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  josue-salazar

  Dec. 9, 2006, 11:35 p.m.

  Well that was different. Thank you.

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  ck

  Dec. 10, 2006, 1:47 p.m.

  Sounds like a hacker's (in the O'Reilly sense) approach to solving the world's problems. Interesting.
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  Alexia

  Dec. 10, 2006, 2:28 p.m.

  I'm buying the book for the "How To Overthrow A Dictatorship" section! Aw hell... is the CIA gonna come after me now...???

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    dan_

    Dec. 12, 2006, 6:24 a.m.

    sooooo retarded.
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  1-2-Oscar

  Dec. 12, 2006, 8:57 a.m.

  Nice promo for Alex Steffan's book, but otherwise useless.

  The "anchors" apparently believe that they should use their power to appoint a particular political agenda. It would be nice, however, if they bothered to consult experts in the field. Simplism attracts mindless followers, but it offers few real solutions.
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  Alexia

  Dec. 12, 2006, 12:19 p.m.

  1-2-Oscar, what's useless about it? Did you not get a sense of what the book is about? You're not meant to agree with what's in the book, you're just supposed to get from the video a little bit about the book. I accomplished that nicely. No political agenda anywhere in sight. Also, I don't know what "power" you're talking about. I have a camera, I uploaded a video. These are things you can do. Find your expert, make your own video.

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    1-2-Oscar

    Dec. 12, 2006, 3:51 p.m.

    I've actually read the book. Have you?

    If you want the discredited theories of Paul Ehrlich regurgitated, Alex Steffen is your man. If you want a rational look at the modern world and the challenges we all face, then pop culture is not the place you'll find it.

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      Alexia

      Dec. 12, 2006, 8:27 p.m.

      So, what you're saying is that we shouldn't all be happy that there's a Roundabout Play Pump in the world??? Also, I see that you skirted my question about making your own video. I'll just let that go... By "The Book" I can only assume you're talking about ONE WITH NINEVEH or THE POPULATION BOMB and no, I haven't read them through, but I know Dr. Ehrlich's work and, actually, will be contacting him for a separate video, so it's odd that you're somehow using him "against" the WorldChanging folks. I would imagine that Steffen, the authors of several of the stories in the WorldChanging book, and the Ehrlichs would have a lot to say to each other. So my question then becomes: what interests YOU? If you're a humanist why would the WorldChanging book upset you so much?

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        1-2-Oscar

        Dec. 12, 2006, 11:35 p.m.

        I understand that it can be difficult to return to a topic or thread and pick up just where you left off, so I will help you here.

        Above you asked, "Did you not get a sense of what the book is about?" That should guide you in identifying which book I meant.
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  1-2-Oscar

  Dec. 12, 2006, 10:14 p.m.

  "Worldchanging" doesn't upset me, but the ignorance and immaturity of the anchors, coupled with the determination of a couple of them to make certain that discredited and futile attempts to control the world through "environmentalism" certainly does make me angry. paul and anne ehrlich have predicyed the "end of the world" and the end of humankind" how many times??? Yet their doomsdays keep passing and I'm still here.

  If you do get a chance to interview Paul, ask him if he's paid his gambling debts. When Ehrlich loudly predicted shortages of many important commodities byb the nid-1980s, an economist challenged him to a $1000 bet. Using Ehrlich's list of imminent dangers, they would follow the price of ten of these commodities for a decade. If the price went up, indicating greater scarcity, then Ehrlich would win. If the commodity prices went down, demonstrating that no "shortage" existed, then Ehrlich would lose.

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    1-2-Oscar

    Dec. 12, 2006, 10:24 p.m.

    Nine of the ten commodities went DOWN in price, and the "market basket" total went down precipitously. Ehrlich's "loss," which should have caused him considerable embarrassment, was widely reported, but it was never reported that he ever paid up.

    If you think this is not about politics and control, then you are an utter fool. Go back to the Green Party platform of 2000, the one which even Ralph Nader disavowed, and calculate what changes will be needed for the party to meet its own quotas for representation by race and gender.

    Repeating something over and over, as Ehrlich has done for four decades, does not make it true. But those who are predisposed to believe the worst will make you a hero.
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