Observations on the human condition
This is, loosely speaking, the fourth in a series of conversations with Faiza at Hidayat TV, sharing Critical Thinking’s and subsequent analysis of how we organise ourselves as a species. The first conversation is on education, the second on the structure of the world and our role within it and the third on the contrast … Read more
Faiza at Hidayat TV asked me to explain power in the following video: What is Power and How is it Abused and Corrupted? – the dark side of power and its influence on/control of the levers of power? What is the objective of this power? What is the alternative to this power structure and why … Read more
Amid the social media frenzy that emerged in recent days, there is some cool headed analysis of what is happening in Syria. From the outset of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Jacques Baud, a retired colonel in the Swiss intelligence service, provided cogent analysis on that conflict which has been borne out by subsequent … Read more
If you’ve yet to see the film Occupied, I would urge to do so and encourage others to do the same. The film opens on the horrors in Gaza in the last year and extends into the wider occupation of the levers of power globally. It confirms much of Critical Thinking‘s and subsequent analysis. I … Read more
A few days ago, I was invited to join this discussion: Hidayat TV Who Controls Who? (video 38 minutes and 52 seconds)Who Controls who ?What is the Current structure of this World ?Who are “They” & How do they Control Humans & Their Humanity ?What tools & Tactics they are Using to maintain their Hegmony/Supremacy/Control/ … Read more
Recent discussions on Hidayat TV about Israel’s behaviour, involve contrasting schools of thought: The other school of thought is that the US is all powerful and Israel is its tool in the Middle East. Two of the interlocutors in this discussion subscribe to this view and Batool Subeti’s explanation is powerful and compelling: In Critical … Read more
I’ve often said, including during the two interviews posted in the previous article, that an understanding of history, particularly 20th century history, is essential to understand the world today. Jean sent the following video (in two parts) in response to that article. Most of us developed a distorted view of the two world wars through … Read more
I was invited to participate in the Global Vision 2000 Eschatology Conference on 26 October 2024, the title of which is Entering the Final Stages of EndTimes. Paradigm Shift – Structural and Spiritual Perspectives (video 34 minutes 14 seconds)The Slides for the presentation are available here. To see all 4 presentations, click here.
In this first video, I had the opportunity to lay out some of the context, as to why the world is the way it is. YOUTH MATTER TOPIC PARADIGM SHIFT IN TODAY’S POLITICAL ECONOMY 2024-10-22 (video 54 minutes 25 seconds) I supplied a list of references before the interview: Hierarchy and Political Economy – Birkbeck Presentation … Read more
We have said many times: The adoption of money, to scale our activities over time and expanded distance, relatively recently, has created a competitive environment accompanied by unintended consequences such that we now face an existential crisis as a species.In the last 50-60 years, tools and understanding have emerged from all the technological progress to … Read more
I’ve been asked to present our latest work at an eschatology conference later this month and Moeen sent me these two videos with the introduction ESCHATOLOGY BACKGROUNDER I watched the two videos of Matt and Cynthia. They are very good in terms of fleshing out connections, structures and their consequences, even today. It is good … Read more