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https://psmag.com/social-justice/why-we-engage-in-tribalism-nationalism-and-scapegoating

Why We Engage in Tribalism, Nationalism, and Scapegoating Robert Sapolsky reveals the biological basis for our most unfortunate traits—and insists change is possible.

Please urge your Senators and House Rep. to fully fund THIS approach to ending gun violence.

Reduced the gun violence in Chicago by 67%.

Call Congress & push for funding: 202-225-3121

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Let's treat violence like a contagious disease Dr. Gary Slutkin spent a decade fighting tuberculosis, cholera and AIDS epidemics in Africa. When he returned to the US, he thought he'd escape brutal epidemic deaths. But he began to look more carefully at gun violence -- whose spread follows the same pattern as an infectious disease. His conclusio...

A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work -

A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work | Aditya Chakrabortty Trials suggest it can liberate jobless people, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

It has come to my attention that the Koch Brothers are making moves toward a Constitutional Convention. If this happens our Bill of Rights will be dissolved. So, if this happens I want to be johnny-on-the-spot with an even more all-encompassing set of rights for the citizens. I've done my level best to compile a set of rights that is all inclusive, including the rights of nature, and leaves no one behind. So, if we lose our Bill of Rights, or the Pacific Northwest, sensing a new aristocracy, decides to leave the Union - again, I want to lobby for the most liberal of rights possible. To that end, I am asking you to take a minute and review the composition thus far. Since this is for everyone, I want to hear what you have to say. The document can be found here: http://www.cascadiacommons.org/cascadia-commons/library/reciprocal-rights

Reciprocal Rights | Cascadia Commons Reciprocal Rights Version 2.1 (A cobbling together of The Bill of Rights and The Declaration of Human Rights, and the Bolivian Mother Earth Law)

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/electric-bus-travel-1-100-122049575.html

This Electric Bus Can Travel 1,100 Miles Without Recharging This Electric Bus Can Travel 1,100 Miles Without Recharging

This technological world we live is fragile and we, over time, have lost the knowledge necessary to boot strap and recreate what we have. I cannot stress the importance of this library enough to you. Could you survive without modern technology? Would you like to know how just in case? I encourage you to register at the following online library and make use of FREE PDF books on a very wide variety of subjects.

http://www.survivorlibrary.com/

Survivor Library How to survive and prosper without Modern Technology.

https://futurism.com/new-instantly-rechargeable-battery-deals-a-fatal-blow-to-fossil-fuels/

New "Instantly Rechargeable" Battery Deals a Fatal Blow to Fossil Fuels Purdue researchers have developed a flow battery that would allow electric cars to be recharged instantly at stations like conventional cars are.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/universal-basic-income-poverty-eradicate-66-countries-economist-john-mcarthur-brooking-institution-a7776651.html

Basic income could eradicate extreme poverty in 66 countries, says economist Introducing a guaranteed basic income could eradicate extreme poverty in at least 66 countries, an economist has claimed. John McArthur, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, said making unconditional cash transfers to poor citizens could help hundreds of millions of people. “...

https://futurism.com/basic-income-could-be-the-answer-to-unravel-the-greatest-problem-of-our-era/

Basic Income Could be the Answer To Unravel the Greatest Problem of Our Era Unemployment caused by technology is said to be the Gordian knot of our century, meaning whoever can unravel that problem will rule the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eQ9iLBfY4&feature=share

Varoufakis - Why the Universal Basic Income is a Necessity - by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute Don’t forget to donate to our Crowdfunding so we can continue to translate and republish analysis on the Universal Basic Income: https://www.betterplace.org/...

https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-capture-climeworks-fertilizer-2428036864.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1496253437

World's First Commercial Carbon Sucking Machine Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Fertilizer A revolutionary plant that can suck carbon dioxide right from the air was unveiled on top of a ...

http://www.credoeconomics.com/economists-as-priesthood-a-religion-based-on-assumptions/

Economists as priesthood – a religion based on assumptions | Credo: Economic beliefs in a world in crisis