On the American left, there's no consensus about how to respond to China's emergence. Confront China or accommodate? Slam China with tariffs or invite it to build in the US? And what about human rights? Robert Dreyfuss talks to progressives about what the country's rapid rise means for the Chinese—and for Americans.
China must do two things at once: continue to industrialize while sharply limiting carbon emissions. Will its newfound focus on renewable energy technology be enough?
America needs to remember the disastrous consequences of the war in Iraq. But Obama wants to put it all behind us.
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Spiritual Consciousness
POSTMODERN TIMES
A series of short animated info-snacks presenting new ideas about
global consciousness and techniques for social and ecological
transformation.
Toward 2012
Our first episode introduces the project, explaining
concepts from the best-selling book, "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl"
(Tarcher/Penguin, 2006) by Daniel Pinchbeck, in the author's own voice.
Other segments will focus on shamanism, sustainability, alternative
energy systems, the Mayan Calendar, quantum physics and synchronicity,
and a host of other subjects.
The Tipping Point
In this episode founder and president of MAPS, Rick Doblin, goes over
the history of the radical cultural and political changes that happened
during the 60s. He argues that the tipping point was achieved through a combination of
synergies fueled in large by the youths experimentation with mind
altering substances.
A Myth about Matter
Jim Fournier is founder and President of the Biomass Energy &
Carbon, a Colorado based R&D company commercializing biomass
gasification and developing a revolutionary new "carbon negative"
bio-fuels technology that can remove CO2 from the air by generating
sustainable energy and a high-carbon fertilizer from biomass.
Psychic Scientist
In Psychic Scientist we explore the ideas of Dean Radin, Chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Dean has worked at Bell Labs, a US governmental agency and currently performs research at IONS on precognition, mind to mind communication and lot more fun stuff, all from a scientific perspective.
Postmodern Times the Production Team: Is a collaboration between
Nikos and Joao, aimed to produce and create conscious creative media.
Surfing the line of documentary and animation their work allows complex
and confusing abstract concepts become accessible, while at the same
time fun to watch.
