There is a little known restaurent in Playa del Carmen, Mexico called Alux (pronounced Aloosh) that is built entirely underground. It is an amazing place off the beaten path that spiritual people should experience. It is a maze of interesting nooks and rooms built in harmony with the cavern. It also has a very interesting [...]
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Affecting One Billion People Here is an idea that could potentially affect 1 billon people; a sustainable fridge. Just heat it up on a cooking fire for 30 minutes, let it cool for 1 hour, finally place it inside the container to cool. No electricity required. It will cool a 15 litter vessel down to [...]
Changing A Continent Neil Turok has a dream about the next Einstein comming from the continent of his youth. He also has been working to create that reality (in addition to his day job). He worked to create a successful model in the the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. That model can be scaled to [...]
I have been contemplating about the conflict between conservative and liberal values… related to many different arenas of thought… including politics. For the last 10 years or so, the world of open source software has been in conflict with profit producing companies in the areas such as software, internet content, internet searches, and telecommunications. Many [...]
I recieved this response to my previous post. It is long but well worth reading. I was reading your site articles and saw an article related to sex. If you have time, read some of what I have to say regarding that subject and marriage. I have some of my friends and … [a relative] studying [...]
Check out on an interesting article on cultural mores on sex called My Strange Relationship With Sex. An Indian epic, the Mahabharata, has a story describing a wise prince who was given a riddle by a Sphinx-like demon. The demon asked, “What is the greatest mystery in the world?” The prince answered, “The fact that we all have [...]
I am huge fan of increasing connectivity between people; E-mail, the internet, cell phones. It’s like adding additional neurosystems to the planet. I was under the impression that the cell phones in Europe are better and cheaper the in the United States because that’s what someone from Europe living in the U.S. told me. Then I [...]
I have thought a long time about how a country like the United States could take the lead in improving the situation in other countries in a way that would actually improve things for other people. Here is my current best idea for how this might be done: The US President picks trouble spot in [...]
It’s time we start to acknowledge that the old school way of solving problems is not enough. Information needs to be shared so we can come up with and acknowledge new ideas. Some of the new ideas that civilization needs to adopt already exist but they have not spread. The seeds are planted, it is [...]
It is possible to completely change a society in a single generation. The nation of South Africa is an example of sweeping changes in a short period of time. Many religions are in currently in need of broad changes in thinking and practice. There is now some evidence that some of these religions may be [...]