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Gross Happiness Index

by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2010 | Care, Eco, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Mystery, Politics, Wars

I remember Bhutan being most concerned about its GHI, not its GDP (below). Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Contre L’Optimisme du Savoir (à tout prix)

by Pier Marton | Dec 22, 2010 | Books, Eco, Ego, France, History, Idées

« … je trouve beaucoup plus irresponsable et en même temps plus paralysant pour l’action un optimisme qui pense qu’on peut tranquillement laisser l’évolution se poursuivre, en grande partie comme auparavant, dans la certitude que davantage de recherche, une nouvelle...

Passer du Quantitatif au Qualitatif & Voir au delà de la Technologie

by Pier Marton | Dec 21, 2010 | Books, Care, Eco, France, Future Tech, Idées, Politics, Software, Spectacle

Avec Daniel Cohn-Bendit et Edgar Morin. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Eternity Through Tires

by Pier Marton | Dec 21, 2010 | Eco, France, Future Tech, Objects, Sci/Nat

At least no more flats. Available for 20in, 24in, 26in and 700c wheels, the Serenity will cost €59 for one tube and one tire, which on the face of it seems expensive but bear in mind that you should save money on replacement tubes, pump, patches and other tools. Click...

Superchef + Superman = a Mensch

by Pier Marton | Dec 20, 2010 | Asia, Care, Dance, Death, Eco, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Now, Politics, Travel

From 5 star hotel chef to feeding the hungry off the street, now in his 9th year. The Akshaya Trust Website with its mission: Committed care for helpless, forsaken, mentally ill, old, sick, roadside destitute living and dying in the streets of Madurai – by providing...

Big Brother Has Won (Once More)

by Pier Marton | Dec 20, 2010 | Art, Death, Eco, Future Tech, Human Rights, Media, Politics, Sci/Nat, Software, Spectacle

They know you too well: web tracking and its volunteer victims (with cookies, etc…). You ARE the products. NPR’s Science Friday shows it all too clearly. Richard Serra’s “Television Delivers People” has been quietly updated to “The Web Delivers People.” Click to email...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus