Robert Paterson reflects on the John Boyd Conference 2008. It’s pretty grim reading about the state of the world, but he does have suggestions for what to do (on both macro and personal levels).
The search for efficiency and the urge to consume has set us all up like a row of dominoes – there is [...]
Entries from December 2008
Resiliency
December 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: · current affairs · economy · environment · politics
RIP
December 19th, 2008 · Comments Off
Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House,Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (February 23, 1932 – December 18, 2008)
Tags: · geek · science fiction · television
Season’s Greetings 2008
December 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Illustration of mummers from Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal and Popular Antiquities, Charles Knight and Co., Ludgate Street, London, 1845
Tags: · art · holidays · Victoriana
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
December 10th, 2008 · Comments Off
Preamble
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a [...]
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