Lena Stevens – This super moon can bring up emotions especially around freedom or lack of, sense of tribe or lack of, and feeling of hope, prosperity and expansion, or lack of. The energy can be ups and down and there may be upheavals or unexpected events, some challenging and some supportive.
It is best to embrace change and innovation, and turn any monkey wrench thrown at you into a positive opportunity for doing something different or differently, especially reaction. Continue reading
Open – I think there’s a huge misunderstanding about the purpose of the soul, and with that, life itself. I put it to you, that the soul is an expression of the One – of pure presence. And it’s purpose is to actualise the One in every moment – as an expression. When you hit this sweet spot of life, without needing it to go a particular way, then you channel the enormity of the universal flow through you. It shapes things you couldn’t possibly have previously imagined.
Right now, with everything that’s going on in the world, you simply cannot remain the same – to expect today will turn out just like it did yesterday. The risk is to be caught in the machinations of the shadow side in society – to have to dance to its tune. Instead of making progressive innovations that whilst maybe small, nevertheless lead to big shifts in you, and therefore in your life. Continue reading
Since time immemorial humans have continued to invent tools aimed at making life on earth easier and better. Today, the advent of new technologies promises an improved future for humanity, with burgeoning industries like health tech transforming life the way we know it. Here are the top 10 breakthrough inventions that will define the future.
These are small pill-like swallow-able devices that can take pictures and detect problems in the gut without using anesthesia. They can be used to prevent diseases that may cause stunted growth and malnutrition in millions of kids worldwide.
Charles Hugh Smith – One feature of capitalism that is rarely discussed is the premium placed on cooperation and collaboration. The Darwinian aspect of competition is widely accepted (and rued) as capitalism’s dominant force, but cooperation and collaboration are just as intrinsic to capitalism as competition. Subcontractors must cooperate to assemble a product, suppliers must cooperate to deliver the various components, distributors must cooperate to get the products to retail outlets, employees and managers must cooperate to reach the goals of the organization, and local governments and communities must cooperate with enterprises to maintain the local economy.
Darwin’s understanding of natural selection is often misapplied. In its basic form, natural selection simply means that the world is constantly changing, and organisms must adapt or they will expire. The same is true of individuals, enterprises, governments, cultures and economies. Darwin wrote:“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, or the most intelligent, but the ones most adaptable to change.”
Ideas, techniques and processes which are better and more productive than previous versions will spread quickly; those who refuse to adapt them will be overtaken by those who do. These new ideas, techniques and processes trigger changes in society and the economy that are often difficult to predict. Continue reading
“When examining the way corporate transnational businesses operate in the real world, their lack of internal in-house innovation is notorious. These gigantic corporatist carnivores excel at mergers and accusations in the quest of monopolization of markets. In these endeavors, their best friend is government cronyism and favoritism.” J Hall
For an economy to grow and create actual wealth, innovation is a bedrock component in the development of enhanced prosperity. Prosperity is an intriguing concept. Simply making and accumulating money falls short of establishing a successful economic model. This recent report illustrates a prime example. Facebook stock soars, as company briefly passes IBM in market value. “By most measures, Facebook is dwarfed by IBM: With about 7,000 employees, ten-year-old Facebook is on track to garner $12 billion in sales this year. The 103-year-old IBM has more than 400,000 workers and sold almost $100 billion of computer hardware and software in 2013.”
Is Facebook a shining star of innovation? Or is it the product of a society, which has given up on working towards a successful economy, whereby a prosperous middle class partakes in the engine of continued and shared affluence? Conversely, is IBM an innovated inventor, or is it a dinosaur of a previous era? Continue reading