[Ailist] The Zietgeist Movement and Venus Project

[Cheri Torres]

Lionel,
Not sure how I see the connection between what you have written below and
the book I forwarded.  Can you make it more clear.

Thanks,
Cheri

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Lionel Boxer <lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au>wrote:

> Cheri knows Rom Harre.  His 1999 book (Greenspeak: A study of environmental
> discourse), uses the term ZEITGEIST on page 11 (see my reference to this:
> http://intergon.net/phd/phdch2.doc).  I do not recall if that book got
> into the "THE ZEITGEIST MOVEMENT", but the term ZEITGEIST was used in the
> context of environmental discourse.
>
> In http://intergon.net/phd/phdch3.doc I discussed how activist movements
> initiated a great deal of the triple bottom line / sustainability behaviours
> we see today.  For example, John Elkington was originally an activist
> applying pressure to Shell.  He is now a prime consultant to the Shell board
> and other significant international businesses.  For example, I saw an email
> from the CEO of Shell Jac Nassur about a meeting he had with John Elkington
> and the CEO of British Petrolium.
>
> We study order in AI.  A little focused anarchy goes along way towards
> realigning the status quo by disrupting what needs to be disrupted.
>
> Lionel Boxer CD PhD MBA BTech(IndEng) - 0411267256
> Associate of RMIT University - lionel.boxer at rmit.edu.au
> Graduate School of Business
> my "Assessment of Quality Systems with Positioning Theory"
> now in a googe book - see link at http://intergon.net
> >>> Cheri Torres <cheri.torres at gmail.com> 11/03/09 5:20 AM >>>
> I've just learned about the Venus Project and would like to encourage
> everyone to look into it.  I'm attaching a short book that offers an
> incredible pathway forward. With our monetry-based economy about to
> collapse, this is an opportunity to step into a resource-based economy of
> abundance, joy, peace, and enough for everyone. The world in which AI is
> the
> norm!!
> Please take the time to read through this, check on the project and
> consider
> how you and the work you do might support our moving towards this before it
> all ends in tears!
>
> An interview with Jacques Fresco
>
> http://magazine.chictoday.com/issue023/therealityoffantasy/therealityoffantasy.php
>
> The Venus Project Website:
> http://www.thevenusproject.com
>
> If anyone is already involved, I would appreciate hearing what you are
> doing
> and how it is going.
> Thanks,
> Cheri
> --
> Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D.
> Collaborative-by-Design
> Asheville, NC
> 828-225-5088
>
>


-- 
Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D.
Collaborative-by-Design
Asheville, NC
828-225-5088