Most of modern society is (still) based on economic gain. Many (most) people will find this logic, because they don't know anything else and society has worked like that for generations. Thus they think this is unalterable. As in former eras people thought it was unalterable that society were mainly based on war or on religion or on some feudal system or that the earth was flat. Read more >>> [11]

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. In fact a great deal of society thinks money is a goal and is based on this shortsighted understanding of life. Read more >>> [21]

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... Read more >>> [23]

The established order

The "Established Order" (let's say EO) is a concept that can be considered at several scale levels running from small and short term to large and long term. We all 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, even if in many cases it does have direct influence on our lives, sometimes even without being aware: emperors, kings and queens, spiritual leaders, religions, governments and most recently: banks and the international mega-coorporations. Read more >>> [25]

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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.

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Ik beschouw internet als de belangrijkste uitvinding voor de menselijke vooruitgang na de boekdrukkunst. Read more >>> [28]

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. Read more >>> [30]

A new (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 [35]

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

This 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

What if you want to try to think 1000 years ahead?

RRB

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