Getting to Transformation 2 – Choosing Wisely – Framing for good communication

“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”  E.O. Wilson. One thing that always bothers me about Environmental Education and Environmental Read more…

How people think about the future 2 – changing the message to fit the beliefs!

Main future view categories (numbers in parentheses are percentages for each category – 25 years and 100 years, with question three overviews in the narrative within each question). 1. No real change over 25 years (or even 100 years?) (0%/7%). An intriguing category because these people recognize that environmental changes Read more…

The Dumbing Down of Humanity – Controlling the Information 2.

About a week ago I posted on Facebook a cartoon from ‘Collectively Conscious.’ In it a young boy asks his mother, “Why do we have wars?”  The mother answers, “Because we are ruled by an elite group of psychopaths who own the banks that control the government and the media.  Read more…

The Dumbing Down of Humanity – Controlling the Information 1.

We like to blame the dumbing down of society to the electronic joy we are now inundated with in our lives.  While this is somewhat true, it is not a new phenomenon.  Throughout history, the people who controlled the information controlled the people.  This is not conspiracy, it is simply Read more…