"I have just found this great video of an understandably irate Neil deGrasse Tyson (NdT) speaking the truth in this amazing video from 2012! The power of the innovation and inspiration gained from the NASA and our space program and its accomplishments is worth far more than the paltry 1 cent for each tax dollar that is spent on it. Our space program probably has a long term return on investment greater than anything else that the government spends money on..." My post has a transcript and images too. https://www.freexenon.com/2019/05/29/video-neil-degrasse-tysons-keynote-speech-for-the-28th-national-space-symposium-2012/

Carl Sagan and His Famous ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Speech "So, here is that amazing lecture that he gave at the University of Cornell: Carl Sagan’s 1994 “Lost” Lecture: The Age of Exploration (1:36:00). The total video is 1 hour and 36 minutes long. The first hour is his speech, the very last part of which is the famous Pale Blue Dot speech. The last half and hour or so is a Question & Answer session which is still very interesting." I also have a transcript and images to go along with this speech. https://www.freexenon.com/2019/06/09/carl-sagan-and-his-famous-pale-blue-dot-speech/

Here is an Amazing infographic showing the timeline of Earth’s average temperature from XKCD. I have seen this before, but now, since I am posting much more ravenously I thought I would introduce you all to it. Enjoy! Earth Temperature Timeline (XKCD) Climate Change, Explained in One Simple Comic (Climate Central News) https://www.freexenon.com/2019/06/19/a-timeline-of-earths-average-temperature-since-the-last-ice-age-glaciation-xkcd/

Home > Technology > Alternative-Energy > Carl Sagan’s Keynote Speech at the 5th Emerging Issues Forum (1990) Carl Sagan from his Keynote Speech at the Emerging Issues Forum in Cornell University in Feb of 1990 Carl Sagan’s Keynote Speech at the 5th Emerging Issues Forum (1990) Alternative-Energy Climate Change Science Technology Video Monday, 2019 July 8 James O'Neill223Leave A Comment On Carl Sagan’s Keynote Speech At The 5th Emerging Issues Forum (1990) Table of Contents Introduction Video Video Transcript Introduction Life is Rare A Lesson from the Planet Venus A Lesson From the Planet Mars When is the Right Time to Act? Introduction Croesis, King of Lydia Cassandra, Princess of Troy Conclusion About Climate Change Evidence Introduction Greenhouse Effect Global Temperature Trends Global Effects of Climate Change The Double Standard for Argument What can we do to stop climate change? Introduction 1. Chlorofluorocarbons 2. Energy Efficiency 3. Alternative Energy Sources 4. Plant Trees 5. Deal with the Global Population Crisis Summary Conclusion Print Friendly, PDF & Email If you have not watched this amazing video of Carl Sagan from his Keynote Speech at the 5th Emerging Issues Forum in Feb of 1990 (1 hour 5 min) where he talks about climate change, then do it NOW! Sadly, his powerful and amazingly prophetic words are still very, very relevant today. My post also has a transcript and images to go a long with his speech. https://www.freexenon.com/2019/07/08/carl-sagans-keynote-speech-at-the-5th-emerging-issues-forum-1990/

https://www.arionshome.com/2019/05/05/read-the-inner-level-how-more-equal-societies-reduce-stress-restore-sanity-and-improve-everyones-well-being/ Introduction The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone’s Well-Being(Pickett and Wilkinson, 2019) is an amazing book and is written as a follow up to their previous work Read: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (Pickett and Wilkinson, 2009) which was also an amazing read. I read both books in 2 days each. Their profound revelations make both of these books required reading for anyone with political interest for it lays bare the core issue that we need to tackle in order – Inequality. About The Inner Level This book powerfully drives home how inequality affects us all and why and how it is harmful to all it affects from rich to poor. In societies with greater inequality the rich live 10 years less than those in more equal countries. High levels of inequality like we see in the USA are devastating to everyone especially to those who are poor, and horrifically harms educational potential in all students rich or poor. As a society, we cannot hope to heal ourselves or even advance until inequality in annihilated globally.

The Kardashev Scale of Civilizations https://www.arionshome.com/2019/03/22/kardashev-scale-of-civilizations/ I am going to introduce you to an interesting idea proposed by Kardashev called the Kardashev Scale. Here is a quote from science fiction and fantasy writer Veronica Sicoe which has a great introduction to this concept: "In 1964, Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev figured that civilizations can be categorized by the total amount of energy available to them. He defined three levels of civilizations based on their capacity to harness and use power. These have since been expanded by another four (in light of the increasingly wild speculations spawned by marrying mathematics and theoretical physics). The Kardashev Scale, as it is called, now lists 7 levels of civilizations based on their power consumption, and implicitly on their technological advancement and extension."

Check it out: Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur https://www.arionshome.com/2019/03/15/science-and-futurism-with-isaac-arthur/ My next post The Kardashev Scale of Civilizations is coming out on Friday (2019 Mar 22) and, as a part of that research, I have be gifted with discovering an awesomely educational YouTube channel titled Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur (SFIA) where he discusses so very many different technical topics dealing with primarily with the science of space and other related technologies. In my above mentioned Kardashev Scale post I reference quite a few of his videos to help people understand not only the Scale itself, but also to be introduced to other interesting related topics.

Here is my first blog article on Resource Based Economies https://www.arionshome.com/2017/11/17/cancer-capitalism-antidote/

I will get this started by posting a few of my relevant links on this topic: (Part 1): The Problem (5 pgs; Dec 2017) https://docs.google.com/document/d/127DOQZxHxHceqczi8ciYi_j1f-Lgr-2ugZahdsoR158/edit?usp=sharing (Part 2): The Solution (7 pgs; Dec 2017) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pjjy0SqMiFWotUHf-gtchL-G70cRFKwQK3xVbphhqY8/edit?usp=sharing (Part 3): The Implementation (11 pgs; Dec 2017) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pjjy0SqMiFWotUHf-gtchL-G70cRFKwQK3xVbphhqY8/edit?usp=sharing