civilization

This seems to be rather philosophical, so I'm putting it here, my apologies if it's in the wrong section. Liberation from Civilization! Dave Pollard writes a compelling piece about the upcoming collapse of our civilization, and how best to cope with it...

Just tossing this out to hear what you all think. Prof. Michio Kaku - www.mkaku.org - theoretical physicist at CUNY (I think), and co-founder of string field theory (and overall VERY cool/nice guy) has often spoken about, especially in his lectures and on the DVD of his book Parallel Worlds...

Last year construction begun on a doomsday seedbank on a remote Norwegian island that is to be completed in 2008. Ignoring the issue of its likelihood of ever being needed, what I would like to know is, what would it take to eradicate the physically recorded scientific and cultural data that...

Anyone here read Will Durant? Are his works dated at all? I went to www.willdurant.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant. Anyone here a devotee?

Many wars/acts of violence throughout history have been motivated or justified by religious beliefs. With humanity’s technology far outpacing its ability to rationally look at superstition, will advanced weaponry and religious extremism eventually merge and produce a holy nuclear holocaust?

Egypt is, like, old or something. It's cool. And it rules! For more information: http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

Anyone else here play this game? I've been addicted to the CIV series since playing the original on a 286 IBM. I had this friend who failed her high school exams and had to repeat a year 'cos she played the game so much. Personally the only real long-term ill-effect I've had is an irrational...

This is by far one of the best artices I've read on the Iraq situation, and how it affects those who have to live there: http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1242

I am speaking, of people who bring their infants and toddlers to restaurants. Get a damn sitter or stay the hell at home! It used to be, only certain parts of our society did this sort of thing. You would see an immigrant family from a country that doesn't have western social graces or a...