Juggling Dynamite

Being the change we need to see. Good stuff.  Organized and persistent individuals are a formidable force, always have been.

Following similar initiatives in cities across the country, city students are organizing to prohibit the use of this synthetic material in schools and business across Maryland.  Here is a direct video link.

Solar power is a huge part of solutions needed on planet earth. The sector is in the midst of a massive boom that will last for years to come. Embracing this is key for greater efficiency and self-sufficiency along with necessary cost savings.  Resistance is dumb, transition is obvious.  We should be grateful for this important evolution.  The science has arrived just as the world desperately needs it.  See: Sun Sets on big oil jobs

Thought provoking discussion.  New models are needed to solve our challenges and it will be highly disruptive of current systems and ways that we measure progress and share resources. That is the point, we need to evolve.  We should expect it to be unsettling.

How do we make sense of today’s political divisions? In a wide-ranging conversation full of insight, historian Yuval Harari places our current turmoil in a broader context, against the ongoing disruption of our technology, climate, media — even our notion of what humanity is for. This is the first of a series of TED Dialogues, seeking a thoughtful response to escalating political divisiveness. Make time (just over an hour) for this fascinating discussion between Harari and TED curator Chris Anderson.  Here is a direct video link.

I also like this cartoon.  On point today, more than ever…