Friday, March 24, 2017

WHO WE ARE?

IS THIS WHO WE ARE?

This essay was prompted by Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: a history of violence and humanity,
his assertion that violence is less today.
His view to me is very narrow.

We live in a very violent world.  The multitudes dying from violence are not the only violence we are visiting on the earth. We have a callous blindness to the fate of others.  The living world around us experiences the after-effect of our arrogance, our hubris and our disconnection.  Tensions, threats, shadows of violence fill the air.  None are immune.

Connections globally via electronics and satellites underline the comparmentalized awareness felt by many of us, regardless of our economic circumstance.




  

THIS AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE, ASSAULT
IS 
SANITIZED,
SUBVERTED,
LIED BY OMISSION,
DELIVERED BY ALTERNATIVE FACT.


Many of us hide in entertainment and frivolity.



THE TENSION IS PALPABLE


 


THE  CONSEQUENCES OF OUR HUNGER
FOR RESOURCES AND POWER
TOUCH MANY LIVES
NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.



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makes Li-cobalt the popular choice for
mobile phones, laptops and digital cameras.  batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_lithium_ion




Special report : Inside the Congo cobalt mines that exploit children
6:16

I HAD A FRIEND TELL ME SHE BLAMED THE CONGOLESE
GOVERNMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF THESE CHILDREN
AND ADULT WORKERS. 

SPIN, RATIONALIZE, DEFLECT.




THIS IS SIMPLY VILE

Depleted Uranium - NATO's Dark Secret
3.05

The US and NATO militaries began using bullets made of DU in the 1991 Gulf War and have been using it in every major armed conflict since that time. It is used because it is extremely dense (1.6 times as dense as lead) which makes it ideal for piercing heavy armor. The U.S. used 640,000 pounds of DU ammunition just in the first gulf war alone. In the 2003 invasion they used an estimated 4,000,000 pounds.







People running from the destruction of
their homes and the poisons of war.
Aerial view of Al Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan

More than 51 million fellow human beings were forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict and human rights abuse. It is the highest number recorded since the refugee crisis following World War II.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-egeland/refugee-crisis-wwii-aid-_b_5791776.html


We use the children in the cobalt video above
to supply resources to these workers
for our electronic devices and toys.







And our laws make for other sources of labor.






  
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF LIVING AND WORKING.


Pepenadores - TJ Garbage People
1.52







Waste Pickers' - Life & Livelihood
10.42
  





THRIVE — Follow the Money
1.30



THIS AGGRESSION, VIOLENCE, ASSAULT
IS
SANITIZED,
SUBVERTED,
LIED BY OMISSION,
DELIVERED BY ALTERNATIVE FACT.

Many of us hide in entertainment and frivolity.



VIOLENCE DONE
TO THE LIVING EARTH
IS
VIOLENCE DONE
TO ALL.


 
DEAD AND DYING BEES PESTICIDES HERBICIDES
AND ELECTROMAGNETIC POLLUTION
.24





OUR WATERS



 
Top 10 Polluted Rivers of The World 2013
3.1



FRACKING








MORE ON OUR WATERS





MEDICATING EVERYONE USING OUR
RIVERS, LAKES, GROUND WATER






OUR OCEANS ARE NOT IMMUNE









Ocean Acidification by the Alliance for Climate Education
3.01








GREAT GASHES IN THE EARTH
START THE JOURNEY
FOR OUR TOOLS AND TOYS

 
Most Amazing Open-pit Mines in The World
(diamonds, gold, silver, copper...) [igeoNews]
3.43



 
12 Biggest Mines
7.38

The Bagger 293 is a giant bucket-wheel excavator built in Germany in 1995. It requires a crew of five to operate and can move over 8.5 million cubic feet of earth per day. The Bagger 293 uses a large 70-foot rotating wheel at the end of a long arm. This wheel has a series of buckets attached, and as the wheel rotates the buckets pick up the earth and dump it onto a conveyor belt. The conveyor belts will transport the earth to other vehicles for removal to the dumping site.

 
Bucket Wheel Excavator (Bagger 293)
3.46





 
Rare Earth Minerals Turn Villages to Ruins
4.08






 
11 Worst Pollutants in the World
8.21


 
How it’s Made - Silver
5.08



AS YOU  WATCH THIS VIDEO
CONSIDER
THE ENERGY AND MACHINERY TO GET THE ORE,
TO MOVE THE ORE,
TO PROCESS THE ORE
ALL THE RESOURCES
CONSIDER
WITH THESE PROCESSES
THE FUMES RELEASED
THE WATER TAINTED
AND WASTE AMASSED.

 
How It's Made Copper
6.47



THE COSTS TO THE EARTH AND THE FUTURE
ARE NOT FIGURED INTO THE COST OF THE
PRODUCTS WE BUY.
IF THEY WERE, MOST OF US COULDN’T BUY MUCH.

THE PAYMENT WILL COME DUE.


THIS HAS BEEN
ONLY A SMALL SAMPLE OF
 THE UNSEEN, UNRECOGNIZED
VIOLENCE THAT VIBRATES
AROUND US






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I FIND THIS AMAZING AND INSTRUCTIVE


HUGE TURTLE COMES TO THE RESCUE OF other
TURTLE THAT GOT FLIPPED ON IT’S BACK
https://youtu.be/zCs7_5_tjIQ

.56

I have fought and am fighting some serious illnesses.
For me life is still a great adventure and wonderful.
If you need:

12 comments:

  1. An incredible compilation, John. Thank you for putting this all in one place.

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  2. So moving. Vast in both scope and sadness. --David Sorensen

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  3. One of, if not the most compelling of your posts. Yes, we are all complicit. The extent and willingness to acknowledge is all that differs.

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  4. On more thing- While he raises interesting observations on the human condition, in the end, I am not convinced by Pinker, and think he is unable to even see the personal biases he is so quick to see in others.

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  5. Albert Einstein? Would that be the same Albert Einstein whose work led to the Atomic Bomb?

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