable, and therefore pushing our gov'ts for UBI and begging for transhuman augmentation. Your thoughts?
Elaborating again (just read a bit more of his book): one thing that strikes me is the large number of questions that he asks in his book. He doesn't write a "lecture" telling you what he thinks. He tosses out ideas and then asks questions about them.
Having not seen anything where the WEF was pushing him, I could only speculate that because he is asking these questions and saying "this is coming whether you want it or not so how are we going to best handle it" might tie into the WEF agenda. Sort of the basic "robots are going to take your jobs, be prepared".
We really should have such thoughts no matter what. Seriously, if you were a "coal shovel-er" long ago, the advent of oil and gas power would have made your job obsolete. Likewise, probably the automobile decreased the demand for horse trainers. Over and over again, change happens, we have to adapt and change with it.
Currently there is a lot of fuss over AI writing software so those of us that are software developers will be obsolete. {laugh} That's rather humorous to me looking at the fact that most of the challenge of software development is figuring out what the customer wants. AI is *terrible* at figuring out what the human wants!
I suppose I should get back to reading more of Yuval's book. Other books distracted me.
This seems similar to the fuss over Ray Dalio's books. Just because the "evil ones" say "this is a great book" doesn't mean there is any agenda behind it when the books are basically warning the readers about the "evil ones".
If a book makes me THINK, then I consider it a good book. I don't care if a sleazeball like Bill Gates praises it or not.
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Very good talk!
Thank you for your great elaboration on Harari. And this 'reality' check on what Harari has said. Fascinating that the freedom fighters will complain about this or that being taken out of context as a weapon against understanding, and at the same time are perfectly happy to do the exact same thing when it suits their purpose of creating a villain we can point to as 'the anti-christ'. Seriously, we have met the enemy, and the enemy is us!
And I am also wondering to what extent has the expansion of the abyss between the 'us' the good guys and the 'them' the bad guys been a deliberate part of the ptb's psyop: to divide is to conquer, and division and divisiveness is accomplished first with limiting compassion by locking us into limited thinking of 'right' and 'wrong', 'good' and 'bad'. Was that part of the Church psyop, the manufacturing of consent through the emphasis on the absolute existence of good and evil and pretty much stuffing the human into evil as a part of incarnation?
Funny synchronicity? Or part of google monitoring? Way over on YouTube, in another tab in Brave, I am listening to this: "Elbphilharmonie LIVE | The Tallis Scholars" https://www.youtube.com/live/Hsq_2dwlzko. It is beautiful. It came up automatically after their production of 'Einstein on the Beach'. The synchronicity is that on the right side, in the 'suggestions' column, at the top, is "Alan Watts: Philosophy and Society" https://youtu.be/NGFfjvKmwYY. This followed Harari's comments about the philosophical amorality of business (insurance claims versus human suffering) and now how 'morality' is being increasingly disseminated through AI creators who, it is inferred, have been inculcated with the free-for-all so-called free-market ethics! And the synchronicity extends for me, because I was reading a bit earlier Montaigne's critique of the ability of man to think and create philosophy and moral laws as an nearly endless source of human misery.
"We hardly need any more offices, rules, and laws of living, in our community than do the cranes and ants in theirs. And nevertheless we see that they conduct themselves in a very orderly manner without erudition. If man were wise, he would set the true price of each thing according as it was most useful and appropriate for his life.
If anyone will sum us up by our actions and conduct, a greater number of excellent men will be found among the ignorant than among the learned: I mean in every sort of virtue. The old Rome seems to me to have borne men of greater worth, both for peace and for war, than that learned Rome that ruined itself. Even if the rest were exactly equal, at least worth and innocence would remain on the side of the old, for they dwell singularly well with simplicity.
But I leave this subject, which would lead me farther than I would follow. I will add only this, that humility and submissiveness alone can make a good man. The knowledge of his duty [is best] not be left to each man's judgment; it [is to] be prescribed to him [from God as inner spirit?], not left to the choice of his reason. Otherwise, judging by the imbecility and infinite variety of our reasons and opinions, we would finally forge for ourselves duties that would set us to eating one another, as Epicurus says" (Montaigne, complete works p436).
A bit later Montaigne castigates knowledge and opinion as inferior to ignorance and obedience to Nature as the expression of the will of God: "The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience. 'Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the rudiments of the world' [Colossians]." — p437.
I love that quote! Although I'm not sure if his emphasis on duty, submissiveness, ignorance and obedience is something he claims for himself or only the servant masses?
And I'll repost my Rumble reply here: Astute comments. And yes, I think what I'm moving towards is that it's not Harari's intentionally provocative comments like 'useless eaters' that are the con. That's actually the tell. The con is the overconfidence that AI will do all the work for us and gov'ts need to provide for our new life of leisure with a basic income. They've been pushing that ruse since I was a kid, really, with shows like the Jetsens and lots of propaganda. So I think he's being promoted by the PTB because he fits their narrative of fear of being made irrelevant, as Whitney Webb says.
I wondered if that Montaigne would catch your eye. He was referring to himself for sure. In his life he was very much like the Taoist mendicant, if that is possible for someone who was part of the French gentry! LoL! In many ways he practiced the Yogic principle of 'ishvara-pranidhana', often translated as 'obedience to' or perhaps 'joyful alignment' with the will of God. Even when that Will took him into politics, where he didn't want to be, as part of his civil duty as a servant to the community. And at the same time, he is perhaps a model of 'appropriate eccentric action' that saved his life in two circumstances while religious zealots of France were brutally killing men, women and children as the expression of God's goodness.
(Not that you want or need another book to read. With your interests and background you will find great value in "How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer" by Sarah Bakewell. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7624457-how-to-live.
See if Montaigne's book creates a couple of synchronicities for you, and then maybe move it up on the to-be-read-before-I-die list!
Side story with that book.
Before we left Vancouver to move north for work, we went into a vegan restaurant called Chick Pea. (Fantastic!) For some odd reason, Yoshiko brought the Montaigne book in with us. When she set it on the table, she wondered why she did that, it made no sense. The server for our table saw the book, and was intrigued. So we talked a bit about it. Later, she wanted to know one of the ways to live. So we turned to one, randomly, and read a bit of it to her. She was struck by it. A bit later, after we had finished eating, she came by, looked at us both with some intensity, then began to cry, openly. 'You have given me hope!' she said. Then left the table, still crying. An amazing experience.
Mathew Crawford makes the case that Russel Brand is a psychopath, and the evidence for that is that he texted Katy Perry that their relationship was over and never spoke to her since. He did so, right before she was entering the stage of her concert.
Mathew further makes the case that this resembles Roman Polanskskis murder of Sharon Tate and that both of these episodes are ritualistic excertions of European dominance over the US.
Unfortunately, the post is for subscriber's only. But I find it's worth followed and supporting Mathew on Locals:
As you know, I like Mathew a lot. He called me while he was working on this and we chatted for over an hour. I don't know if you posted before or after listening to the YT where I talked about Mathew's research on Russell specifically. I've read the public posts but can't comment there or read the others because I'm not a paid sub.
Don't you think that's a stretch, though, texting a divorce is like murder? Unlike most celebrities, Russell has only said positive things about Katy. Unlike her, whose face seems to be on every tabloid with some 'tell all' smear. We don't know his side and isn't that how it should be with personal relationships?
If Mathew wanted to condemn some random psychos, isn't Hollywood full of them? The rap singer who shot his girlfriend in the foot might make a good article. Why wasn't Mathew writing about Russell 15 yrs ago when all this happened? Why now?
The only reason Russell is interesting to Mathew is because Russell used his platform to publish things with which you, I and Mathew mostly agree. If the allegations that he's a sexual predator are true but were covered up because he was a member of the Zionist cabal, why is the media attacking him so rabidly now? Both things can't be true. If he's a member of the pedo-sadist cult and controlled opposition, there's no reason they'd go after him at the height of his success. And if they were confirming his role as speaker for the opposition, they'd attack him for 'wrongthink', not for 'metoo' allegations that turn both right and left against him. IMO.
Tereza. I made the comment before seing your latest video. I don't think that Mathew has ever used the term "Zionist cabal". Nevertheless, I think he's correct that Brand is part of some sort of operation, knowingly or not. His past behaviour around women.. I don't know what to say. It detracts from his persona as a spokesperson for us who are critical to globocap. But then again, there is a different, more serious atmosphere now then at the time he behaved like that. It would suit him well if he confronted his past. It seems to me that his past beat him to it.
If Russell had been who he is now back then, he would have the same audience as you and me. In over 100 hrs of listening to him, I've never heard the slightest tinge of violence towards anyone. It truly sets him apart.
But you understand my logic, right? They can't both be true. If this media attack is rigged--and with the solicitation of women for complaints and coordinated nature of it, you can't doubt that--there's a reason they're looking to discredit him. I think we should figure that out before jumping on the me-too bandwagon.
And as a woman who's done a whole series on Toxic Masculinity, and made quite a few enemies in the process for being 'over-sensitive,' I would never have done 45 episodes on Russell if I'd detected anything misogynistic in him. Who he was as a heroin addict made him who he is today, which is someone who doesn't condemn or feel superior to anyone. Of how many famous spokespeople critical of globocap would you say the same? I can count them on one hand.
Thank you for your reply. I will remain neutral on Russel Brand for now. But I think that he gets a lot of attention still. There are good people and stories that deserve attention and that are being drowned in his noise. People like:
Here it is: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/truth-is-like-a-chamelion. Thanks again for the instigation for this. It brought me around full circle to where the controversy started. And I was able to give a recap on the Breggins lawsuit. I'm not sure how I would've felt about this interview of Desmet if it hadn't been pushed so hard by Malone. That was what made me suspicious and scrutinize it. It ended up leading to the lawsuit, and examining that was what led me to realize Malone wasn't who he said he was. I look forward to your thoughts on it!
Thank you for sharing Tereza! I will definitely watch it. I have to say I’m not a big fan of Malone, I appreciate a lot of what he said in the past but Dr. Paul Alexander has pointed out a lot of issues with him and I trust what he’s saying. It’s very difficult to walk this minefield of information/disinformation. I only want the truth but I’m afraid that’s virtually impossible! Thank you for your hard work and doing your best to give us honest information! I’m sure it’s extremely difficult!
You put that so well, Sarimae, "this minefield of information/disinformation." I did watch the interview and I was going to record a response to it today, and post it along with a retrospective of the 16 episodes I've done on Malone. May I quote you on your recommendation to watch it? I'm really glad you did because it ties in with a number of things I want to say and goes back to the beginning with Malone.
I get so frustrated with the all-or-nothing stance of many people, probably because I was that way myself not too long ago. I wouldn't even listen to media outlets or individuals that leaned toward the right. What a humbling experience the past few years have been, and a real awakening for me.
I like the way RB frames it, and have tried to adopt a similar mind/heartset. (And Esther Perel saved my marriage, explaining concepts like the one you mention in your summarized article. She's a gem.) I really appreciate your desire to keep learning and growing, Tereza, and the only way to do that is to make mistakes along the way!
Haha, I was just thinking that being unafraid to be wrong was my specialty ;-) I wondered if you knew of Esther Perel when you liked that episode. I have a wonderful listener in Australia, Maria, who sent me that talk. She is a relationship counselor and loved Esther. Then when she appeared with Yuval, she felt betrayed.
So I analyzed that talk for her, and was deeply impressed by Esther's view on polarization. I've tried to put it into practice. It's a hard habit to break, skipping over where I agree and going right to where I'm right and they're wrong. The universe really wants me to learn this, though, because it 'rewards' me when I do, with a real conversation and surprising synchronicities.
I've gone through the same humbling experience as you. Whodathunk it three years ago?
I love how you ended the video. Being wrong on one idea doesn’t make everything else someone says wrong...
I do my best to live by Bruce Lee’s quote: “Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own”.
Everyone is at a different stage in this journey for truth. We all need to remember this.
I think that YNH has a lot of valuable insights. He also enjoys stirring the pot (in ways that are open to interpretation). Humans are always searching for meaning, that may be why the term “useless eater” is so inflammatory.
I realize that I can be very wrong about YNH and he could be an evil mastermind. I just think the Deep State likes uses what he says as moral justification for the terrible things they do.
I wanted a 'double like' button for your statement, Anneke. And I adore Bruce Lee's quote, which I've never heard before! And yes, Nefahotep's analogy about the Public-Facing vs Private-Facing layers of the Deep State onion fits nicely with your last statement.
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Hi Tereza,
you bring up one thing Yuri says about the coming automation that I keep hearing in the AI discussions. this idea automation/AI will usher in an era of free time and play where the masses will be free to pursure artistic goal like painting or poetry or livley discussions etc.
this is an incredibly dangerous idea. we know from experience and data that only a small percentage of humans are truly creative people and the rest of the population are not.
as we saw during lockdowns, the golden age of pandemic albums and books were never written. the most likely scenario to unfold will be that, without any meaniful work, most humans will fall into mindless consumption. eating bad food, watching bad media, thinking bad thoughts and having bad feelings. garbage in/garbage out. a dulled and helpless population that is primed for a totalitarian takeover. I can't stress enough how horrifying this idea is. I see my friends talking about it and I shiver...
Yes, Guy and I were discussing that idea on the Rumble version. We've been hearing about the new leisure class since we were kids, including the Jetsens. Other than washing machines, I'm still not seeing it. Even my Roomba is worthless with the amount of prep required for it to 'automatically' vacuum.
I personally think that things will fall apart before any utopian or dystopian AI future. I don't think it's all they're cracking it up to be. And maybe that's Yuval's mission, to make it seem like AI is much more advanced than it really is.
I agree, I don't think we will see the AI utopia that's being sold to us.
I do think, however, that the nice sounding pitch might just be the perfect bait and switch or distraction to control entire swaths of the population.
as a child I had all the cool 'techno-future' books that were promising life on the moon, vacations on the space station and personal jet packs etc. meanwhile, my old junior high school looks the exact same as it did 40 years ago, haha...
Whatever rings true in another person's words, is resonating within you.
The Individual -- Harari is an intellectual, what he says is true in context with how he presents ideas. The question is how do we relate to what we "think" we see in his statements? Or that of Russel?
Quote:
""In response to a question about what students can do, Yuval talks about becoming part of an organization or starting one because 50 people who cooperate are more powerful than 500 activists each operating on their own."
Russell adds that students should democratize where they are. He states:
"As evidenced by the society we live in now, a few people cooperating can dominate and control huge numbers of people. All of us are in that huge number being controlled.""
As an Individualist, my take is to find HOW what is spoken directly relates to my own experience, not WHAT I think the agenda is personally held by either of these individuals, Russel or Harari. I am an Observer.
My perspective comes from researching the vast network the WEF is connected to; the sense I get so far, the WEF is merely a "Public Facing Front" of something else we do not see. So, what is it that most of us don't see?
The "Private Facing Front" of this system of systems is structured similar to an onion skin, layer upon layer of compartmentalization to assure a type of break-off survivability. None of the Individuals who control public assets through privately held equities ever get their faces on the media. They "use" people like Harari or Russel for that. They are not afraid to reveal the truth of what they are doing, they think they are doing it with your consent.
Whether or not Russel or Harari have personal integrity is not something that can be observed easily, that's internal. What we must see is that everyone has an "agenda," and since the WEF and it's members are public relations "faces," we should be willing to simply "observe" what is true when they speak the truth, yet do so with no prejudice and no expectations.
Oh, nicely said Nefahotep. Yes, I think there are ways we can use what Yuval is saying (nations are spells cast by legal shaman; money is the most successful story ever told) to our advantage. What the WEF wants, no doubt, is to leapfrog from One World Gov't directly to the helpless individual. But abolishing the 'religion' of nations and money allows us to rewrite it too. And communities within larger configurations that protect their sovereignty is another story we could write.
I always value your deep knowledge on the deepest layer of the rotten onion. And yes to not giving over our beliefs in what's true to anyone or the reactionary opposite.
What unites all of us individuals, is our innate sense to seek what the truth is. It is easy for people to fall into the trap set by our own ego; "to consider the source," or who is saying what. Knowledge is neither good nor bad, not positive or negative; that is a qualitative assignment coming straight from ego.
Regardless of how Harari views himself in his interaction with those seeking to assert freedom, if he says something that is inherently true, I can immediately recognize it. Yes, I'll admit him saying it piques my curiosity as to why, but that's as far as I let go. When he says: "Nations are spells cast by legal shaman; money is the most successful story ever told," that is a 100% true statement. It proves out when you dig deep into the Trust System; The Legal System; The Banking System et al... That which we see in the world today is only a shadow cast by that which we don't see. Especially in the world of Administration, that bird has two heads.
Only the Bold are willing to "stand under the truth." (Understand) Only the bold are Devotees of Kali ---- destroyer of forms ---- protector of truth and life.
Oh great breakdown of 'understand.' It's like my definition of forgiveness as giving forward the benefit of the doubt.
I just watched a James Corbett that he recently posted but recorded in 2012. It's on Israel smuggling materials from the US to build their nuclear arsenal. And the refusal to prosecute anyone for it, and Netanyahu becoming a US adviser to Clinton soon after. The speaker made an interesting point that Israel's lack of conventional weapons makes this a threat--if the US doesn't fight their wars for them, they'll use the only weapon they have. I thought you might find it interesting: https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/israels-nuclear-smuggling-with-grant.
I agree with what you say that we have to respect each other enough to hear each other out. Then we have to argue our case as best we can.
When I still watched TV I remember seeing that when two people were not in agreement one of them would just get up or turn around and leave. This infantile behavior has over time been normalized. I'm talking about the US now. If you do that in Europe it's equivalent to burning a bridge. No turning back.
Like Steven Hawking said here: "All we have to do is make sure we keep talking."
The album "Division Bell" came out in 1994. You should hear the rest of it. I think it contains some of Pink Floyd's best work. It's my favorite album. "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" used to be.
“What will you do about the coming automation revolution? What will you do to prevent the emergence of a useless class?”, ask Yuval.
Under our "democratic" system any stupid person can be elevated to the role of representative of the people, people who elect a stupid person to represent them because she/he is pretty and talk well. So to expect of "politicians" to be all of sudden enlightened to provide us with the solution to a problem or to act according to the maxim "To govern is to foresee", is to be of the same grade as the "elected official".
Astute insight, Marc. Since all gov't, with the exception of a tiny handful of BIS hold-outs, are borrowing from the bankers, this seems another way for the vultures to own the economies of countries. Get the people to demand UBI in anticipation of being made useless, then use that as a reason to cull the populations through the gov'ts.
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I know my comment is not astute. I'm frustrated. I bought YNH books (Sapiens/Deus) 5 years ago but haven't read them yet for fear of their thickness. So much so that Deus is now twice as thick because it fell in the AC condensation. Since then I heard/read/seen many things about them. My comment is also linked to what happened in our Canadian parliament last week that made me both sick and laughing. This uselessness brought by UBI might after all, eventually, make people come to their sense since they'll have plenty of time to rethink their lives if they wish to. And who knows we might end up with a more meaningful sense of belonging :)
Haha, so Deus actually fell into the Machina? And expanded to twice its soggy weight? I think the AC is telling you to cut your losses and throw that book in the trash. I don't even give away books that don't deserve to live. I follow Picasso's advice for bad art and put a stake through their heart.
The Canadian parliament just confirmed what you've known all along--they're complicit. With gaffes like that, more people are finding out.
Ha ha. That's a good one :) I wouldn't have thought of that Deus ex machina. Concerning the CDN parliament and probably all of them, what we see hiding in plain site is only the tip of the iceberg.
"What will you do to prevent the emergence of a useless class?”
I am sure you've heard of Heinz Kissofdeath's "useless eaters". I think he is the most despicable POS that ever set foot on this planet. Then on the other hand......., I have used the term "useless eaters" myself. Most people who think like I do use the term "sheeple" when talking about them.
In one of his broadcasts "The Hour of the Time" Bill (Milton William) Cooper said "If you do not do anything about "it" you are of little or no significance to anyone or anything.", or something to that effect. The meaning being the same.
I don't know of him and I am not going to listen because you already told me he is despicable :) and you do not specify which of his program and it doesn't matter. My viewpoint in any case will surely encounter obstacles. I used to be mainstream in my thinking. Tired of always hearing the same arguments I explore other perspectives such as the interaction/interface between the material and the immaterial world. I came to the conclusion than almost nothing we do in the material world (this planet precisely) has anything to do with what we ought to do. It has nothing to do with religion. I more like a logical person in search of other answers than what I've heard/read/seen all my life. Everything must go or almost. On this planet nature is delivering every day a sample of how we ought to live. It's in front of us except that when one lives in a metropolis one can hardly notice. The idea of idle people or useless eaters is pretty much linked to the industrial revolution. Since it is a bit useless to write down here everything that has been written on the subject I am only going to suggest a great little book by Andrew Smart titled "Auto-Pilot - The Art and Science of Doing Nothing". He is a neurologist and found out that the brain is more active when we do nothing. Every gesture we do automatically requires not much brainy activities since it is inscribed in our neurones. So idleness allows for a greater involvement on the brain in finding ways to organise our activities and to come up with out of the box solutions that a busy mind would not have come up with. So all those people worrying about idleness should think twice at their boring standpoint. I would even go as far as writing that about 50% of what we do on this planet is completely useless: office work, manufacturing, etc. I'm starting to write about this in my substack. It's gonna take a while to make a book out of it. I guess "Bullshiy Jobs" by David Graeber is already talking about this. But I would go further. It's hiding in plain site on this continent but if we want to see how far can go our demise we can look at China with it colossal collapse of its economy of being busy for the sake of being busy.
What I linked to is the complete Bill Cooper archive. He has hundreds upon hundreds of hours recorded from the 80's and 90's. During the summer of 2001 he said on one of his programs "The Hour of the Time" something to this effect: "Something big is going to happen soon, and they're going to blame it on Osama Bin Laden".
Bill Cooper was shot dead by municipal police on his front porch late in the evening in October that year.
Might I also suggest you press enter twice in a row once in a while when writing a comment. Particularly a long one.
The most important fact is that environmentalism was a Deepstate project from the start, and a Wall Street favorite from the start. Nixon, who was a Wall Street lawyer before 1968, created the EPA and started the Green ball rolling. The CO2 connection was introduced by a CIA conference in 1975.
You can see the Wall Street connection easily now. Listen to any podcast from Bloomberg or Yahoo Financial. They're all pushing climate change HARD.
Why is it a Wall Street favorite? Because it limits the supply of power, ideally to zero. Small supply means high price, without having to bother with real production.
If greenies were serious about carbon, they'd be pushing exclusively for nuclear power. Zero emission, near zero waste material. But enviros have always FORBIDDEN nuclear and pushed low-efficiency sources like wind, because they want MINIMUM SUPPLY and MAXIMUM PRICE. Enviros have also been tearing down hydroelectric dams for the same reason. Eliminate all reliable supply of energy.
Agreed. Yes, I was shocked to find out it was Nixon who created the EPA. Liberal friends would say it was the one good thing he did and I'd scratch my head because why? When someone does something so out of character, there has to be a reason. It was many years before I learned the whole sordid truth.
Probably everything that gets promotion and attention is a Deepstate project. For instance, China was a Deepstate project from the start as was the Soviet Union, and I'm covinced the USA itself was as well. When I was a kid I wondered why Nixon and Kissinger went to "Communist" China but that mystery's been solved for me for quite some time now.
Essentially it's fascism everywhere and all the time dressed in the fashion of the times.
Apropos to this conversation, Jimychanga just posted a Redacted interview of Whitney Webb where she talks about the WEF and Harari. She states that the WEF's objective is a world of private-public partnerships aka corporate capture of gov'ts, which is the definition of fascism. Her view of Harari is that he makes the Automation Revolution seem inevitable and so it's better to be exploited than to be irrelevant. That pushes the desire for augmentation, and also for people to put pressure on gov'ts to solve the problem of 'useless people' when it doesn't exist, and will never exist, imo. And I mean that on a practical level not just moral. So maybe that's the end game. Highly recommended on Epstein, WEF and WHO: https://jimychanga.substack.com/p/jane-street-and-effective-altruism.
Key point.: "That pushes the desire for augmentation."
It's pretty obvious that more attention we pay to these people, the more normalized the ideas they float become.
Well, doesn't that depend on the kind of attention? Maybe rather than the 'useless eaters' comment that was intentionally provocative, we should be putting Yuval's assumptions under scrutiny that AI and automation is going to provide for human needs. Or will it replace the bullshit jobs, as Graeber terms them, that keep us serving the masters and force us to examine that relationship?
"Well, doesn't that depend on the kind of attention? "
Sometimes yes, and sometimes no. I supect these people are oftentimes put there to float outrageous ideas and to annoy and distract us. No matter what they say or do, portions of the masses will emulate them to the detriment and continuous degredation of the societies we live in and to the benefit of the pareasites in power. They clowns get the stage and spotlights as long as they're useful to the bosses then they vanish as swiftly as they appear and the show goes on.
Next!
You’re correct Geoff...to evil, any and all attention and exposure is good
Thank you!
It's imperative that we make ourselves aware of what they're saying, doing and promoting while refusing to participate in their degeneration and otherwise ignoring them, I think. It's too bad that so many folks go along with their programs despite the evil they produce, but I don't think that's something unique to these times.
As two readers just noted, James Corbett reviewed Harari's book Homo Deus. Here's the direct link to his site: https://www.corbettreport.com/harari/.
This is the comment I posted there after watching: "I’ve now finished listening and I think we’re answering two different questions. Yours is “Do we agree with what YNH says?” With the exceptions noted [nations and money], which I think are useful for promoting small-scale sovereignty, the answer is clearly no. An implicit question in yours is “As the public-facing voice of the WEF, should we ignore him?” I think the answer is ‘at our peril.’
Harari is a treasure trove–or dung hill–of clues about the propaganda campaign of the WEF. I think he’s exposing their weaknesses (how robust AI really is) along with their intentions. And that has nothing to do with the useless eaters, although depopulation is absolutely their agenda.
And on Russell, I agree with his method: love the people, challenge the ideas. Don’t give someone a pass on sloppy thinking because you like them or they’re ‘on your side.’ And don’t reject the person and give up your ability to argue their ideas.
I'm not really seeing where people get the idea that Yuval is pushing the WEF and the narrative. Reading his book, it seems what he is doing is pointing out reality and encouraging people to *think* about it. Just stating something isn't the same as advocating it!
We all need to be open minded, consider different points of view. Learn and grow. There is no value to living in an echo chamber (only listening and talking with others that agree with us) .
Well put, John. And the real question is--why is the WEF pushing him? I haven't read his book so you're more qualified than me to answer that. I've been coming to some further thoughts in these conversations about him getting us to accept the Fifth Industrial Revolution into AI replacing humans as inevitable, and therefore pushing our gov'ts for UBI and begging for transhuman augmentation. Your thoughts?
Elaborating again (just read a bit more of his book): one thing that strikes me is the large number of questions that he asks in his book. He doesn't write a "lecture" telling you what he thinks. He tosses out ideas and then asks questions about them.
Having not seen anything where the WEF was pushing him, I could only speculate that because he is asking these questions and saying "this is coming whether you want it or not so how are we going to best handle it" might tie into the WEF agenda. Sort of the basic "robots are going to take your jobs, be prepared".
We really should have such thoughts no matter what. Seriously, if you were a "coal shovel-er" long ago, the advent of oil and gas power would have made your job obsolete. Likewise, probably the automobile decreased the demand for horse trainers. Over and over again, change happens, we have to adapt and change with it.
Currently there is a lot of fuss over AI writing software so those of us that are software developers will be obsolete. {laugh} That's rather humorous to me looking at the fact that most of the challenge of software development is figuring out what the customer wants. AI is *terrible* at figuring out what the human wants!
I suppose I should get back to reading more of Yuval's book. Other books distracted me.
This seems similar to the fuss over Ray Dalio's books. Just because the "evil ones" say "this is a great book" doesn't mean there is any agenda behind it when the books are basically warning the readers about the "evil ones".
If a book makes me THINK, then I consider it a good book. I don't care if a sleazeball like Bill Gates praises it or not.
Very good talk!
Thank you for your great elaboration on Harari. And this 'reality' check on what Harari has said. Fascinating that the freedom fighters will complain about this or that being taken out of context as a weapon against understanding, and at the same time are perfectly happy to do the exact same thing when it suits their purpose of creating a villain we can point to as 'the anti-christ'. Seriously, we have met the enemy, and the enemy is us!
And I am also wondering to what extent has the expansion of the abyss between the 'us' the good guys and the 'them' the bad guys been a deliberate part of the ptb's psyop: to divide is to conquer, and division and divisiveness is accomplished first with limiting compassion by locking us into limited thinking of 'right' and 'wrong', 'good' and 'bad'. Was that part of the Church psyop, the manufacturing of consent through the emphasis on the absolute existence of good and evil and pretty much stuffing the human into evil as a part of incarnation?
Funny synchronicity? Or part of google monitoring? Way over on YouTube, in another tab in Brave, I am listening to this: "Elbphilharmonie LIVE | The Tallis Scholars" https://www.youtube.com/live/Hsq_2dwlzko. It is beautiful. It came up automatically after their production of 'Einstein on the Beach'. The synchronicity is that on the right side, in the 'suggestions' column, at the top, is "Alan Watts: Philosophy and Society" https://youtu.be/NGFfjvKmwYY. This followed Harari's comments about the philosophical amorality of business (insurance claims versus human suffering) and now how 'morality' is being increasingly disseminated through AI creators who, it is inferred, have been inculcated with the free-for-all so-called free-market ethics! And the synchronicity extends for me, because I was reading a bit earlier Montaigne's critique of the ability of man to think and create philosophy and moral laws as an nearly endless source of human misery.
"We hardly need any more offices, rules, and laws of living, in our community than do the cranes and ants in theirs. And nevertheless we see that they conduct themselves in a very orderly manner without erudition. If man were wise, he would set the true price of each thing according as it was most useful and appropriate for his life.
If anyone will sum us up by our actions and conduct, a greater number of excellent men will be found among the ignorant than among the learned: I mean in every sort of virtue. The old Rome seems to me to have borne men of greater worth, both for peace and for war, than that learned Rome that ruined itself. Even if the rest were exactly equal, at least worth and innocence would remain on the side of the old, for they dwell singularly well with simplicity.
But I leave this subject, which would lead me farther than I would follow. I will add only this, that humility and submissiveness alone can make a good man. The knowledge of his duty [is best] not be left to each man's judgment; it [is to] be prescribed to him [from God as inner spirit?], not left to the choice of his reason. Otherwise, judging by the imbecility and infinite variety of our reasons and opinions, we would finally forge for ourselves duties that would set us to eating one another, as Epicurus says" (Montaigne, complete works p436).
A bit later Montaigne castigates knowledge and opinion as inferior to ignorance and obedience to Nature as the expression of the will of God: "The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience. 'Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the rudiments of the world' [Colossians]." — p437.
I love that quote! Although I'm not sure if his emphasis on duty, submissiveness, ignorance and obedience is something he claims for himself or only the servant masses?
And I'll repost my Rumble reply here: Astute comments. And yes, I think what I'm moving towards is that it's not Harari's intentionally provocative comments like 'useless eaters' that are the con. That's actually the tell. The con is the overconfidence that AI will do all the work for us and gov'ts need to provide for our new life of leisure with a basic income. They've been pushing that ruse since I was a kid, really, with shows like the Jetsens and lots of propaganda. So I think he's being promoted by the PTB because he fits their narrative of fear of being made irrelevant, as Whitney Webb says.
I wondered if that Montaigne would catch your eye. He was referring to himself for sure. In his life he was very much like the Taoist mendicant, if that is possible for someone who was part of the French gentry! LoL! In many ways he practiced the Yogic principle of 'ishvara-pranidhana', often translated as 'obedience to' or perhaps 'joyful alignment' with the will of God. Even when that Will took him into politics, where he didn't want to be, as part of his civil duty as a servant to the community. And at the same time, he is perhaps a model of 'appropriate eccentric action' that saved his life in two circumstances while religious zealots of France were brutally killing men, women and children as the expression of God's goodness.
(Not that you want or need another book to read. With your interests and background you will find great value in "How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer" by Sarah Bakewell. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7624457-how-to-live.
That does sound like a fascinating book. May I have the extra hours in a day on the menu? Never mind, I'd just fill those up too ;-)
LOL! Yup! That is exactly what will happen.
See if Montaigne's book creates a couple of synchronicities for you, and then maybe move it up on the to-be-read-before-I-die list!
Side story with that book.
Before we left Vancouver to move north for work, we went into a vegan restaurant called Chick Pea. (Fantastic!) For some odd reason, Yoshiko brought the Montaigne book in with us. When she set it on the table, she wondered why she did that, it made no sense. The server for our table saw the book, and was intrigued. So we talked a bit about it. Later, she wanted to know one of the ways to live. So we turned to one, randomly, and read a bit of it to her. She was struck by it. A bit later, after we had finished eating, she came by, looked at us both with some intensity, then began to cry, openly. 'You have given me hope!' she said. Then left the table, still crying. An amazing experience.
That is a Synchronicity. So wonderful that you've found a partner who matches you in intuitive wonder and appropriate eccentric behavior.
I'll be on the lookout for Montaigne knocking on my door, if it's a relationship I need in my life.
This is brilliant and a great analysis of the "Brand" brand. I've come to the same conclusions and you have phrased them so eloquently.
Mathew Crawford makes the case that Russel Brand is a psychopath, and the evidence for that is that he texted Katy Perry that their relationship was over and never spoke to her since. He did so, right before she was entering the stage of her concert.
Mathew further makes the case that this resembles Roman Polanskskis murder of Sharon Tate and that both of these episodes are ritualistic excertions of European dominance over the US.
Unfortunately, the post is for subscriber's only. But I find it's worth followed and supporting Mathew on Locals:
https://roundingtheearth.locals.com/upost/4697405/civilization-domination-through-marriage-charles-manson-and-russell-brand-locals-exclusive
As you know, I like Mathew a lot. He called me while he was working on this and we chatted for over an hour. I don't know if you posted before or after listening to the YT where I talked about Mathew's research on Russell specifically. I've read the public posts but can't comment there or read the others because I'm not a paid sub.
Don't you think that's a stretch, though, texting a divorce is like murder? Unlike most celebrities, Russell has only said positive things about Katy. Unlike her, whose face seems to be on every tabloid with some 'tell all' smear. We don't know his side and isn't that how it should be with personal relationships?
If Mathew wanted to condemn some random psychos, isn't Hollywood full of them? The rap singer who shot his girlfriend in the foot might make a good article. Why wasn't Mathew writing about Russell 15 yrs ago when all this happened? Why now?
The only reason Russell is interesting to Mathew is because Russell used his platform to publish things with which you, I and Mathew mostly agree. If the allegations that he's a sexual predator are true but were covered up because he was a member of the Zionist cabal, why is the media attacking him so rabidly now? Both things can't be true. If he's a member of the pedo-sadist cult and controlled opposition, there's no reason they'd go after him at the height of his success. And if they were confirming his role as speaker for the opposition, they'd attack him for 'wrongthink', not for 'metoo' allegations that turn both right and left against him. IMO.
Tereza. I made the comment before seing your latest video. I don't think that Mathew has ever used the term "Zionist cabal". Nevertheless, I think he's correct that Brand is part of some sort of operation, knowingly or not. His past behaviour around women.. I don't know what to say. It detracts from his persona as a spokesperson for us who are critical to globocap. But then again, there is a different, more serious atmosphere now then at the time he behaved like that. It would suit him well if he confronted his past. It seems to me that his past beat him to it.
If Russell had been who he is now back then, he would have the same audience as you and me. In over 100 hrs of listening to him, I've never heard the slightest tinge of violence towards anyone. It truly sets him apart.
But you understand my logic, right? They can't both be true. If this media attack is rigged--and with the solicitation of women for complaints and coordinated nature of it, you can't doubt that--there's a reason they're looking to discredit him. I think we should figure that out before jumping on the me-too bandwagon.
And as a woman who's done a whole series on Toxic Masculinity, and made quite a few enemies in the process for being 'over-sensitive,' I would never have done 45 episodes on Russell if I'd detected anything misogynistic in him. Who he was as a heroin addict made him who he is today, which is someone who doesn't condemn or feel superior to anyone. Of how many famous spokespeople critical of globocap would you say the same? I can count them on one hand.
Thank you for your reply. I will remain neutral on Russel Brand for now. But I think that he gets a lot of attention still. There are good people and stories that deserve attention and that are being drowned in his noise. People like:
John Beaudoin
https://x.com/JohnBeaudoinSr?t=3zveTRtI4-QPOLvPdk1jaA&s=09
Jessica Hockett
https://x.com/Wood_House76?t=J8TE1SPCKTdKxjEeVwDYCQ&s=09
Denis Rancourt
https://x.com/denisrancourt?t=kWejpDcuZaqUH3zjrG99lQ&s=09
Rebecca Charles
https://x.com/Bexster109?t=G5_3VgAFOCsjjsa-3B9Zkg&s=09
Has Russel Brand ever talked about the murderous protocols, Remdesivir or Midazolam or any of the victims?
I don't think so.
Yes, please share it and do whatever you believe it the right thing to do.
Here it is: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/p/truth-is-like-a-chamelion. Thanks again for the instigation for this. It brought me around full circle to where the controversy started. And I was able to give a recap on the Breggins lawsuit. I'm not sure how I would've felt about this interview of Desmet if it hadn't been pushed so hard by Malone. That was what made me suspicious and scrutinize it. It ended up leading to the lawsuit, and examining that was what led me to realize Malone wasn't who he said he was. I look forward to your thoughts on it!
Perfect, I'll have the Substack out in a bit.
Thank you for sharing Tereza! I will definitely watch it. I have to say I’m not a big fan of Malone, I appreciate a lot of what he said in the past but Dr. Paul Alexander has pointed out a lot of issues with him and I trust what he’s saying. It’s very difficult to walk this minefield of information/disinformation. I only want the truth but I’m afraid that’s virtually impossible! Thank you for your hard work and doing your best to give us honest information! I’m sure it’s extremely difficult!
You put that so well, Sarimae, "this minefield of information/disinformation." I did watch the interview and I was going to record a response to it today, and post it along with a retrospective of the 16 episodes I've done on Malone. May I quote you on your recommendation to watch it? I'm really glad you did because it ties in with a number of things I want to say and goes back to the beginning with Malone.
I get so frustrated with the all-or-nothing stance of many people, probably because I was that way myself not too long ago. I wouldn't even listen to media outlets or individuals that leaned toward the right. What a humbling experience the past few years have been, and a real awakening for me.
I like the way RB frames it, and have tried to adopt a similar mind/heartset. (And Esther Perel saved my marriage, explaining concepts like the one you mention in your summarized article. She's a gem.) I really appreciate your desire to keep learning and growing, Tereza, and the only way to do that is to make mistakes along the way!
Haha, I was just thinking that being unafraid to be wrong was my specialty ;-) I wondered if you knew of Esther Perel when you liked that episode. I have a wonderful listener in Australia, Maria, who sent me that talk. She is a relationship counselor and loved Esther. Then when she appeared with Yuval, she felt betrayed.
So I analyzed that talk for her, and was deeply impressed by Esther's view on polarization. I've tried to put it into practice. It's a hard habit to break, skipping over where I agree and going right to where I'm right and they're wrong. The universe really wants me to learn this, though, because it 'rewards' me when I do, with a real conversation and surprising synchronicities.
I've gone through the same humbling experience as you. Whodathunk it three years ago?
Indeed. These years have been about exponential growth for many. Let's hope it's enough to build a new reality, eh?
I love how you ended the video. Being wrong on one idea doesn’t make everything else someone says wrong...
I do my best to live by Bruce Lee’s quote: “Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own”.
Everyone is at a different stage in this journey for truth. We all need to remember this.
I think that YNH has a lot of valuable insights. He also enjoys stirring the pot (in ways that are open to interpretation). Humans are always searching for meaning, that may be why the term “useless eater” is so inflammatory.
I realize that I can be very wrong about YNH and he could be an evil mastermind. I just think the Deep State likes uses what he says as moral justification for the terrible things they do.
There's also the Grange motto that I like: In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
I wanted a 'double like' button for your statement, Anneke. And I adore Bruce Lee's quote, which I've never heard before! And yes, Nefahotep's analogy about the Public-Facing vs Private-Facing layers of the Deep State onion fits nicely with your last statement.
Hi Tereza,
you bring up one thing Yuri says about the coming automation that I keep hearing in the AI discussions. this idea automation/AI will usher in an era of free time and play where the masses will be free to pursure artistic goal like painting or poetry or livley discussions etc.
this is an incredibly dangerous idea. we know from experience and data that only a small percentage of humans are truly creative people and the rest of the population are not.
as we saw during lockdowns, the golden age of pandemic albums and books were never written. the most likely scenario to unfold will be that, without any meaniful work, most humans will fall into mindless consumption. eating bad food, watching bad media, thinking bad thoughts and having bad feelings. garbage in/garbage out. a dulled and helpless population that is primed for a totalitarian takeover. I can't stress enough how horrifying this idea is. I see my friends talking about it and I shiver...
Yes, Guy and I were discussing that idea on the Rumble version. We've been hearing about the new leisure class since we were kids, including the Jetsens. Other than washing machines, I'm still not seeing it. Even my Roomba is worthless with the amount of prep required for it to 'automatically' vacuum.
I personally think that things will fall apart before any utopian or dystopian AI future. I don't think it's all they're cracking it up to be. And maybe that's Yuval's mission, to make it seem like AI is much more advanced than it really is.
I agree, I don't think we will see the AI utopia that's being sold to us.
I do think, however, that the nice sounding pitch might just be the perfect bait and switch or distraction to control entire swaths of the population.
as a child I had all the cool 'techno-future' books that were promising life on the moon, vacations on the space station and personal jet packs etc. meanwhile, my old junior high school looks the exact same as it did 40 years ago, haha...
Excellent article, Tereza
Whatever rings true in another person's words, is resonating within you.
The Individual -- Harari is an intellectual, what he says is true in context with how he presents ideas. The question is how do we relate to what we "think" we see in his statements? Or that of Russel?
Quote:
""In response to a question about what students can do, Yuval talks about becoming part of an organization or starting one because 50 people who cooperate are more powerful than 500 activists each operating on their own."
Russell adds that students should democratize where they are. He states:
"As evidenced by the society we live in now, a few people cooperating can dominate and control huge numbers of people. All of us are in that huge number being controlled.""
As an Individualist, my take is to find HOW what is spoken directly relates to my own experience, not WHAT I think the agenda is personally held by either of these individuals, Russel or Harari. I am an Observer.
My perspective comes from researching the vast network the WEF is connected to; the sense I get so far, the WEF is merely a "Public Facing Front" of something else we do not see. So, what is it that most of us don't see?
The "Private Facing Front" of this system of systems is structured similar to an onion skin, layer upon layer of compartmentalization to assure a type of break-off survivability. None of the Individuals who control public assets through privately held equities ever get their faces on the media. They "use" people like Harari or Russel for that. They are not afraid to reveal the truth of what they are doing, they think they are doing it with your consent.
Whether or not Russel or Harari have personal integrity is not something that can be observed easily, that's internal. What we must see is that everyone has an "agenda," and since the WEF and it's members are public relations "faces," we should be willing to simply "observe" what is true when they speak the truth, yet do so with no prejudice and no expectations.
Oh, nicely said Nefahotep. Yes, I think there are ways we can use what Yuval is saying (nations are spells cast by legal shaman; money is the most successful story ever told) to our advantage. What the WEF wants, no doubt, is to leapfrog from One World Gov't directly to the helpless individual. But abolishing the 'religion' of nations and money allows us to rewrite it too. And communities within larger configurations that protect their sovereignty is another story we could write.
I always value your deep knowledge on the deepest layer of the rotten onion. And yes to not giving over our beliefs in what's true to anyone or the reactionary opposite.
What unites all of us individuals, is our innate sense to seek what the truth is. It is easy for people to fall into the trap set by our own ego; "to consider the source," or who is saying what. Knowledge is neither good nor bad, not positive or negative; that is a qualitative assignment coming straight from ego.
Regardless of how Harari views himself in his interaction with those seeking to assert freedom, if he says something that is inherently true, I can immediately recognize it. Yes, I'll admit him saying it piques my curiosity as to why, but that's as far as I let go. When he says: "Nations are spells cast by legal shaman; money is the most successful story ever told," that is a 100% true statement. It proves out when you dig deep into the Trust System; The Legal System; The Banking System et al... That which we see in the world today is only a shadow cast by that which we don't see. Especially in the world of Administration, that bird has two heads.
Only the Bold are willing to "stand under the truth." (Understand) Only the bold are Devotees of Kali ---- destroyer of forms ---- protector of truth and life.
Oh great breakdown of 'understand.' It's like my definition of forgiveness as giving forward the benefit of the doubt.
I just watched a James Corbett that he recently posted but recorded in 2012. It's on Israel smuggling materials from the US to build their nuclear arsenal. And the refusal to prosecute anyone for it, and Netanyahu becoming a US adviser to Clinton soon after. The speaker made an interesting point that Israel's lack of conventional weapons makes this a threat--if the US doesn't fight their wars for them, they'll use the only weapon they have. I thought you might find it interesting: https://corbettreport.substack.com/p/israels-nuclear-smuggling-with-grant.
Love that song "As Time Goes By"
I agree with what you say that we have to respect each other enough to hear each other out. Then we have to argue our case as best we can.
When I still watched TV I remember seeing that when two people were not in agreement one of them would just get up or turn around and leave. This infantile behavior has over time been normalized. I'm talking about the US now. If you do that in Europe it's equivalent to burning a bridge. No turning back.
Like Steven Hawking said here: "All we have to do is make sure we keep talking."
https://rumble.com/v1hzfl4-keep-talking-pink-floyd-pulse-4k-remastered.html
Profound song, I'd never heard it before.
The album "Division Bell" came out in 1994. You should hear the rest of it. I think it contains some of Pink Floyd's best work. It's my favorite album. "Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish You Were Here" used to be.
Excellent observation! I'll check out the link.
“What will you do about the coming automation revolution? What will you do to prevent the emergence of a useless class?”, ask Yuval.
Under our "democratic" system any stupid person can be elevated to the role of representative of the people, people who elect a stupid person to represent them because she/he is pretty and talk well. So to expect of "politicians" to be all of sudden enlightened to provide us with the solution to a problem or to act according to the maxim "To govern is to foresee", is to be of the same grade as the "elected official".
Astute insight, Marc. Since all gov't, with the exception of a tiny handful of BIS hold-outs, are borrowing from the bankers, this seems another way for the vultures to own the economies of countries. Get the people to demand UBI in anticipation of being made useless, then use that as a reason to cull the populations through the gov'ts.
I know my comment is not astute. I'm frustrated. I bought YNH books (Sapiens/Deus) 5 years ago but haven't read them yet for fear of their thickness. So much so that Deus is now twice as thick because it fell in the AC condensation. Since then I heard/read/seen many things about them. My comment is also linked to what happened in our Canadian parliament last week that made me both sick and laughing. This uselessness brought by UBI might after all, eventually, make people come to their sense since they'll have plenty of time to rethink their lives if they wish to. And who knows we might end up with a more meaningful sense of belonging :)
Haha, so Deus actually fell into the Machina? And expanded to twice its soggy weight? I think the AC is telling you to cut your losses and throw that book in the trash. I don't even give away books that don't deserve to live. I follow Picasso's advice for bad art and put a stake through their heart.
The Canadian parliament just confirmed what you've known all along--they're complicit. With gaffes like that, more people are finding out.
Ha ha. That's a good one :) I wouldn't have thought of that Deus ex machina. Concerning the CDN parliament and probably all of them, what we see hiding in plain site is only the tip of the iceberg.
"What will you do to prevent the emergence of a useless class?”
I am sure you've heard of Heinz Kissofdeath's "useless eaters". I think he is the most despicable POS that ever set foot on this planet. Then on the other hand......., I have used the term "useless eaters" myself. Most people who think like I do use the term "sheeple" when talking about them.
In one of his broadcasts "The Hour of the Time" Bill (Milton William) Cooper said "If you do not do anything about "it" you are of little or no significance to anyone or anything.", or something to that effect. The meaning being the same.
https://archive.org/details/BillCooperComplete
I don't know of him and I am not going to listen because you already told me he is despicable :) and you do not specify which of his program and it doesn't matter. My viewpoint in any case will surely encounter obstacles. I used to be mainstream in my thinking. Tired of always hearing the same arguments I explore other perspectives such as the interaction/interface between the material and the immaterial world. I came to the conclusion than almost nothing we do in the material world (this planet precisely) has anything to do with what we ought to do. It has nothing to do with religion. I more like a logical person in search of other answers than what I've heard/read/seen all my life. Everything must go or almost. On this planet nature is delivering every day a sample of how we ought to live. It's in front of us except that when one lives in a metropolis one can hardly notice. The idea of idle people or useless eaters is pretty much linked to the industrial revolution. Since it is a bit useless to write down here everything that has been written on the subject I am only going to suggest a great little book by Andrew Smart titled "Auto-Pilot - The Art and Science of Doing Nothing". He is a neurologist and found out that the brain is more active when we do nothing. Every gesture we do automatically requires not much brainy activities since it is inscribed in our neurones. So idleness allows for a greater involvement on the brain in finding ways to organise our activities and to come up with out of the box solutions that a busy mind would not have come up with. So all those people worrying about idleness should think twice at their boring standpoint. I would even go as far as writing that about 50% of what we do on this planet is completely useless: office work, manufacturing, etc. I'm starting to write about this in my substack. It's gonna take a while to make a book out of it. I guess "Bullshiy Jobs" by David Graeber is already talking about this. But I would go further. It's hiding in plain site on this continent but if we want to see how far can go our demise we can look at China with it colossal collapse of its economy of being busy for the sake of being busy.
What I linked to is the complete Bill Cooper archive. He has hundreds upon hundreds of hours recorded from the 80's and 90's. During the summer of 2001 he said on one of his programs "The Hour of the Time" something to this effect: "Something big is going to happen soon, and they're going to blame it on Osama Bin Laden".
Bill Cooper was shot dead by municipal police on his front porch late in the evening in October that year.
Might I also suggest you press enter twice in a row once in a while when writing a comment. Particularly a long one.
The most important fact is that environmentalism was a Deepstate project from the start, and a Wall Street favorite from the start. Nixon, who was a Wall Street lawyer before 1968, created the EPA and started the Green ball rolling. The CO2 connection was introduced by a CIA conference in 1975.
http://polistrasmill.blogspot.com/2010/04/global-warming-origin-of-crime.html
You can see the Wall Street connection easily now. Listen to any podcast from Bloomberg or Yahoo Financial. They're all pushing climate change HARD.
Why is it a Wall Street favorite? Because it limits the supply of power, ideally to zero. Small supply means high price, without having to bother with real production.
If greenies were serious about carbon, they'd be pushing exclusively for nuclear power. Zero emission, near zero waste material. But enviros have always FORBIDDEN nuclear and pushed low-efficiency sources like wind, because they want MINIMUM SUPPLY and MAXIMUM PRICE. Enviros have also been tearing down hydroelectric dams for the same reason. Eliminate all reliable supply of energy.
Agreed. Yes, I was shocked to find out it was Nixon who created the EPA. Liberal friends would say it was the one good thing he did and I'd scratch my head because why? When someone does something so out of character, there has to be a reason. It was many years before I learned the whole sordid truth.
Probably everything that gets promotion and attention is a Deepstate project. For instance, China was a Deepstate project from the start as was the Soviet Union, and I'm covinced the USA itself was as well. When I was a kid I wondered why Nixon and Kissinger went to "Communist" China but that mystery's been solved for me for quite some time now.
Essentially it's fascism everywhere and all the time dressed in the fashion of the times.