Nuclear war seems closer and more real than it has in a generation. That existential fear has been affirmed by the organization of nuclear scientists who have spent seven decades trying to turn humanity away from nuclear weapons: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved its 'Doomsday Clock' 30 seconds closer to 'Midnight,' an unofficial barometer of how ...
You are stealing our Future / Sie stehlen unsere Zukunft / Você está roubando nosso Futuro / Estás robando nuestro Futuro
Rich nations have an obligation not only to the poor nations, but to all the grandchildren of the World, rich and poor. We have not inherited this Earth from our parents to do with it what we will. We have borrowed it from our children and we must be careful to use it in their interests as ...
Meeting a Psychopath / Einen Psychopathen Treffen / Conhecer um Psicopata / Conocer a un Psicópata
Your Love and compassion has transformed into panic and anxiety. You apologize and cry more than you ever have in your life. You barely sleep, and you wake up every morning feeling anxious. You have no idea what happened to your relaxed, fun, easygoing Self. After you meet a psychopath, you will feel insane, exhausted, drained, shocked, and ...
1989-12-10 Victoria, Australia / You are a bloody Idiot / Du bist ein verdammter Idiot / Você é um idiota Maldito / Eres un maldito Idiota
It is actually very simple; if you plan on drinking, do not drive, and if you are driving, do not drink. But if you drink, then drive, you are a bloody idiot. Drinking and driving causes death and serious injury on the roads. Road traffic deaths shatter the lives of those who are left behind. Look what ...
Advertising Lullaby / Wiegenlied der Werbung / Canção de ninar da Publicidade / Canción de cuna de la Publicidad
Youl like to think you are in control of your perceptions and decisions. The idea that you have been manipulated into buying something is distasteful. Yet it happens constantly. Because you are Human. In fact, the very things that makes you Human - empathy, emotion, and exhaustion to name a few - give those who are unscrupulous, desperate, ...
1964-12-02 Berkley, USA / Operation of the Machine / Bedienung der Maschine / Operação da Máquina / Operacion de la Máquina
Freedom of speech is something that represents the very dignity of what a Human being is. If you cannot speak ... I mean, that's what marks us off. That's what marks us off from the stones and the stars. You can speak freely. It is almost impossible for me to describe. It is the thing ...
1863-11-19 Gettysburg, USA / New birth of Freedom / Neue Geburt der Freiheit / Novo nascimento da Liberdade / Nuevo nacimiento de la Libertad
The civil rights of women, immigrants, American Indians, and many other groups also hung in the balance following the Civil War, and they continue to be discussed today. When looking at the term 'New Birth of Freedom' with regards to American Indians, things get a lot more complicated. When the 14th amendment was passed granting African Americans ...
The good Life / Das gute Leben / A boa Vida / La buena Vida
'What is the good life?' is a question as old as philosophy itself. In fact, it is the question that birthed philosophy as we know it. Posed by ancient Greek thinkers and incorporated into the thought of Socrates through Plato, and then Aristotle, this question gets at the heart of meaning and purpose. Why are we here, ...
2016-11-09 New York, USA / You are not going to be President / Sie werden kein Präsident Sein / Você não vai ser Presidente / No vas a ser Presidente
It was not just the experts, the politicians or the comedians who got it so historically, incredibly wrong. The professional pollsters who devised meticulous methodologies for forecasting election results were also caught terribly wrong. The Princeton Election Consortium gave Clinton a 99% chance of winning. The Huffington Post gave her 98%, PredictWise gave her 89%, and the ...
2010-11-07 Sao Paulo, Brazil / Light and Shadow / Licht und Schatten / Luz e Sombra / Luz y Sombra
The grave magnitude of the Brazilian crisis is such that we lack means of explaining it. Trying to go beyond the classic approaches of critical sociology, we have invoked the explanatory capacity of the psychoanalytical categories of ‘light and shadow’. We tried out a possible understanding that comes to us from the theory of chaos, an important ...
Gross Domestic Product / Bruttoinlandsprodukt / Produto Interno Pruto / Producto Interno Bruto
Whatever you may think progress looks like, the governments of the World have long held the view that only one statistic, the Gross Domestic Product, can really show whether things seem to be getting better or getting worse. It is a figure that compresses the immensity of a national economy into a single data point of surpassing ...
2016-10-28 New York, USA / It will feel Good / Es wird sich gut Anfühlen / Vai se sentir Bem / Se sentirá Bien
Like him or not, the liberal documentarian Michael Moore was spot-on about the entire 2016 presidential election. He wrote in an article on his website in July 2016 titled '5 Reasons Trump Will Win.' And his first reason nailed Trump’s path to victory, even when polls at the time indicated it was virtually nonexistent. Moore reasoned that ...
Think for Yourself / Denke Selbst / Pense por você Mesmo / Piensa por ti Mismo
In times of media and internet you are under so many external influences that it can be difficult to know when you are thinking for yourself. You most likely do not even know when your thinking is not your own. Being unable to think for yourself can make you miserable at best, or a puppet of ...
2011-10-15 Oakland, USA / Power to the People / Macht dem Volk / Poder para as Pessoas / Poder para la Gente
Democracy is defined as all the people themselves have the power. That the people control government. This is how democracy is sold to people to make them believe this word represents how people have power over their government. Democracy, is not rule of all people, is not power of all people. Democracy is the power of the ...
1998-10-12 Laramie, USA / A Friend of Mine / Ein Freund von Mir / Um amigo Meu / Un amigo Mío
Beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming on the night of October 6, 1998. - As a child, he was friendly with all his classmates, but was targeted for teasing due to his small stature and lack of athleticism. He was an optimistic and accepting young man who had a special gift of relating to almost everyone. He ...
The rules of the Game / Die Regeln des Spiels / As regras do Jogo / Las reglas del Juego
When you begin to learn the rules of the game, you can avoid losing. The game is life, and not knowing the rules will cost you your game. Throughout the game of life, players can choose between starting straight into a career or going to college, dealing with loans, stocks, buying a house, marriage and having ...
Power of Conversation / Macht des Gesprächs / Poder de Conversação / Poder de la Conversacion
In an age of hyper-connectivity, the power and art of conversations is being lost. Conversation is not a simple exchange of information between people, it is much more. At times, it can be a process to clarify your own thinking, it can present an opportunity to be educated, and it can be a creative spark that ...
1993-10-03 Mogadishu, Somalia / Leave no man Behind / Lass keinen Mann Zurück / Não deixe nenhum homem para Trás / No dejes a nadie Abandonado
'Leave no man behind' is a creed and ethos often repeated and adhered to by various units and soldiers. The phrase is applied to the treatment and extraction of the seriously wounded, the recovery of the body of military members killed in action, and the attempts to rescue or trade for prisoners of war. Despite being widely ...
In this World / In dieser Welt / Neste Mundo / En este Mundo
Mans best-friend is forced to live in dreadful conditions, denied Love and space to exhibit natural behaviours. They will never see sunshine or grass, a bed, a treat, or a toy. They will live a life completely devoid of Human contact and are never walked, cuddled, or loved. This is the hidden industry behind a pet shop window. ...
Nature is telling Us / Die Natur sagt Uns / A natureza nos Diz / La naturaleza nos Dice
For decades now you witnessed massive increases in Human population, global warming, famines and droughts, epidemics of unusual infections. Diseases like the black plague, smallpox, and HIV, shifts in water distribution and the disappearance of ecosystems, forests, food and other natural resources. Nature is telling that our World is in terrible trouble, and we are just beginning to feel ...
It’s already too Late / Es ist schon zu Spät / Já é tarde Demais / Ya es demasiado Tarde
Humanity is quickly moving toward a man-machine hybridization. Humans are becoming cyborgs as they grow ever more dependent on technology. Humans actually are already part cyborgs. That phone is an extension of yourself. It is just that the data rate, the communication between you and the cybernetic extension of yourself that is your phone is slow. It ...
2016-09-23 New York, USA / A better future for all Children / Eine bessere Zukunft für alle Kinder / Um futuro melhor para todas as Crianças / Un futuro mejor para todos los Niños
UNICEF launched the World version of John Lennon’s classic song 'Imagine' today. This World version of Imagine shines a spotlight on the 28 million children around the World who have been driven from their homes due to conflict. The video was previewed to World leaders at the United Nations Summit on Migrants and Refugees in the UN ...
Ten Billion / Zehn Milliarden / Dez Bilhões / Diez Billones
'Ten Billion' is about us. It is about you, your children, your parents, your friends. It is about every one of us. It is about our failure: failure as individuals, the failure of business, and the failure of our politicians. It is about deforestation, desertification and species extinction. It is about global warming and growing threats ...
1982-09-20 Rheydt, Germany / Mad World / Verrückte Welt / Mundo Louco / Mundo Loco
Capitalism is in many respects a mental illness generating system. The World is becoming mad. Many of the current explanations offered by mental health professionals, social epidemiologists, health scientists, neurobiologists, and anthropologists claim it is. Experiences of social isolation, inequality, feelings of alienation and dissociation, and even the basic assumptions and ideology of materialism and neoliberalism itself are seen ...
Message to Humanity / Botschaft an die Menschheit / Mensagem para a Humanidade / Mensaje a la Humanidad
From this wider perspective; so much of what we do to each other must have the rest of creation shaking their heads in disbelief.The fact is that someone born in the United States is not more special than someone born in Mexico.Someone born in London is not more special than someone born in Liverpool.Someone who ...