Money

Money is a means.

In the "old times" money didn't exist. People simply exchanged 'products' or 'services'. Eggs for a piece of meat, ....

Most people nowadays have forgotten this. They think of money as a goal. Gain as much as possible, spend as little as possible, net result: benefit!  (Wow!)

As long as I remember, I have always felt lucky to live in the current times (and in Europe, actually, Holland). I developed this conscience at a young age when I started to understand how fine a life I (we) had comparing to what the middle ages must have been; misery, hunger, cold, the plague, war, political oppression and religious oppression... That alone was enough to feel happy about any circumstance I could be in. Read more >>>

The established order

The established order is a concept that can be viewed at several scales running from small and short term to large and long term.

We all have know the small scale, generally short term established order by personal experience, being our parents/tutors the first established order we have to deal with. Then there is the teachers, the police or your boss.

The large scale established order is generally not represented by a specific person that we deal with directly, but in many cases it has direct influence on our lives, sometimes even without being aware: emperors, kings and queens, spiritual leaders, religions, governments and most recently: the international coorporations. Read more >>>

Ever since I started to try to develop anything under Drupal  - some more than 2 years ago at the time of writing (around July 2007) - I live with this horrible feeling of stupidly loosing precious time of my work and life in an everlasting and desperate effort of trying to make any progress with Drupal. I suffer the continuous doubt of wondering if ever it will be possible to get anything working at an at least 60% rate of what I pretend under this supposedly "powerfull content management system" which offers "a lot of features" provided by modules. However, in many cases two modules don't just work well together as they are. Patches and workarounds are needed. The latest problem appeared for something as fundamental for a website as Images & Galleries.... Read more >>>

I believe in a cosmic force "out there" that maintains balance all over the universe.

Both "What the bleep..." as "the Secret" refer to this greater universal or cosmic mechanism as a kind of energy that's out there waiting to be used. Strong intention with the right mindset would be the instrument to get it working for you. I think is should be possible.

In my opinion the religions simply were an ancient translation of this mechanism into something personifed (?) and thus recognizable for the simple uncultured and illiterate people of centuries gone by. Basically just another way of refering to it... It helped most and still helps many to focus their hopes, believes or intentions and it gives people the force to continue even if all options seem to have disappeared. Read more >>>

The marketing game

The pillars of marketing are known as the 4 P's of the marketing mix: Product, Price, Place and Promotion. Sometimes Packaging is considered a 5th P and there was even a 6th, but I don't remember what. It's not really relevant. Marketing is a very intelligent and useful game, but while it could be used to stimulate people's conscience and creativity (for example), in 99% of the cases it is only applied to stimulate consumerism, in other words, selling.

In short how it works: Read more >>>

A next economic order

1 - should reduce Production Push and Buying Craze (PPBC)

The famous Ps of the marketing mixed could well be associated differently to the describe the current economic order:

Publicity Pushes Products Producing Poor People

Poor people in two ways:

• the Poor People from the underdeveloped countries that are, in many cases, collectively ripped off by the rich country's companies
• the Poor People from the rich countries that are mentally poor due to too much publicity that blurs their mind

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Maslow's pyramid

Maslow rather well classified most human needs in his pyramid of 5 levels.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is predetermined in order of importance.

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First an inspiring thought:

“If you are thinking a year ahead, sow seed. If you are thinking 10 years ahead, plant a tree.
If you are thinking 100 years ahead, educate the people.”
Old Chinese saying

Overview of the main steps in human evolution and progress

A quick sketch

1. 13.500.000.000 years ago

   The Big Bang the initial moment of time, energy and the universe

2. 4.570.000 years ago

   Forming of galaxies and planetary systems (our solar system is just one of x00.000.000)

3. 3.500.000 year ago

   Life appears on earth (prokaryotes) Read more >>>