Comments on: Podcast 212 – “The Wizard’s Council”

By: Spangle

Spangle — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:13:51 +0000

I really enjoyed this. Two things spring to mind:
I think it was Dmitri Orlav who pointed out that Revolutions such as the Fall of Communism happen NOT when people are hurt and downtrodden, but when they get a little bit of wealth and freedom after long oppression. As long as we are in an active Recession I think we cannot expect a Revolution, even now that we are relieved of Bush.
Secondly I wanted to comment on the statement, "we cannot have a clash of civilizations because civilized people do not clash." While I thought it was briliiantly said, I have a problem with it because I am not always convinced that civilized behavior is a good thing. In some ways I think we need to evolve beyond it, and that the future will, as you implied look more like the past, with relationships becoming more tribal. The root word of civil is city, so what would civility look like without cities?
The problem with everyone only needing to change himself, is that we end up with individualists who may be too independent and self- sufficient to form any tribal union.
Anyway, just a few thoughts. Thank you so much for bringing up all these great ideas, Lorenzo.

By: Spangle

Spangle — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:54:14 +0000

Take it easy , outer limits. Non one asked you to do anything different from what you are already doing, and of course you wouldn't if we did, would you?
Life really is not about pushing other people around. Maybe yours has too much of people pushing you around. Some of us choose differently. And it is every person's job to find that freedom. Your quality of life is your problem and no one else's. No one here is telling you how to live. Go ahead, make your OWN day!!!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:15:37 +0000

Thanks for posting this Lorenzo!

By: OrcasKevin

OrcasKevin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:17:24 +0000

Hey High Horse OuterLimits…if you have nothing constructive to add, take the Hater attitude somewhere else. Are you offering up anything creative? Anything visionary? Anything better? The irony of your blanket condemnation of "the tribe" illustrates your ridiculousness, and it's embarrassing. Kindly shut up and evolve.

By: outer limits

outer limits — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:59:58 +0000

finally listened to this… curiously shallow take on the educational system. you made some major points against it that I agree with, but to then write it off as a whole is pretty weak. so honestly now, you really believe that one can learn discipline of hard science around a campfire loaded on E? sure, you might learn cooking, tent building and things like that, but that's where that ends.
you really want to receive surgery of ANY kind from some "psychonaut" that dropped out of college because they thought it was breeding them for a life in the "cube farms"? ok, you go right ahead.
you "tribe" people all out there with your computers and iphones (pretty expensive habit there!) and you going to build those from scratch? no one down the chain need a degree for any of that?
before making blanket condemnations of ANYTHING, maybe take a step back and notice that what may be bad for you is exactly what someone else needs? get off your fucking high horse once in a while and spend some time with honest to god regular people that have to work through life. It's people like you and jerks like Pinchbeck that are so wound up in their own psychedelic elitism and entitlement, that it makes me want to throw in the towel. I hate to break it to you, but your "tribe" is a bunch of elitist, spoiled rich people… and I bet you're all white too.

By: deadfishing

deadfishing — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:21:04 +0000

http://soundcloud.com/kingmob/tracks is another site to find it at.

By: Lorenzo

Lorenzo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:18:59 +0000

It's working again, now. I've had that problem once or twice, but it always comes back up.

By: Zuma

Zuma — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:44:43 +0000

http://carlsmith.freesitespace.net/music/ar/reviv... appears to be a dead link… maybe the server's just down temporarily. was it recently a viable link?