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Before the kids get home from school, if I'm watching TV, I like to have on a educational channel because I know when the kids come in and see this they always think: Wow! After a long day at school, just what I want to see, Ed TV! It just makes me want to be a better educated human being.
So yesterday, I had on a lecture show from the Aspen Institute which is sometimes very good, and was yesterday. The speaker was from Microsoft and he showed examples of global warming by showing photos of the world's glaciers but the twist was: he showed photos taken in the 1920s and then the same spot as it looks today. Very revealing. But what I took away from all this was his introduction where he talked about global warming/climate change deniers. With them he felt, after just a few minutes of conversation, you realized no facts, no science, nothing, was ever going to change their minds.
I can't speak for the rest of the world but in the US, ideas seem to scare people. I believe thinking is still allowed in schools (maybe not) but the US is heavily peppered with cocktail party conversations of inanity.
This brings me to my first Wednesday pick:
which is sort of a longish read but it raises some very important talking point thoughts.
If you're an adult and living in an industrialized country, but not under a rock, you know where this story is going from the get-go because whenever man's inhumanity to man or the acceptance by a civilian population of atrocities is allured to, you can be sure the Nazi regime in Germany, 1930s - 1940s, will be trotted out.
Present day drone bombings of civilians, calling child deaths "collateral damage" in attacks by "our guys" or embargo policies which punish whole populations because our government is pissed with their government is never mentioned but those bad Nazis are because we all know we could never be like those bad Nazis.
So read this story, which is set in Nazi time, and see if you get what I gleaned from it: Today, way past the time of this story, have humans really changed? Maybe it's not possible for our species to listen to each other after all.
OK, on to guy stuff because I do ignore you in picks sometimes (sorry) and I did lead the week with a discussion of two movies which empower young girls (The Hunger Games, Tomorrow When The War Began.)
On this page, you'll get 100 movies guys should see. It's a fun read and I like that each movie pick is followed by Best Line in the Movie.
If I say: You can't handle the truth can you name the movie?
And then, go to their home page which looks interesting (OK, I'm not a guy, what do I know?) and pretty current (1/8/13).
Under Advertise, I found: Are you looking to reach an influential audience of 18-34 year old men
interested in fashion, dating, entertainment and fitness? Look no
further than Just A Guy Thing's growing audience of 3000+ subscribers
and tens of thousands of unique monthly visitors.
They say they have sponsored posts and reviews and regular articles. But, hey, this is supposed to be fun, not rocket science. (P.S. The Huffington Post has sponsored links.)
And finally, the photo post:
This page tells us every thing we need to know about TrekEarth: TrekEarth is dedicated to fostering a global
community interested in photography from around the world.
You get people, places, animals - over 1 million pictures of them.
As you know, I love to lazily sit at my computer or TV and travel the world with pictures. TrekEarth is a great way to do this. They have photos which make you linger and a long "caption" to give the scene more meaning.
Enjoy. See you next week.
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