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Life as we have know it can’t be sustained in the 21 century
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email to a friend Researchers at J, W. Forrester’s institute at MIT presented a new study that says that the world could suffer from “global economic collapse” and “precipitous population decline” if there is a continued consumption of the world’s resources at the current rate. An article from Smithsonian Magazine quotes Australian physicist Graham Turner, “the world is on track for disaster. There is a very clear warning bell being rung here,” Turner said. “We are not on a sustainable trajectory.” There is little doubt that the present world is…
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Perception…something to think about…
Washington, D.C., Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately two thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes: a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule. 4 minutes later: The violinist received his first dollar; a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk. 6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his…