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An archive of old tweets by @millionGen (irregularly updated, check the original for an up to date version):

14 Aug 13 RT @treyka: "Politics is not a search for truth." --Ed Felten #sec13
14 Aug RT @bewastewise: "Waste-to-Energy is still incineration. The big Waste of energy is to replace all the destroyed resources" @blindspotting
14 Aug RT @inter_gen: Calling all Teachers: IF Essay Comp in assoc with @NewStatesman Win £250 of library... Tell students: http://www.if.org.uk/essaycompetition …
20 Jul @LettersvanU You could commit the ! to the initiative started in 2013 that proved most beneficial, determined by those living in, say 2063
19 Jul What should @LettersvanU do with the exclamation mark 14 September (Letter 716)? Auction for good cause? Reward an action or cause?
14 Jul Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. ~Richard Feynman http://www.terrafiniti.com/blog/humanity-is-a-common-endeavour-evolving-sustainability-governance/ …
14 Jul RT @terrafiniti: Humanity is a common endeavour – evolving sustainability governance http://nblo.gs/N4nX2
14 Jul Construction updates? @longnow The cuckoo only comes out on the millennium, so not a lot of tweets. @RossSchulman: No account for the clock?
12 Jul Long Now ‏@longnow The cuckoo only comes out on the millennium, so not a lot of tweets. https://longnow.org/about/ MT @RossSchulman: No account for the clock? Retweeted by milliongenerations
24 Jun Green Life ‏@GreenLifeNews Einfach mal die Welt retten…10 Empfehlungen von Harald Welzer: was Sie sofort tun können! http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/rettung-der-welt-was-sie-sofort-tun-koennen-zehn-empfehlungen-11079178.html … #Klimawandel #weltretten Retweeted by milliongenerations
8 Jun Either way, consciousness is the best use of energy. (more precisely: of an increase of entropy).
8 Jun Is consciousness matter being aware of itself? Or rather information being aware of itself?
3 Jun RT @the_wrangler: My #1 takeaway from #asle13: Isn't it ironic that the humanities are diminishing in the Anthropocene?
1 Jun James Greyson ‏@blindspotting C2C is a brilliant idea. Impact is limited by running it as consultancy rather than a replacement economic growth model. @drsearotmann Retweeted by milliongenerations
2 Jun What is not impossible is a matter of time.
28 May Future and waste are mutually exclusive.
9 May RT @tempo: "I don't know a single truly creative mind who is a news junkie...' An argument for skipping the news. http://m.guardiannews.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli#top …
9 May Congrats @inter_gen with IF Film Competition! RT @inter_gen: @inter_gen congrats ... winning doc film

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2013/may/08/documentary-award-winner-name-greatness-video …

9 May Watch! RT @inter_gen: Dorothy and Nikki explain why they made their winning documentary film for @inter_gen here: http://www.if.org.uk/archives/3665/if-film-competition-documentary-prize-announced-and-posted …
6 May dumping your waste in the river is fine as long as you don’t think too much about the people downriver ~ Brian Eno http://longplayer.org/what/whatelse/letters.php …
6 May New long term thinking project: RT @longnow: Brian Eno writes to @nntaleb for the first @Longplayernow Letter - http://blog.longnow.org/02013/05/01/jem-finer-launches-longplayer-letters-brian-eno-writes-to-nassim-taleb/ …
27 Apr Longplayer ‏@LongplayerNow The Artangel Longplayer Letters launch on Monday, the first letter is from Brian Eno to Nassim Nicholas Taleb http://longplayer.org/what/whatelse/letters.php … Retweeted by milliongenerations
25 Apr @LettersvanU it probably is. What will remain the longest? Letters on paper, letters in stone, or digital letters? #keepitlegible
22 Apr RT @WaarInUtrecht: #WiU-343: http://twitpic.com/cl582s (via @DickSijtsma). Weet jij waar de foto is gemaakt? DM en win een ijsje van @ijsgek!
22 Apr Future and waste are mutually exclusive
9 Apr IDEAS CITY ‏@IDEASCITY What if we eliminated the concept of waste? Find out in another May 2 panel, moderated by @JonathanFPRose! http://bit.ly/XB91kY #IDEASCITY Retweeted by milliongenerations
21 Apr RT @treyka: Can we just forget about terrorism and have a war on entropy instead?
19 Apr Interesting: predictable choices are free? RT @philoquotes: A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational. ~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
16 Apr RT @sdoowamme: 'The future is not likely to be likely' @Eaterofsun on top form at #futureofnature
15 Apr RT @jemfiner: Cheer Up ! happy: http://youtu.be/BlVOy0JuGzk via @youtube
14 Apr RT @robintransition: Ew. No. Really? pic.twitter.com/10ywRhGcU6
11 Apr How little has changed! RT @blindspotting: In 1988: http://twitpic.com/cic5a5 RT @twit2face7: Dr. James Hansen was the first to warn of ...
11 Apr RT @cityofsound: "It's easier to ship recipes than cakes and biscuits." - John Maynard Keynes, via @AlistairParvin #fabrica #lectures
10 Apr RT @philoquotes: The possible ranks higher than the actual. ~ Martin Heidegger
26 Mar RT @whitsquared: Hey, Dutchie friends! Here is an article about one of our current projects at @longnow. http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/03/24/jurassic-park-hoeft-geen-fictie-te-blijven-haal-de-mammoets-en-dinos-terug/ …
24 Mar RT @philoquotes: Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. ~ David Hume http://bit.ly/philq
23 Mar Stewart Brand's 01999 book 'The Clock of the Long Now': long term thinking remains. Still unfashionable. Still up-to-date. Always vital.
1 Mar @LettersvanU let it be diamonds under the soles of their shoes! Video by @NUtblog http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2013/02/28/bijdrage-van-letter-503-door-nut-video-met-toespraken/ …
11 Feb RT @praptism: So many legends. I hope they continue to be remembered by future generations. #Grammys
11 Feb RT @machielg: Stone masons would leave notes in their walls for future masons. What do you leave in your code for future generations?
11 Feb RT @Langnauerin: @HansRamseier Egal, ob es so weitergeht, wie wir meinen. Wir haben eine Verantwortung für zukünftige Generationen.
3 Feb Professor Tim Lang ‏@ProfTimLang Progress is living within the planet. US living needs 5 planets = WalMartworld, Europe 3 planets =Tescoworld.Progress? http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/footprint_for_nations/ … Retweeted by milliongenerations
2 Feb How can there be most happiness? How will there be most happiness? Different questions, perspectives. Which will be more useful?
2 Feb RT @LongplayerNow: Longplayer Live London 2009 : 1000 seconds by Longplayer http://vimeo.com/58274591 New HD version
2 Feb The new poet of the endless poem: Mark Boog RT @LettersvanU: De nieuwe dichter der Letters van Utrecht: Mark Boog! http://lockerz.com/s/280979684
2 Feb RT @longnow: NASA's predictions of 02013 solar storm activity (built on 350 years' worth of "Long Data"): http://blog.longnow.org/02013/02/01/long-data-solar-storms/ …
27 Jan RT @PerriSutton: How do you think we should improve the world for the next generation? Tell @BillGates your hope for 2030. #myhope2030
23 Jan Great! 24-1 Athens: hope it looks way beyond the current issues RT @NikosKaratsoris: @millionGen THE FUTURE OF MONEY, http://www.suerf.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=396:24012013-athens-the-future-of-money-what-does-the-evidence-teach&Itemid=169 …
12 Jan nc arkesteijn ‏@ncarkesteijn Vandaag is tegenover Oudegracht 309 letter 681 geplaatst, de T, waardoor er niet langer grach staat maar gracht, (..) | http://bit.ly/UUZTma Retweeted by milliongenerations
5 Jan 2013 Paula maakt nu Letter 680 H voor Ari van Vliet bij Oudegracht 309. http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2013/01/05/letter-680-h-arivanvliet/ …
31 Dec 2012 RT @sebpaquet: A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
31 Dec RT @MicroChar: Want a €50k prize for your low-tech green solution? Enter @emp_ppl_award competition by end Jan 2013. http://bit.ly/12Vv2cL
26 Dec the system reflects the choices we make RT @RobbertVesseur: Het systeem is de spiegel van de keuzes die we maken.
26 Dec On earth "at the last" ~ 5 bn yrs? RT @philoquotes: Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? ~ Plato
23 Dec Lasting civilization is sustainable by definition, inevitably resilient & cautious, and possible future interest limit its members' rights
22 Dec Why did the ability to read Mayan writing disappear about 1000 years ago (and why did population drop 90%)? Lessons to be learned?
22 Dec RT @philoquotes: To spend life for something which outlasts it. ~ William James
22 Dec @LettersvanU isn't doorgaan your purpose? RT @awjvdh: ... THE antidote against #endoftheworld ... blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD8DSjif5SE …

* 22 Dec RT @longnow: Welcome to the 14th Mayan B'ak'tun!  Next tweet on this subject will be in 143,999 days.

10 Dec RT @Ecosnoop: Appropedia is a Wiki for helping build sustainable solutions in developing countries http://www.appropedia.org
10 Dec Dick Smith’s Wilberforce Award – $1 million to ...communicating an alternative to our ... growth-obsessed economy. http://dicksmithpopulation.com/wilberforce-award/ …
10 Dec RT @wendyinfutures: Finally! An #X-Prize for a #vision of a #sustainable #future - only #under-30s need apply. ... http://dicksmithpopulation.com/wilberforce-award/ …
5 Dec RT @PPS_Placemaking: "To seek causes of #poverty is [a] dead end, because poverty has no causes. Only prosperity has causes." -- #JaneJacobs
5 Dec RT @filminginkent: 16-30 year old filmmakers enter @inter_gen @nusuk @guardian short film competition and win £1k ... http://ow.ly/fjdtz
4 Dec 'environmental melancholia' RT @DarkOptimism: ...excellent @Guardian piece on 'climate change ignorers': http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/30/climate-change-you-cant-ignore-it …
4 Dec RT @longnow: Jeff Bezos discusses why he is supporting the 10,000 Year Clock project https://vimeo.com/54621535
2 Dec A poem of time and hope: @LongplayerNow on @LettersvanU http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/2012/05/28/greetings-from-longplayer/ …
29 Nov RT @LongplayerNow: 1st bowl from 6th circle named, thank you ! More info about bowls, LP Live &... http://longplayer.org/live/index.php#bowls … pic.twitter.com/kRBsj5je
27 Nov Could arguments be more useful if we worried about results rather than our reputation? Sadly, anonymous fora no way to implement it.
8 Nov Jamais Cascio ‏@cascio Once the political world latches onto global warming as a real problem, climate scientists will be accused of having underplayed the risk. Retweeted by milliongenerations
27 Nov Most letters contributed until year end. Next two still available. RT @LettersvanU: De laatste nog vrije Letters ... http://lettervanu.nl
27 Nov RT @jemfiner: Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create' http://gu.com/p/3c5xb via @guardian
27 Nov RT @bmf: Hey rich nerds! Let's fix the planet we have before trying to conquer another one, mmkay?
13 Nov Robbert Vesseur ‏@RobbertVesseur "Behandel iemand zoals hij is, en hij blijft zoals hij is. Behandel hem zoals hij kan zijn en hij wordt wat hij kan zijn." Goethe Retweeted by milliongenerations
11 Nov How can there be most happiness?
11 Nov What if it were possible to pass on useful knowledge for as long as the earth exists?
11 Nov What is the best use of energy?
11 Nov How many kinds of humans are on this planet?
10 Nov RT @philosophytweet: "The possible ranks higher than the actual." Martin Heidegger
10 Nov RT @whitsquared: Mutually Assured Distraction
19 Oct The difference between art and material is information. Where do we come to if art is destroyed for its material value? http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/2012/10/19/kunstroof-bij-lettertijd-steenhouwer-anja-roemer/ …
9 Oct RT@dvs: @sebpaquet That's why I have a hard time getting behind protests. I'd rather protest Bucky Fuller style. Go to work on something new
9 Oct Philosophy Tweets ‏@philosophytweet “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” ― Francis Bacon Retweeted by milliongenerations
9 Oct @LettersvanU how about it? RT @rocknrolltweets: I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be. Lou Reed
4 Oct Let ideas enable life.
4 Oct How can there be most happiness?
26 Sep RT @longnow: The Earth, Circa 100 Million CE: http://goo.gl/owYwH
26 Sep RT @jemfiner: Grantham, Friday, in conversation with inspirational cosmologist Prof Pedro Ferreira @Gravityfields http://www.gravityfields.co.uk/event/music-and-deep-time …
26 Sep Ethics for a broken world, by Tim Mulgan: what will they think of us, our convictions and institutions? http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/33196-ethics-for-a-broken-world-imagining-philosophy-after-catastrophe/ …
25 Sep RT @DickSijtsma: Hoe verder je bent, hoe beter

http://tinyurl.com/ceycphk #030 Doe mee, ook als je niet uit Utrecht komt

25 Sep RT @philoquotes: What nobler employment,or more valuable to the state,than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? ~ Cicero
18 Sep RT @Revkin: I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/gFw_JqAhV6I?a Summit on Resilience - Part 1
17 Sep Win a comma in 21 days - RT @LettersvanU: Win een komma! Letter 102: ...hoe verder je bent, hoe beter... Nog 21 dagen! http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/09/17/win-een-komma-in-de-straten-van-utrecht-hoe-verder-je-bent-hoe-beter/ …
15 Sep All that is stored will in time be publicly known.
15 Sep Why collect the data?RT@EFF: New York judge puts @Twitter between a rock and a hard place. Either way, #privacy loses. https://eff.org/r.a6kU
14 Sep Roger Fisher departed. One should think he got to yes.
14 Sep The only rational way to prepare for an end of civilization would be to stock lots of weapons and ammo. Let's not go there.
14 Sep Hey, what happened to @futuregens ? Future Generations should always remain.
14 Sep How would you behave if eventually you were to be reincarnated in every other person - present, past, and notably future?
10 Sep Consider future happiness! RT @philoquotes: If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience
9 Sep Consciousness is the best use of energy. What does it take to convert oil or coal into food?
5 Sep deLettersvanUtrecht ‏@LettersvanU Letter 663 a.s. zaterdag zoekt nog een sponsor. Word medeklinker! Deze letter begint een nieuw woord. RT ajb

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4 Sep @LettersvanU can you disprove? RT @philoquotes: No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself. ~ Cicero
22 Aug 12 RT @sebpaquet: "Inspiring hope in a cynical world might be the most radical thing you can possibly do."Jacq. Novogratz http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/29/jacqueline-novogratz-gettysburg-commencement/ …
19 Aug 12 RT @LettersvanU: "Because your future mattered to us today" - thank you Juliet & Ray! Letter _660 A http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/08/18/letter-_660-a/ …
18 Aug 12 deLettersvanUtrecht ‏@LettersvanU Het derde woord begint vandaag, met "A". Komt kijken, 13u Oudegracht 309. Uw naam kan in deze steen geschreven staan! http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/nieuws/ Retweeted by milliongenerations
18 Aug 12 An English speaking tour guide in Utrecht shows the making of the new letter of @LettersvanU to his group every Saturday
6 Aug 12 RT @nefwellbeing: Why we should focus on the links between #wellbeing and sustainability http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/wellbeing-sustainability-economic-prospreity-connecting-dots?CMP=twt_gu … (via @Wikiprogress)
5 Aug 12 CAN GO: two words written since June? No rush. You still have a long way to go! RT @LettersvanU: ... KUNNEN GAAN http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/08/05/twee-worden-kunnen-gaan/ …
5 Aug 12 A backup of languages lasting thousands of years: @RosettaProject RT @longnow: Rosetta, A Documentary by Scott Oller: http://goo.gl/uwtzT
5 Aug 12 1000 year long musical composition playing since end of 1999 @LongplayerNow: Film about Longplayer at the Lighthouse... http://vimeo.com/29102323
5 Aug 12 RT @LettersvanU: A first English translation of the poem of The Letters of Utrecht: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/home/het-gedicht/ … Please help to improve it!
3 Aug 12 RT @davidhodgson: Bhutan Aims to Be First Country With 100% Organic Agriculture | http://sco.lt/5TJJuT
3 Aug 12 deLettersvanUtrecht ‏@LettersvanU Zomerdip? De Letter a.s. zaterdag is nog vrij! Het gedicht gaat verder: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/home/het-gedicht/ … Kunt u de letter raden? aub RT Retweeted by milliongenerations
28 Jul 12 RT @LettersvanU: 'het begrip "duurzaamheid" tastbaar maken': Rainond Nuvelstijn ... over De Letters van Utrecht http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/07/06/bericht-in-steen-in-druk/ …
21 Jul 12 RT @LettersvanU: Let's at least try. RT @philoquotes: The word of man is the most durable of all material. ~ Schopenhauer
18 Jul 12 RT @philosophytweet: “Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.” Joshua Loth Liebman
6 Jul 12 RT @LettersvanU: Draag je steentje bij aan de toekomst van Utrecht: Letter 654 zoekt nog een sponsor. Morgen 13u bij Oudegracht 307/309.
6 Jul 12 A candle flame puts out about the same heat as an adult. Does burning a candle deny existence to someone for the same length of time?
3 Jul 12 Wat een goed verhaal. RT @LettersvanU: De Letter A van Arie Koot: het verhaal achter Letter 551 http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/07/02/de-letter-a-van-arie-koot/ …
6 Jun 12 There's one kind of human. Everyone the same? No. Every one is different. No two alike enough to legitimately judge as a group.
5 Jun 12 RT @annemarievdh: Letters van Utrecht ontworpen door Hanneke Verheijke van #avantlalettre pic.twitter.com/YHqpcjQs
5 Jun 12 RT @NOS: Video: Eerste letters eeuwigdurend gedicht Utrecht onthuld http://nos.nl/l/379584
5 Jun 12 RT @Utrecht_NL: Onthulling straatgedicht 'De Letters van #Utrecht' - DeStad#Utrecht.nl http://dlvr.it/1g9d7q
5 Jun 12 RT @letterkundige: De letters van Utrecht, een mooi project. Lees erover op > http://letterkundig.blogspot.com/2012/06/de-letters-van-utrecht-op-zaterdag-2.html?spref=tw …
5 Jun 12 RT @FreddyNuw: de letters van Utrecht zijn onthult. En door Maarten van Rossum aan elkaar gelult.
4 Jun 12 The poem of @LettersvanU is begun: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/nieuws/
31 May 12 Where do ideas come from?
31 May 12 RT @treyka: If you don't admit (at least privately, to yourself) the possibility that you just *might* be mistaken, then YOU ARE FUCKED.
31 May 12 RT @mediaphilosophy: Most people are unsatisfied in life and advertising will keep it that way.
31 May 12 Worth thinking further RT @SaraRobinson: Capitalism Has Failed: 5 Bold Ways to Build a New World http://huff.to/LvnRNa via @HuffPostBiz
30 May 12 A begin is made for @LettersvanU with the first letters in the streets of Utrecht. http://lockerz.com/s/212996689
29 May 12 Greetings from @LongplayerNow for @LettersvanU http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/05/28/greetings-from-longplayer/ …
29 May 12 And for longer?RT @transarchitect: If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if for a decade, plant trees; if for a lifetime, educate people
27 May 12 A stone from @longnow 's 10,000 Year Clock mountain in the streets of Utrecht: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/05/22/stone-from-long-now-for-de-letters-van-utrecht/ … @LettersvanU
27 May 12 Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations on @LettersvanU: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/05/24/srzg/ …
21 May 12 RT @transarchitect: "I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones." John Cage
21 May 12 RT @transarchitect: Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ~ G.K. Chesterton
27 Apr 12 Knowledge & resources = activity. Growth temporary. RT @gailtheactuary: Can we expect the economy to keep growing? http://wp.me/p3dRG-596
19 Apr 12 RT @marjetdouze: “...De letters van Utrecht: een oneindig gedicht in de stad http://goo.gl/fb/HE05l ” Fantastisch. LOL.Moeten we echt doen.
18 Apr 12 if only our legacy would matter to us more than our status! life would continue to get better.
18 Apr 12 RT @Ingmario: Nieuwe blog: De letters van Utrecht: een oneindig gedicht in de stad http://goo.gl/fb/HE05l
13 Apr 12 Consciousness is the best use of energy.
10 Apr 2012 Backcasting rather than forecasting: what if civilization lasts? Deduct rather than speculate. http://www.milliongenerations.org
10 Apr Poem for the future now also explained in English: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/ Decide the next letter in 400 years! @LettersvanU
4 Apr In the long run even people we don't like are ancestors of 'our' descendants. Can that help to keep peace now?
1 Apr Long Now blog on Long Poetry: the Letters of Utrecht http://blog.longnow.org/2012/03/29/long-poetry-the-letters-of-utrecht/ @longnow @LettersvanU
13 Mar RT @DickSijtsma: Doe mee met dit gave project: De Letters van Utrecht http://vimeo.com/delettersvanutrecht/promo . Utrecht wordt nog mooier! #030
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13 Mar Uitleg van DeLettersvanUtrecht.nl door @rubenvangogh http://vimeo.com/37788990 - @LettersvanU
8 Mar Cityfarming as social sculpture. Art engages. http://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/en/universitaet/pressekommunikation/publik-online/campus/campus-details/article/lets-grow-it-kuenstlergruppe-stellt-projekt-commoning-in-kassel-vor.html RT @gemeingueter: Commoning goes documenta 13 http://tinyurl.com/87znjrs
8 Mar RT @ProfTimLang: At last I agree with something Bill Gates has said: capitalism fails on food R&D. Short-termism rules. Absolutely spot on.
7 Mar @LettersvanU RT @VoorleesExpress: Leuk gesprek gehad met De Letters van Utrecht http://bit.ly/yE9kSp Dit verhaal krijgt nog een staartje...
2 Mar Save the date: June 2. Three months from now the endless poem for the future starts in Utrecht. http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/ @LettersvanU
2 Mar Never has anything dangerous lasted. RT @philoquotes: Never was anything great achieved without danger. ~ Machiavelli
2 Mar A declaration of dependence (or dependents)? The people of the future depend on us. http://milliongenerations.org/wiki/index.php/Declaration_of_dependence
2 Mar How could we write a pledge to help us commit to enable life for future people? http://milliongenerations.org/wiki/index.php/Pledge
22 Feb Professor Tim Lang ‏ @ProfTimLang Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
fossil fuel use by world agriculture grew 50x in last 60 years. Wholly unsustainable model. See new Cornerhouse rep p20 http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/sites/thecornerhouse.org.uk/files/Energy%20Security%20For%20Whom%20For%20What.pdf
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22 Feb Yesterday the city of Utrecht placed two Letters in the street: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/medeklinkers/ @LettersvanU seem feasible.
18 Feb poem to the future in the stones of the street: one letter per stone, one stone per week, for as long as s.o. covers the costs @LettersvanU
18 Feb @LettersvanU RT @FreddyNuw: dichtregels in de goot, op 2 juni wordt het groot.
17 Feb RT @philoquotes: I will act as if what I do makes a difference. ~ William James
16 Feb Population remains the goal! RT @growthbusters: Which is biggest problem - #overpopulation or #overconsumption ? http://bit.ly/AmSfXh
16 Feb @PoetrySociety A poem published one letter per stone, one stone per week, in the stones of the street: will that last? http://www.lettersvanu.nl
In reply to PoetrySociety
14 Feb Dick Sijtsma ‏ @DickSijtsma Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
RT "@GvanDriesten: @dicksijtsma Wat een prachtige website ivm de sponsoractie "Twee Oren voor #Jara" www.twee-oren.nl" #tweeoren
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14 Feb RT @FutureCon: Do the dead outnumber the living? http://bbc.in/wrdnZU <- interesting look at the population #history of humanity
13 Feb @SaskiavdR Dank je wel! Denk je het is mogelijk t/m mei 649 burgers te vinden die delettersvanutrecht.nl financieren?
In reply to Saskia van de Ree
5 Feb Saskia van de Ree ‏ @SaskiavdR Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
20th century avant garde built on principle: seperate & shock. The avant garde of century to come will have as principle: combine & connect
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5 Feb If you had to produce a steak and could do either with the same resources: would you raise & kill cattle or tissue-engineer it in a jar?
4 Feb RT @PaulSloane: What have future generations ever done for us? Groucho Marx
31 Jan Flemming Funch ‏ @ffunch Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Life is good. I don't mean just for me. Life … is a good thing. Try making decisions based on whether quality of life is improved or not.
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3 Feb Letters van Utrecht in the news: RT @DickSijtsma: Afgelopen dinsdag in het AD: http://tinyurl.com/7g2vjej De binnenstad van #030 wordt...
24 Jan RT @UtrechtNetwerk: Delettersvanutrecht.nl : een gedicht in de stenen van de straten, 1 letter per week. Mooi initiatief!
19 Jan definition or prediction? RT @philosophytweet: Time works for the intelligent.
15 Jan RT @philoquotes: When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. ~ Confucius
13 Jan RT @JenniferSertl: The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order~Alfred North Whitehead
12 Jan RT @iain2008: We're all responsible for not just the intended effects of our ideas but for their likely misuses. - Dan Dennett
12 Jan Do we have the power to maintain civilization?
12 Jan We have the power to destroy the earth. Let's not use it.
7 Jan All growth is brief.
7 Jan Population is the goal, not the problem.
7 Jan The population problem? What is your problem with population?
7 Jan RT @IntegrativeInfo: Contentment is the only real wealth. ~ Alfred Nobel
7 Jan guardians of future generations RT @inter_gen: Rupert Read's fine proposal-Future generations ... http://gu.com/p/34edp/tw
7 Jan amazing and impressive work RT @ubuntujoburg: Alex in Wonderland http://nblo.gs/snbDe
1 Jan If we ever meet an alien species, it must be peaceful. It would have destroyed itself otherwise. The greedy can not last long enough.
1 Jan In case the world ends in 2012: http://www.clubinterbellum.nl/ has the very last calendar to count down the days (precious collectors item one day :-)
1 Jan 2012 The best for 2012 (and all years thereafter).
16 Dec 2011 RT @Gnostechs: Data is information without consciousness. Consciousness without compassion is somnolence.
16 Dec A poem in stone to be read, and to be continued, by future people: http://delettersvanu.nl
16 Dec The further in the future descendants live, the more will they appreciate the value of caring for their descendants.
16 Dec In the long run we are all dead. But our descendants might live.
16 Dec In the long run all descendants are common descendants.
16 Dec ... and for our descendants. RT @sebpaquet: Ask not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for one another.
23 Nov Civilization: as long as you are, keep learning how to continue. RT @philoquotes: As long as you live, keep learning how to live. ~ Seneca
22 Nov Rob Hopkins ‏ @robintransition Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Fascinating piece from Gail the Actuary about whether you actually can decouple GDP growth from energy use: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/8615#more
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22 Nov Growth is temporary.
19 Nov Halina Ward ‏ @democracyandsd Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
FDSD has just launched a new Ministry for Future Generations website! Check out http://www.ministryforfuturegenerations.org
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21 Nov RT @ideahive: Planetary boundaries agreed by all states. Awesome idea: Ministry for #Future Generations http://cot.ag/v5tqxC
10 Nov the future is vulnerable
3 Nov Population is not a problem. It is the goal.
30 Oct RT @ver_philo: Resource Rights and Sustainable Resource Management http://wp.me/p1yex8-7Q
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23 Oct RT @quote_a_day: "There is no wealth but life." ~ John Ruskin
7 Oct RT @thisischris10e: Voor het maximaliseren van welzijn = een ander beleid nodig dan op grond van economische indicatoren voor de hand ligt
5 Oct Q: if tissue engineering steaks used the same amount of resources as raising+slaughtering cows - which would you prefer?
5 Oct energy = food
5 Oct The farther you look into the future, the less likely individuals will exist without the explicit care of earlier generations.
5 Oct RT @sebpaquet: "Can we instead create an economic system that liberates, celebrates, and rewards the innate urge to give?"Charles Eisenstein
5 Oct RT @AmadorSq: #DailyBeast: "Anyone who has spent time in...#Haiti realizes how vital the state is to human flourishing."
2 Oct RT @philosophytweet: Is it possible for everyone to be rich?
2 Oct RT @rejecter: I've learnt to love that fusion ball in the sky as my own sun.
2 Oct Future people value efforts for next generations (wouldn't be otherwise). How can we start? We evolved on reputation among contemporaries.
27 Sep we all RT @theredpillpusha: There are no shackles on us, yet we remain prisoner to a system we allowed to rise.
27 Sep likelihood that a claim will hold up is inversely proportional to initial attention it gets RT @longnow: Slow Science - http://goo.gl/p1kCD
27 Sep RT @grattongirl: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Lao Tzu
27 Sep RT @philosophytweet: Where there is fear there is opportunity, Forethought is divine.
19 Sep RT @IntegrativeInfo: All things living are in search of a better world. ~ Karl Popper
18 Sep The second law. And yet: knowledge can grow with time. RT @philoquotes: All things deteriorate in time. ~ Virgil
18 Sep Conscious experience is the best use of energy. Energy = Food.
18 Sep There's only one kind of human on earth.
18 Sep RT @thisischris10e: Asielzoeker droomt van bekommernis die Happy Feet kreeg - Opinie - TROUW: http://bit.ly/pdqmoN bizar eigenlijk
18 Sep RT @ideahive, @shirleyayres: RT @inthetoon: Civilisation is a race between education & catastrophe @hgwells #tedxlondon #educationrevolution
17 Sep RT @philoquotes: Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. ~ Seneca
16 Sep RT @SteadyStateEcon: Time banks throw out the logic of the market -- in a time bank, all work has equal value. http://fb.me/18W6rFqGf
16 Sep RT @RarePlanet: How we sell conservation and protecting our planet is important. Why not take the positive approach? http://ow.ly/6wEuA
16 Sep RT @TweetsOfGrass: To think of today . . and the ages continued henceforward.
14 Sep @brettjenks Understood. It really is a cool project. Williamson describes a home experiment http://bit.ly/nHJXkC
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14 Sep @brettjenks Cool science project! Do you really bury your grass deep underground?
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4 Sep If we are to avoid destruction we must first of all understand the human and historical context out of which destruction arises. ~ F. Dyson
4 Sep I am convinced that to avoid nuclear war it is not sufficient to be afraid of it. ~ Freeman Dyson
3 Sep RT @philosophytweet: Are ideas light or burning coals?
22 Aug RT @IntegrativeInfo: "When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race." - H.G. Wells
22 Aug RT @openworld: Human flourishing is only a click away http://make-everything-ok.com h/t Bobby Fishkin
22 Aug RT @gatesfoundation: "Info. and knowledge sits at the heart of social, economic and community development." http://gates.ly/qAfJJ4
22 Aug RT @aneesh_sharma: “We have an economy where we steal the future, sell it in the present, and call it GDP.” #PaulHawken
17 Aug assume million generations
17 Aug how can civilization last? How can we be good ancestors? Let ideas enable more life.
5 Aug RT @rejecter: I'll never stop expecting more of you, world.
4 Aug comprehensive anticipatory design science RT @BuckyFullerInst: Enter the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge... http://fb.me/17lhbDh86
4 Aug there's only one type of human on earth.
3 Aug RT @DalaiLama: We need to consider how our actions, in affecting the environment, are likely to affect others.
3 Aug RT @philosophytweet: Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. - Euripides
2 Aug Knowledge can still grow. But indefinitely? Hmmm. RT @postcarbon: WHO KILLED GROWTH? The animated answer >> http://bit.ly/whokilledgrowth
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2 Aug Can we leave coal, oil and gas in the ground? = Can we continue to live long term? http://ur1.ca/4t0f6 (DeChristopher link via @appropedia)
28 Jul Appropedia.org ‏ @appropedia Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Activist gets 2 yrs jail. ~"Without this kind of defiance (we'd) still be denying people of color basic freedoms." http://ur1.ca/4t0f6
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1 Aug Letters on the street, an endless poem continued through time http://bit.ly/qb5o02
31 Jul the fuel used flying a plane or heating a house is not used for running a tractor or creating fertilizer. energy = food.
30 Jul Could the dinosaurs have disappeared because one species learned to accumulate and use knowledge?
30 Jul RT @billmckibben: Toss some coin to pay Tim's fine/legal fees. We can't serve his sentence for him, but this we can do http://bit.ly/qUiIyL
29 Jul Consciousness is the best use of energy
29 Jul energy = food
29 Jul Let ideas enable more life.
29 Jul Use brains, not resources!
29 Jul So it is indeed impossible... RT @sigaard: What do we want? TIME TRAVEL! When do we want it? THAT'S IRRELEVANT!
29 Jul Live in the Gobi desert first! Charlie Strauss on space travel: http://bit.ly/8IOm11 (plus instructive comments eg, on survivor bias)
29 Jul Even before wikileaks: RT @philosophytweet: Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.-Sophocles
28 Jul Rob Hopkins ‏ @robintransition Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Just eaten a peach freshly-picked from my greenhouse. Experiencing a rare form of fruit-induced bliss...
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28 Jul nef ‏ @theneweconomics Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
UN admits that GDP is a poor measure for well-being. But what can replace it? Sorcha Mahony of @nefwellbeing explores: http://bit.ly/o5w2O2
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20 Jul Rob Hopkins ‏ @robintransition Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Here is the mp3 of the talk I gave at the recent RESOLVE conference in London about 'Transition as Cookery': http://tinyurl.com/3k2y2m7
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24 Jul RT @BradAcker22: "Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination." ~Roy M. Goodman
24 Jul RT @philoquotes: What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. ~ David Hume
24 Jul RT @philoquotes: Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. ~ Plato http://bit.ly/philq
18 Jul what if intelligence indeed lasted "many ... billions of years hence"?(@gregorybenford "Deep Time") - Assume & deduct requirements!
14 Jul Nederland2050 ‏ @nl2050 Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Graag RT'en! Eis een 100% Duurzaam NL in 2050 - teken de petitie! Een initatief van Wubbo Ockels. Kijk voor meer info op http://nl2050.nl
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17 Jul "Intelligence may even last to see .. the last .. suns many .. billions of years hence" @gregorybenford "Deep Time" Avon Books 1999, p.207
17 Jul Recognition as a ‘new paradigm’ of philosophy - http://wp.me/p1yex8-4Z - via @ver_philo
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1 Jul Letters in cobblestones spelling a poem for as long as someone writes http://bit.ly/mdv8J2
1 Jul RT @Kuhn: "We're not products of our environments, we're products of our expectations." - Wes Moore
29 Jun Peace Ecology Love ‏ @IntegrativeInfo Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. - Frank Herbert http://su.pr/22QZWs
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16 Jun RT @europeanhistory: "All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own." Goethe.
16 Jun RT @philosophytweet: What ideas can I make a reality.
16 Jun @treyka Thank you, too! @longnowbrussels is inspiring. And thanks to @_foam. So close to the Avenue of the Future...
16 Jun RT @treyka: How to deal with institutional mission-drift towards self-preservation? Time-based poison pills in charters / bylaws?
16 Jun Because we don’t think about future generations, they will never forget us. ~ Henrik Tikkanen http://bit.ly/kSnSwr
15 Jun RT @longnowbrussels: Long Now Brussels meetup @_foam milliongenerations foundation 15 June 02011, 19h http://snipurl.com/27yk32 - @treyka
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14 Jun RT @CatherineDeveny: 'Don't wait for the light at the end of the tunnel. Get up there and light the damn thing yourself.' Sara Henderson
14 Jun Slow thought movement
14 Jun One kind of human! RT @philoquotes: I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world. ~ Socrates
14 Jun RT @wisdomtweets: You think and you end up in a better place.
12 Jun RT @philoquotes: Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. ~ Seneca
12 Jun RT @greenskeptic: RT @pkedrosky: Nice collection: 15 energy slides that shook the earth - http://goo.gl/YCqO <<With updates. Cool.
11 Jun And the measure of each generation is what it does for posterity. RT @philoquotes: The measure of a man is what he does with power. ~ Plato
10 Jun @appropedia yes, open knowledge for sustainable living and open thinking for lasting existence should work together!
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10 Jun RT @WiserEarth: "We cannot do great things in this life; we can only do small things with great love." --Mother Teresa #quote
9 Jun RT @gaylegifford: What's working? What isn't? What are your recommendations for change? 3 simple but powerful questions http://bit.ly/mD2qw0
9 Jun Check @appropedia too: RT @UnsustainableU: Find and share Resources for a Sustainable Lifestyle http://bit.ly/g4sYvx
7 Jun RT @WiserEarth: #quote "The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible." Norman Cousins
7 Jun An endless poem, published on the stones of the street, one letter per week for as long as there is someone writing poems and setting stones
6 Jun Happiness, not economic growth, ought to be the next and more sensible target...~ Andrew Oswald http://bit.ly/fnStd0 (PDF) via @drgrist
5 Jun Want to save the planet? The planet will stay. George Carlin: http://bit.ly/cHHgRj
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30 May RT @treyka: Belgian chocolates and an espresso. Does it get any better than this? No, it does not. Take that, Monday afternoon blahs!
28 May RT @quote_a_day: "Time is the one thing that can never be retrieved." ~ C.R. Lawton #quote
28 May RT @BradAcker22: "We can understand almost anything, but we can't understand how we understand." ~Albert Einstein
28 May RT @philoquotes: The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. ~ Schopenhauer
28 May RT @Revkin: Perceiving the Anthropocene - http://nyti.ms/kEpf31 Earth is ours to shape or muck up.
28 May RT @philosophytweet: A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. -Einstein
28 May RT @philoquotes: Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. ~ Kant
28 May RT @nefwellbeing: Nic Marks writes for Al Jazeera about why we need new measures of progress. http://bit.ly/leg8zK
28 May A successful society is one that provides high and stable levels of well-being for its citizens sustainably over time ~ Nic Marks
26 May RT @TheOilDrum: Entropy, peak oil, and Stoic philosophy http://bit.ly/lnMbmQ #peakoil #netenergy
26 May RT @steadystater: Mountebank Wins Nobel for Infinite Planet Theory http://bit.ly/mppIwA #steadystate #postgrowth #neweconomy #humor
23 May How can civilization last? Blog at Zukunft25.de: http://bit.ly/m9irH0
22 May Why are we so preoccupied with an end of the world caused by factors beyond our control? We would seem the most likely cause ourselves.
22 May RT @davidhodgson: RT @gassho: The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. —Dalai Lama
15 May RT @BradAcker22 "Any plan is bad which is not susceptible to change." ~Italian proverb
The best use of energy is consciousness 14 May 2011
What would you want to tell a future civilization? @seedmag lists answers: Starting Over http://j.mp/gb6hgU 12 May
What would you want tell a future civilization? 12 May
RT @AlitaTyler: New ideas are never greeted with enthusiasm because people are set in their ways. 8 May
It matters how we do things, for those alive now, and for how many can be RT @roomfordebate: Technology and Population http://nyti.ms/iWpkDI 8 May
RT @alialsaeed More people are dying in #Libya, #Syria, #Iraq & #Yemen yet we're still talking about the death of one person. 4 May
RT @Cervido Exciting piece of speculative #philosophy on #singularity by David Chalmers http://consc.net/papers/singularity.pdf 4 May
RT @steadystater By not accounting for #emissions caused by imported goods, rich nations are living in Alice's wonderland http://bit.ly/lgqZSs #climate 4 May
@SteadyStateEcon Not Production, Not Consumption, but Transformation « Center for the Advancement of the Steady Stat http://fb.me/11ctut5qV 4 May
RT @philosophytweet Wise decisions are also the path of survival. 4 May
RT @WomenOfHistory For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. -Audrey Hepburn 2 May
RT @Thrivable @AlanRosenblith And if you like open sourcing appropriate technology, be sure to dig into @appropedia thanks to @Toolstothrive et al 14 Apr
RT @philoquotes: Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. ~ Schopenhauer 1 May
Population is not the problem, it is the goal. 1 May
RT @PursueSustain: RT @MindfullyChange: What we think, we become #quote 1 May
RT @donmacca: "Instead of trying to sustain the way we live, we might ask how to create a sustainable way of living." - Steb Fisher 1 May
The most important question we must ask ourselves is, "Are we being good ancestors?" - Jonas Salk 1 May
To be the best dad I possibly can... - Ric Elias http://on.ted.com/9AyX (thx @CoCreatr). Generalize: best ancestor? 1 May
a gallon of fuel equals about a month's supply of food. Is what I do with it worth a month of life? 26 Apr
RT @philosophytweet: Philosophers can publish their works electronically now. Think Big. 26 Apr
Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. ~ William James via @philoquotes 24 Apr*RT @ideahive RT @karmakees: happy is the new currency. via @nefwellbeing Nic Marks talks about well-being at TEDxDanubia: http://youtu.be/11W14b6JWbA 23 Apr
RT @carlsafina Whether we help one unlucky creature or wish to save the world, each of us needs to cherish all life as the gift it is 22 Apr
“A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.” James Freeman Clarke - via @jvanderpol 24 Apr
James Gleick on memetics jumping the shark: Currently popular: What Defines a Meme? bit.ly/eFqVFr - via @CoCreatr @JuntoLens - thx! 24 Apr
RT @jvanderpol: Een politicus denkt aan de volgende verkiezing, een staatsman aan de volgende generatie. 'James Freeman Clarke' 22 Apr
RT @philoquotes: It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. ~ Schopenhauer http://bit.ly/philq 20 Apr
Michael: my car gets twice the mileage of my old one. Yet I also use it twice as much... 20 Apr
Michael: going by train instead of the car today because I saw @billmckibben speak. http://bit.ly/hFUobA 20 Apr
RT @ourPotential The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.-L.Blum #quote http://iwise.com/WdEJn 19 Apr
RT @Samantha_Hosea How many people in NL are interested in an English #durftevragen #daretoask? Let me and @ManuelaDamant know! (pls RT) #dtv 19 Apr
There's only one kind of human on earth. #thoughtoftheday 19 Apr
RT @philosophytweet: Perseverance-have faith in what you are doing. 18 Apr
Want to save the earth? The earth will stay. #thoughtoftheday 18 Apr
RT @djjoustra #thoughtoftheday make your own #thoughtoftheday for sustaining ideas worth to rethink and do. Rt! Let's do it! 18 Apr
RT @djjoustra: ecology is a grand collection of smart ideas! Closing materials cycles, energy of the sun and value diversity. Just do it! 18 Apr
No screenings yet in Netherlands for Economics of #Happiness? http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/ @EconofHappiness 16 Apr
Culture Evolves Slowly, Falls Apart Quickly http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/evolution-of-culture/ via @fink_lik_a_mntn 16 Apr
RT @jvanderpol http://econ.st/fLryIF Why we need te realize that we are not civilized, so humanity will be able to make the next step to civilization 16 Apr
Let ideas serve life. (MK) 14 Apr
50 years ago Gagarin saw the beauty of earth. "Spaceship Earth" will still be beautiful in 50 million yrs: assume someone will see it then! 14 Apr
50 years ago #Gagarin saw the beauty of earth: Documentary "First Orbit" http://youtu.be/RKs6ikmrLgg via @klandestina1 14 Apr
Lateral accountability! Great idea in #TEDx talk by @ChrisSandbox http://j.mp/fzpu35 + future knows more about us than contemporaries! 10 Apr
RT @appropedia: Working hard at understanding deeply was key to Feynman's problem-solving. Lessons for our #education & #climate challenges. 9 Apr
RT @appropedia: Part of the secret of genius - Feynman's thinking http://ur1.ca/3tawt via @lucasgonzalez @Anonima 9 Apr
RT @makower This is great development: Apple, Intel Halt Conflict Minerals Purchases http://grn.bz/efqdWH 7 Apr
RT @djjoustra CoP psychologie van het Klimaat was inspirerend. Andere manier van denken en doen, aanhaken bij gevoel en onverwachte invalshoeken kansrijk? 7 Apr
RT @futurist_Ahines Are we more optimistic about the future than we should be? http://www.andyhinesight.com/?p=466 7 Apr
RT @umairh My hunch is: to end this Great Stagnation, instead of more "innovation", "growth", and "strategy"--we might need to reclaim our humanity. 6 Apr
RT @umairh Hence, my suggestion. Today's most revolutionary act? Not protesting or marching. But choosing a radically meaningful path for your life. 8 Apr
What a wonderful day! 2 Apr
@6mda Wonderful exposition of our common humanity: 6 billion others in Brussels-19Jun http://www.6milliardsdautres.org/ #onekindofhuman 26 Mar
RT xphilosopher Experimental Philos Workshop on the Experimental Philosophy of Consciousness next week in NYC. http://tinyurl.com/6l4u492 13 Mar
RT Bill McKibben Watching with awe the horror in Japan, reminded that modernity lives on a thin margin (which we should stop making thinner still).13 Mar
RT Diana den Heldstrateeg Diana den Held Into Eternity http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com... de BESTE docu over nucleair afval die ik ooit heb gezien: http://tinyurl.com/5wamjwk13 Mar
Tim DeChristopher on the power of nonviolent civil disobedience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sqHYem6zqM (Leave oil in the ground.)8 Mar
Let ideas bring life! 7 Mar
RT @europeanhistory: "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Kierkegaard 6 Mar
RT Tom Whitbytomwhitby Tom Whitby In a system based on competition, collaboration may be considered cheating.Why would we characterize an education Plan as a Race to the Top?6 Mar
and a wise generation... RT @BradAcker22: "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." ~Sir Francis Bacon #fb4 Mar
RT @BradAcker22: "Today, value goes to those who know how to create, store, manipulate and use information."~Adam Hartung #fb24 Feb
'Fighting racists' repeats the mistake. Remembering that there is only one kind of human on earth might help.23 Feb
Jared Diamond: Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,_and_Steel): There is only one kind of human on earth!23 Feb
RT @philoquotes: While there's life, there's hope. ~ Cicero22 Feb
RT @djjoustra: Cradle to cradle festival Berlin 9 march theme architecture with William McDonough, Michael Braungart, Thomas Rau and more.22 Feb
RT @davidahood: The Happy Planet Index... "because GDP measures everything except that makes life worthwhile" http://on.ted.com/8wAX22 Feb
Marks: The Happiness Manifesto! RT @nefwellbeing ...new book based on ... #TED talk via Amazon Kindle Singles http://bit.ly/hXBAbS28 Jan
RT Philosophy Tweets Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. -Cicero27 Jan Un
RT Igor Kluin Prachtige zin van @dezaakhanssen over green washing: 'Als de aarde het straks begeeft, gebeurt het in elk geval op een duurzame manier.'27 Jan Un
human energy requirement about the same as a candle's. One gallon of fuel means food for several weeks.23 Jan
many talk about knowledge economy. Where is something about the economy of knowledge?23 Jan
Is reputation key to everything? RT @GuardianSustBiz How the science of behaviour change can help with sustainability http://bit.ly/e8DxQy22 Jan
RT @philosophytweet: Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.- Seneca19 Jan
Onkalo: nuclear waste in Finland documented by M. Madsen's 'Into Eternity' http://www.intoeternitythemovie.com/ - think 100.000 years!18 Jan
SoyEcoistaSoyEcoista SoyEcoista Onkalo, un cementerio nuclear para la eternidad - 14/01/2011: Onkalo, que en finÇs significa oculto, es ... http://bit.ly/hjNYUI #soyeco15 Jan
Renaissance: science searches for truth. Popper: can't know truth, science is about utility. Kuhn: No, it's all about reputation.15 Jan
RT @philosophytweet: Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. -Euripides8 Jan
RT Symbiosis Economics It took 100 million hours to create all the content on Wikipedia. US adults watch 200 Billion hours of TV each year. http://bit.ly/d8WKJR8 Jan Un
RT Philosophy Tweets For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.-FEYNMAN29 Nov
Will be interesting to see how far we get by dismissing the only thing we know for sure. http://tinyurl.com/25y8qmf3 Jan
RT @eileen_gunn: I'm intrigued by the thought that a neuroscientist says I may not actually exist: http://tinyurl.com/25y8qmf3 Jan
RT @JenniferSertl: The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau3 Jan
The number of people does matter. But how people consume resources matters a lot more. Population is not the problem, it is the goal.3 Jan
...how people consume resources matters RT @dailydish: People V. Planet... Robert Kunzig considers a growing population http://bit.ly/i9451R3 Jan
RT Appropedia.org Whatever happened to SustainapediaNW.org - it's been offline for ages, but does someone have the content? #green #permaculture #pacificnw
Copying identity? Hmm. Speculative #philosophy on #singularity by David Chalmers http://consc.net/papers/singularity.pdf Thx, @Cervido 2 Jan
RT @fer_ananda In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we loved one another. Daphne Rose Kingma 29 Dec
Be a good ancestor. Useful thoughts should survive a singularity. Predicting is too difficult. Look back from the assumption of existence. 1 Jan 11
Conscious experience seems to require consumption, is competitive & limited http://milliongenerations.org/wiki/index.php/Population_growth 1 Jan 11
RT @BillGates: I wrote up a review of “The Rational Optimist” by Matt Ridley. Some notes here: http://bit.ly/hFdzZC 1 Jan 11
@davidhodgson humanity's collective purpose? To continue. Sounds better than it is. To perpetuate knowledge, so individuals can be. 28 Dec
RT @davidhodgson: if humanity should be said to have a collective purpose - what would it be? #question 28 Dec
"The end is nigh" they say, and we consume what we can get. What if we truly believed "The end is far"? 27 Dec
great discussion on post growth economy, exnovation: Niko Paech & Fred LUKS http://bit.ly/h0rL4N (German) via @pleger 26 Dec
RT @Mushin: Conscious - what a way to be! 19 Dec
Gaaf! RT @thisischris10e: Mensen in de bijstand de nieuwe duurzame voorhoede? Ja, iig wel als ze een volkstuin hebben. http://lnkd.in/3xytRu 18 Dec
Old wisdom, still unneeded. RT @philoquotes: Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. ~ Saint Augustine 17 Dec
RT @TomZiglar: You measure success by how much good you do for others. Zig Ziglar 17 Dec
No more secrets: if knowledge continues to increase, future individuals will know almost everything about each of us (#WikiLeaks). Behave! 17 Dec
Brave effort... RT @paulborn: Tasting the Future | Seeking Community shar.es/XsxQ7 - great new blog by Vanessa Reid 16 Dec
RT @strateeg Wauw... mooi... Roept vragen op. RT @Pritt Foto. IJsbeer vs IJsbreker: http://tinyurl.com/237k9uk 16 Dec
On the history of a perspective on the future RT @futureaware: There?s More to Singularity Studies Than Kurzweil http://bit.ly/i1Tncq 13 Dec
@felixbbopp The future of Happiness - watch the webcast http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=827 12 Dec
RT @daily_good "We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." --Native American Proverb 29 Nov
Ruut Veenhoven and Nic Marks at Club of Amsterdam tomorrow night! http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=827 24 Nov
RT @greenskeptic: Liang Congjie, China's 1st environmentalist, died on Oct 25. His obit from this week's @TheEconomist http://econ.st/bnYL8B 20 Nov
Mankind does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that. Nietzsche :-) http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=82720 Nov
A first glimpse of what might be lasting technology: all carbon fuel cells, and solar cells, by Dr. Shelley Minteer from Saint Louis Univ.! 20 Nov
See Nic Marks discuss the 'future of Happiness' Thursday 25 Nov 19:00 in A'dam! http://bit.ly/a5yclA @nefwellbeing @theneweconomics 20 Nov
Happiness Professor Ruut Veenhoven will discuss the 'future of Happiness' Thursday 25 Nov 19:00 in A'dam! http://bit.ly/a5yclA - other's h.! 20 Nov Un
RT @ideahive How do we create an economy based upon empathy? #iff 17 Nov
RT @davidhodgson Without empathy society cannot exist. Martin Hoffman #iff 17 Nov
Silence was brief after bredolab botnet was uncovered. Vandalism on wiki's has resumed. Too bad free efforts are so quickly exploited. 18 Nov
RT @felixbbopp Is “eudaimonia” - happiness - the highest desirable good? http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=827 6 Nov
RT @ONEworldcitizen: The only real prison is fear. And the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Aung Sang Suu Kyi1 4 Nov
Is there really no way to combine the growth of useful knowledge with long term existence? Brilliant video: http://tinyurl.com/yasxdrq 12 Nov
...the more urgent the problem. People are the goal! RT @environmentinst: 'The more of us there are-the tougher the problem' Paul #Ehrlich 11 Nov
RT @conservbytes Why don't we care about the people 5-10 generations from now - myopic empathy (discounting by distance & time) - Paul #Ehrlich 11 Nov
Maarten Vendrik will join the discussion on the future of Happiness Nov 25 in A'dam http://bit.ly/a5yclA10 Nov Un
Keep going & make it last RT @Wildcat2030: 8 Ways in Which the Human Condition is Improving http://amplify.com/u/eqfc 8 Nov
If knowledge continues to increase, future people will know almost everything about us. Shouldn't that make us ensure they flourish? 6 Nov
Tim Mulgan: Utilitarianism for a broken future. For the Club of Amsterdam 25 Nov http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=827 6 Nov
measure & increase happiness NL: http://www.nilsroemen.com/sevendaysofinspiration-project-bruto-nationaal-geluk-vergroten/ #7di @roemen 23 Oct
RT @nefwellbeing: Report ...: internat devlpmnt based on 'ultimately harmful' acquisitive view of flourishing http://bit.ly/cet45h (pdf) 22 Oct
RT @DalaiLama: When we ignore the question of the impact our actions have on others' well-being, inevitably we end up hurting them.20 Oct
RT @jascharohr: Hermann Scheer: rest in peace - you showed us the way towards the sun: http://is.gd/g37dD 20 Oct
RT @anildash Anil Dash To be clear: Crowdsourcing is improving a process by making it more inclusive. Getting others to work for you for free has a different name. 7 Oct
RT @Jeremy_Williams Richard Heinberg is writing a book called The End of Growth and you can read an introduction here http://bit.ly/9K3vjx #postgrowth 2 Oct
RT @strateeg een goeie video over de fosfaatproblematiek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqOfcUufyzQ 28 Sep
@benjaminaaron Thanks! Interesting thoughts. Nice video you mention "Das Rad" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT13GuPZHMA 2 Oct
Justice as enabling advancement! Joerg Chet Tremel: A Theory of Intergenerational Justice. earthscan 2009 1 Oct
Keep wondering! RT @Wildcat2030: "Consciousness poses two main problems. First, what are the necessary ... http://tumblr.com/xt8kanjt1 1 Oct
RT @longnow: Check out the list of speakers in the Long Conversation: http://bit.ly/longplayer - (Oct. 16!) #longplayer 1 Oct
Food for thought - and posture morph game RT @benjaminaaron: social algorithms, deep social innovation: http://wp.me/pyPX5-7j 1 Oct
RT ideas4all ideas4all Where good ideas come from' by Steven Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU #ideas via @mberzosa 30 Sep
Is Fermi's paradox solved by the notion that the experience of existence is a better use of resources than travel? 1 Oct
RT Maru_123 Maruping Mangwedi It's amazing how with all the stuff we have and have access to, it's life's simple treasures that most move and fulfil us. 25 Sep
RT robintransition Rob Hopkins Gorgeous chilly early cycle ride to the station, near-full moon still out, Orion hanging large in the sky, Totnes slowly coming to life... 27 Sep
nefwellbeing centre 4 well-being Listen again to Nic Marks on happiness on BBC Radio 4's You and Yours http://bbc.in/agGoDT 21 Sep
RT @VenessaMiemis: Update: First Round of Interviewees for #FutureofMoney Project http://bit.ly/aGfJ95 #sibos 22 Sep
gabrielshalom gabrielshalom RT @neilhimself: I dreamed that people from Wikipedia came round to your house to adjust reality if it differed from what they had online. 23 Aug
justice towards future beings... does it help to think of opportunities? Opportunity for existence. For passing on knowledge. indefinitely. 10 Sep
Joerg Chet Tremmel: A Theory of Intergenerational Justice http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=92802&v=198 10 Sep
Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations http://srzg.de/ 10 Sep
Nic Marks at TED on how there can be more happiness http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html 9 Sep
RT Jeremy_Williams Jeremy Williams The Wilberforce Award – because endless growth is not sustainable http://bit.ly/bCPesv 23 Aug
There's only one type of human on earth. Empathic civilization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g #1typeofhuman 9 Sep
What is happiness and what will it be in the future? The future of happiness. Please let me know who could say something sensible about it. 30 Aug
environments, societies and species change. can conscious knowledge remain? will those alive here in a billion years still know what we know 27 Aug
there is only one type of human on earth. and there are about seven billion individuals, no two alike. 27 Aug
RT paulocoelho Paulo Coelho You are what you do, and not what you think you should do. 26 Aug
What do we owe to our descendants? Tim Mulgan: Future People. 24 Aug
Now that we are stewards of this planet, we are responsible for maintaining life's possibilities in this cosmic neighborhood. MRees@longnow 5 Aug
How can information remain available as long as life is possible? What are requirements for lasting civilization? How to serve posterity? 19 Jul
What are you leaving to posterity? 4 Jul
Updated links to happiness researchers: http://milliongenerations.org/wiki/index.php/Happiness 4 Jul
RT NurtureGirl Jean Russell @VenessaMiemis http://www.twinoaks.org/ is long standing resilient mostly sustainable community cc @johnrobb 30 Jun
RT TheTransitioner TheTransitioner Download pdf -how the commoners build a digital republic of their own -Viral Spiral- http://ow.ly/26GeX -Creative Commons- 3 Jul
How do we make ourselves care about those who could exist? The yet-to-be-born? 3 Jul
@treyka Long Now events in Brussels! Very interesting. Please let us know about future events. 26 Jun
RT heOilDrum The Oil Drum A Road Not Taken: "A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an exam... http://bit.ly/b4nsT9 23 Jun
RT CoCreatr Bernd Nurnberger The 6 forces behind @umairh’s law: “In a hyperconnected world, the costs of evil explode." http://amplify.com/u/6u3q 11 Jun
RT robintransition Rob Hopkins The list of this month's new 'formal' Transition initiatives... http://tinyurl.com/y7qkpt3 11 Jun
RT Kunstvanleven Kunst van Leven Als je het idee loslaat dat je echt iets weet,kun je de rest van je leven in verwondering genieten.Nin Sheng 9 Jun
What would I have done had I had her genes and experiences? 4:07 PM Jun 4th
"Science is not about truth" - CERN's Sergio Bertolucci at Club of Amsterdam tonight. He's right. It should be about benefit instead. 2:34 PM Jun 3rd
RT @ruthannharnisch: "Find people who think differently than you do to create a thrivable society because diversity creates strength," s ... 2:11 PM Jun 3rd
RT @timoreilly: oops. "It's time for our community to move beyond the campaign...and start thinking about actually solving problems." @c ... 2:08 PM Jun 3rd
Steady state economy? Growth may not be the problem after all - as long as knowledge increases. But consumption certainly can't exist. 12:49 PM May 27th
RT @philosophytweet: Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. - Tacitus 12:14 PM May 26th
RT @strateeg: Toch wel een bijzondere observatie... D66 noemt C2C letterlijk IN het verkiezingsprogramma. 2:19 PM May 24th
RT @stephen_hinton: Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. Maria Robinson 2:15 PM May 24th
RT @Kletskous: Progress and Innovation Cannot Be Stopped -- Mereley Hindered - http://is.gd/ckbAh 2:32 PM May 22nd
RT @philosophytweet: Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell. - Popper 4:03 PM May 17th
A musical composition lasting an entire millenium. Reminds us that someone should exist to hear it played out. http://longplayer.org/ 5:53 PM May 16th
Improvement on 'how can there be most happiness?' front: ask for video entries rather than essays. Thx Felix. http://mosthappiness.be 5:44 PM May 16th
RT @philosophytweet: Yet a preoccupation with power distracts us from paying attention to what is at the foundation of the world…. -Godel 5:37 PM May 16th
RT @strateeg: Spaarlamp (uit tijd dat ik nog dacht dat die ok waren) heeft de geest gegeven... zit ik dus mooi met stuk chemisch afval z ... 5:35 PM May 16th
What can one do against #botnets spamming links to external pages on wiki's? 2:15 AM May 14th
Nice. Progess isn't always obvious. RT @DougMcInnes Hey folks, I made an Asteroids clone in HTML5 http://is.gd/c7y7G 12:54 AM May 14th
RT @thousandnations: New blog post: Obeying is Low Status, So How Do We Convince People to Obey?: A.J. Ayer says political philosophers. ... 2:41 PM May 13th
nor does it find truth. but it surely is useful. RT @philosophytweet: Science is not certain 9:16 AM May 13th
RT @rstevens: Next time someone asks your ethnicity, you should say "adorable." 5:16 AM May 13th
RT @rstevens: Life is a good problem to have. 5:12 AM May 13th
inevitable: http://storyofstuff.org/ Let's conceive what can last. Thanks @storyofstuff 4:37 PM May 10th
RT @hnauheimer: Can we design cities for happiness? http://bit.ly/aoQDf5 3:56 PM May 10th
Surprised many r comfortable with the idea of collapse in the next century. Why could knowledge not remain and grow while life's possible? 3:17 PM May 10th
RT @postcarbon: Wes Jackson "If you're working on something you can finish in your lifetime, you're not thinking big enough" http://bit. ... 2:01 PM May 5th
A living clock that ticks out a thousand years! Time made visible. Go Greg Blonder! http://www.tiwalkme.org 10:00 AM May 5th
costs of energy determine minimum price of food. Price of food limits carrying capacity. get RE<C! 12:49 AM Apr 30th
Freedom(TM). Hmmm. Some interesting ideas. but sometimes one novel is better than two. 12:16 PM Apr 29th
RT @chispeak: [We should] entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. [People shouldn't] believe any philosophy, not even mine. ... 12:12 PM Apr 29th
RT @myparable: Labels divide, titles alienate and status rejects." 3:53 PM Apr 28th
RT @aroncramer: Continuity is not natural. It is an act that requires attention and thought. The world is full of change. #tyf2010 3:54 PM Apr 27th
RT @aroncramer: We are not well suited to considering the non-linearity we are producing by our actions. #tyf2010 3:50 PM Apr 27th
RT @stephen_hinton: Work isn’t working. We need to redesign it for the sustainable future http://bit.ly/9Crrve 3:05 PM Apr 27th
RT @LesMcP: May make more sense to build up national index of happiness than build up national economic index based on production capabi ... 12:14 PM Apr 27th
RT @tiffanyshlain: We have the same amount of water that the dinosaurs had. it's about sanitation and distribution #TYF2010 12:05 PM Apr 27th
RT @chris23: "The way that people become happy is not by consuming stuff but by giving stuff away." - Raj Patel #TYF2010 12:01 PM Apr 27th
Derek Parfit's repugnant conclusion doesn't seem to hold if one assumes continued existence. Stretching the limits risks reducing capacity. 7:08 PM Apr 24th
RT @philosophytweet: Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. Plato 2:41 PM Apr 21st
Wouldn't we live right, if all possible future generations lived? RT @philosophytweet It is not living that matters, but living rightly. 9:36 PM Apr 20th 2010 via web
What will it take for our descendants to look back at our decisions today and judge us good ancestors? - Jonas Salk 2:31 AM Apr 19th via web
RT @grimsgreen Want peace? Solve the energy crisis!: The hard energy path is the path we are on — with near-total reliance on non... http://bit.ly/93TqaD 3:31 PM Apr 18th via twitterfeed Retweeted by MillionGen
The Rest Saving the West - 2010 International Year of the First World in Need http://designforthefirstworld.com/ - compliments @dx1w 12:03 AM Apr 19th via web
RT @Worldchanging: Keeping Oil in the Ground http://bit.ly/9qyN3e 2:26 AM Apr 16th via Echofon
RT @pleger Top 15 Policies for Achieving a Steady State Economy - http://bit.ly/cKRPAg 7:21 AM Apr 10th via TweetDeck Retweeted by MillionGen
RT pleger Pattern Dynamics - creating cultures of sustainability - http://www.patterndynamics.com.au - http://tweetphoto.com/18569271 11:50 PM Apr 15th via TweetDeck Retweeted by you
RT nachhaltig_ev Nachhaltigkeit ist auch ein ethisches Grundkonzept, so Abtprimas Notker Wolf in der WirtschaftsWoche http://ow.ly/1v31G 1:30 PM Apr 6th via HootSuite Retweeted by you and 1 other
how can there be most happiness? 1:21 AM Apr 14th via Echofon
RT barbarosa1 There R an increasing # of world problems that cant B solved by hierarchy. Collaboration is the only chance 4 a solution. #Senge #closym #fb 9:01 PM Apr 12th via UberTwitter Retweeted by you and 1 other
RT philosophytweet For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. - Vincent Van Gogh 7:00 PM Apr 12th via web Retweeted by you and 22 others
look at the news: we seem to be much more sensitive to status than to well-being. a shame: happiness could scale and is more relevant. 9:20 AM Apr 12th via Echofon
great news: photovoltaic competitive in 2015 RE<C 2025 http://bit.ly/dvdFSu 9:07 AM Apr 12th via Echofon
Can stones in the street inspire like a clock of the long now? http://bit.ly/9mhwRJ 3:41 AM Apr 12th via Echofon
RT BettinaYuliko "The only place where 'SUCCESS' comes before 'WORK' is in the dictionary." 8:20 AM Apr 7th via HootSuite Retweeted by you
RT redutten If you really want to understand something, try to change it! 8:04 PM Apr 11th via TweetDeck Retweeted by you
lasting civilization, or enduring information? http://bit.ly/9lkcdI 2:59 AM Apr 12th via Echofon
@_Philosophy_: Do we have a moral duty to preserve the environment? More useful & easier to ask about consequences rather than morals? 1:36 AM Apr 5th via Echofon
It's great to be here. It's great to be anywhere, actually. -- Keith Richards (dank aan Ingmar Heytze) 1:24 AM Apr 5th via Echofon
How can there be most happiness? Help organize a search for beneficial answers. http://mosthappiness.be/ 2:43 AM Mar 29th via Echofon
RT philosophytweet Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. -Kant 7:39 PM Mar 23rd via web Retweeted by you and 17 others
there's only one sort of human on earth. why is that so difficult? how many do you think there are ? 12:18 AM Feb 26th via Echofon
RT @Revkin Poverty, not scarcity, driving rise in proportion of humans who are hungry (>1 billion now) http://j.mp/PovHunger #poverty #development #eco 7:49 PM Feb 20th via web Retweeted by you and 8 others
whoever pays? whoever profits! RT @dotearth: When Coal Flows Between Countries, Who 'Owns' the CO2? http://nyti.ms/bDewKq 12:28 AM Feb 10th via Echofon
RT @DeanLetfus The important thing is not to stop questioning. 9:32 AM Feb 4th via web Retweeted by you and 1 other
"to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them...available until the politically impossible becomes...inevitable." M.Friedman 10:02 AM Feb 4th via Echofon
@stevebomford keeping something running and being able to rebuild after a crash: both important. still, avoid the crash when possible. 11:31 PM Feb 2nd via Echofon in reply to stevebomford
@stevebomford thanks for the link. Curious choice of examples, especially the surgeon. nice, but why reduce 'sustainable'? 11:28 PM Feb 2nd via Echofon in reply to stevebomford
Resilience for what's beyond control & sustainability for what's within.RT @stevebomford: Forget sustainability - it's all about resilience! 12:10 AM Feb 2nd via Echofon
no meat, less travel, smaller appartment. way to go to slow climate disruption. RT @mikeanissimov: http://tinyurl.com/yck5gqh 11:30 AM Jan 30th via Echofon
Can't know if we're right. Can try to be useful, though. RT @DeanLetfus: It is much easier to be critical than correct. 11:23 AM Jan 30th via Echofon
Avner de-Shalit: Why Posterity Matters. Routledge, 1995 11:15 AM Jan 30th via Echofon
RT @DeanLetfus "When you're finished changing, you're finished" 6:40 AM Jan 24th via web Retweeted by you
RT @Cervido directory of online articles in philosophy http://philpapers.org 6:18 PM Jan 21st via web Retweeted by you
RT @philosophytweet The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.- Heidegger 1:16 AM Jan 23rd via web Retweeted by you and 6 others
@HDSolarguy @NickKristof Standard of living = power supply. Some say > 2000 kWh per capita per yr is the tipping point. http://bit.ly/6hnCTy 11:52 PM Jan 22nd via web in reply to NickKristof Retweeted by you
RT @HDSolarguy @NickKristof Standard of living = power supply. Some say > 2000 kWh per capita per yr is the tipping point. http://bit.ly/6hnCTy 11:52 PM Jan 22nd
Intergenerational justice. Tim Mulgan: Future People - a moderate consequentialist account of our obligations to future generations. 2006 12:41 AM Jan 23rd
Competition for zero emission C2C floating home designs. Go Amsterdam! http://www.duurzaamoostamsterdam.nl/ 12:32 AM Jan 23rd
Sometimes a few letters more would make things easier: milliongenerations' tweets were just renamed, from MGenerations to millionGs. 12:14 AM Jan 23rd
Many seem comfortable with the idea of extinction of the human species. Fewer desire it for their own lifetime, though. 11:57 PM Jan 18th
what will remain for our children if we just strive for a bigger house and a faster car? 10:57 PM Jan 10th from Echofon
All future humans will be shared descendants. There's only one type of human being on earth. 11:08 AM Jan 4th from Echofon
Future? That's for people with kids. Why should I worry about it? (thanks to Boudewijn) 7:52 AM Jan 3rd from Echofon
the issue attention cycle RT @dotearth: The Greatest Story Rarely Told http://bit.ly/4SIM2f 7:05 AM Jan 3rd from Echofon
Existence is a useful proxy for future wellbeing, happiness, thrivability, flourishing etc... Required & no discussion. 10:54 AM Jan 2nd from Echofon
RT @whylife: Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.- Mark Twain 10:43 AM Jan 2nd from Echofon
Imagine that civilization in some form or other will continue on this planet for as long as the sun shines. http://milliongenerations.org 11:53 PM Jan 1st from web
inspiring call by Rob Hopkins at TED http://on.ted.com/468W via @davidhodgson, and on resilience http://bit.ly/5b79fF via @stephen_hinton 10:46 PM Jan 1st from Echofon
RT @ShannonMayers “Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.” -Marian Wright Edelman 9:49 PM Jan 1st from Echofon
Goodbye Holocene, here's Anthropocene. What if it lasted? RT @revkin:... More on humanity's planet: http://j.mp/PlanetUs 9:27 PM Jan 1st from Echofon
The way forward to peace and prosperity is reason and thoughtful dialog: http://ow.ly/QA7R - RT @jimmy_wales 11:43 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from Echofon
How the focus on continued existence can benefit utilitarianism http://milliongenerations.org/wiki/index.php/Related_topics 2:41 AM Dec 29th, 2009 from web
Honor our children's children. The rest follows. RT @davidhodgson: "Honor the sacred. Honor the Earth, our Mother.Honor the Elders... 6:38 PM Dec 27th, 2009 from Echofon
$10,000 for the most beneficial answer to "How can there be most happiness?" How to organize that? 9:51 PM Dec 3rd, 2009 from web
RT @yokoono: Life keeps getting better. If anything, you start to carry a certain pride in having survived all those years. 1:07 AM Nov 23rd, 2009 from Echofon
for society the two are identical: RT @ingerleg: It is not living that matters, but living rightly. Socrates 12:14 AM Nov 22nd, 2009 from Echofon
RT @realaphex: Wovon lebt der Mensch? ...Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral! 12:07 AM Nov 22nd, 2009 from Echofon
RT @ingerleg: The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. Edward de Bono 12:15 AM Nov 21st, 2009 from Echofon
Hear @strateeg on the future of waste Thursday at the Club of Amsterdam http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=803 3:03 AM Nov 18th, 2009 from web
RT @virtueelp Een publieke dialoog georganiseerd door de Club of Amsterdam op 19 november over de Future of Waste - http://zdbzn.tk 12:22 PM Nov 11th, 2009 from TwitterBar Retweeted by you and 1 other
How can there be most happiness? http://mosthappiness.be/ 2:54 AM Nov 18th, 2009 from web
how many ancestors do you have in his generation? RT @josecamoessilva: general attacking Masada was Flavius Silva. An early ancestor, maybe? 12:36 AM Nov 14th, 2009 from Echofon
who will pay for our debt? 11:48 PM Nov 6th, 2009 from Echofon
RT @EmergentCulture "The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children." — Dietrich Bonhoeffer 6:02 PM Nov 4th, 2009 from Echofon
Just another useful term on the way to meaninglessness? RT @postcarbon: Why is RESILIENT more powerful than SUSTAINABLE? http://bit.ly/PCI15 10:44 AM Oct 31st, 2009 from Echofon
How can there be most happiness? - 3:03 PM Oct 29th from Echofon
as knowledge grows, collecting energy from renewable sources becomes cheaper. let's learn quickly. - 3:08 PM Oct 28th from Echofon
What rights must we grant to those who can live in the future? Contribute to a bill of rights of future generations: http://bit.ly/OM2nm - 5:28 PM Oct 14th from web
an idea that will become mainstream RT @steadystater: The rights of future generations: http://tinyurl.com/lx63q3 - 10:20 PM Oct 12th from Echofon
"The end is nigh" they say, and we consume what we can get. What if we truly believed "The end is far"? - 9:30 PM Oct 12th from Echofon
RT @DeanLetfus: We drive into the future using only our rear view mirror - 10:47 AM Oct 11th from Echofon
Interesting discussion on the future of civilization. http://tinyurl.com/o3w8ez Liberal Democracy 2.0. Go George Monbiot! Via @steadystater - 9:23 AM Oct 9th from web
Quick reductions of population came with loss of knowledge in the past. Might therefore be irreversible in the future. - 5:37 PM Oct 7th from web
Give a hungry man a fish? Assume that in a very long time there still is a man who can fish. The rest follows. - 5:30 PM Oct 7th from web
Why we must assume that power from nuclear fusion will remain more expensive than solar: http://milliongenerations.o... - 5:24 PM Oct 7th from web
@umamexico My pleasure. Best wishes for your good work, many useful thoughts that spread and help us be good ancestors. - 1:56 PM Oct 5th from Echofon in reply to umamexico
Knowledge is useful. Life on earth seems possible for billions of years. How can sharing of knowledge continue for so long? - 2:14 PM Oct 4th from web
@EricRWeinstein: Anti-Utopianism, sounds cool. What does it stand for? - 5:55 PM Oct 3rd from Echofon
What goals are there for intellectual activity? (Beyond impressing others) - 4:43 AM Oct 2nd from Echofon
Why so much bs about resilience vs sustainability? Resilience for what's beyond control. Sustainability for what's within. - 4:42 PM Oct 1st from Echofon
Copenhagen: could they give the Olympics to the place that reduced its emissions most? What we really want changes what we do. - 4:26 PM Oct 1st from Echofon
Number of children proportional to number of parents: easily solvable differential equation for population. - 3:03 PM Sep 27th from Echofon
Why is "overpopulation" so often cited as a cause of problems? Population is what we want to keep. Over depends on how we go about things. - 3:00 PM Sep 27th from Echofon
RT @Hansro: Length of life in Indonesia 2007 = Length of Life in Netherlands 1950, Family size Indo 2007 = NL 1970 http://is.gd/3HFIe - 7:19 AM Sep 27th from Echofon
RT @Spaceweaver: Survival of the Kindest http://ff.im/8MJJk - 7:17 AM Sep 27th from Echofon
RT @EndOvershoot: Avoiding 10 miles of driving every week eliminates about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year! - 7:13 AM Sep 27th from Echofon
Go to new earths when this one is up? Think again, please. http://tinyurl.com/y8lcxac - 3:47 PM Sep 26th from Echofon
"is this what we are going to give to our future generations?" RT @lonniehodge: ... http://tinyurl.com/ybjsxzj - 3:17 PM Sep 26th from Echofon
RT @davidhodgson: paul ehrlich: Even the most educated can’t possibly store more than a tiny part of the group’s culture http://tr.im/zAhv - 3:46 PM Sep 24th from Echofon
RT @energyandcapita: Alternative Energy Growth : Renewables Sail Past Nuclear - http://bit.ly/2m8a0w - 3:35 PM Sep 24th from Echofon
RT @redutten: And old African proverb says "If you want to preserve knowledge and enable it to travel through time, entrust it to children". - 3:16 PM Sep 24th from Echofon
Energy to reach speeds for interstellar travel will cost >$10bn/person. Better find ways to survive on earth longer. - 2:08 PM Sep 23rd from Echofon
What ways exist to spend money without causing consumption of any resource? - 9:07 AM Sep 22nd from Echofon
"You can't build a peaceful world on empty stomachs" - Norman Borlaug (1914-2009) - 1:46 PM Sep 20th from web
The conditions that allow continued sharing of information provide useful insights for lasting civilizations. - 6:50 AM Sep 14th from Echofon
A phone call for you. A descendant of yours living in the far future. Saying thank you. What for? - 2:56 PM Sep 12th from Echofon
@paulthoran thank you for the lemonade yesterday, the peppers, lemons and wonderful ideas. - 2:46 PM Sep 12th from Echofon
Any suggestions for honest & useful programs to offset fossil fuel consumption? - 2:40 PM Sep 12th from Echofon
Any suggestions for honest and useful programs to offset greenhouse gas emissions? - 2:39 PM Sep 12th from Echofon
Future generations have a right to existence. How can we be good ancestors? - 3:45 PM Sep 10th from web
Fermi's paradox notwithstanding, intelligence ought to be able to find ways to continue while life is possible. - 3:43 PM Sep 10th from web
"...campaigning groups for the environment or anything else are in the marketplace." http://tinyurl.com/mdbheu (thx @davidhodgson for link) - 2:46 PM Aug 29th from Echofon
RT @thinkintuit: Believing either catastrophe or positive transformation is inevitable leads to inaction. choose engaged, conscious optimism - 2:27 PM Aug 29th from Echofon
RT @outofthejar: "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood...Make big plans, aim high in hope and work." -Daniel Burnham - 3:46 PM Aug 28th from Echofon
How many individuals could there be? http://bit.ly/TBdMs - 8:55 AM Aug 28th from web
@sdm81838890 Carrying capacity depends on how we go about it. Might be more useful to ask how to have the most individuals in long run. - 8:54 AM Aug 28th from web in reply to sdm81838890
RT @EricRWeinstein: Speaking "truth to power" is not interesting. Listening to power speaking to truth is utterly fascinating. - 8:42 AM Aug 28th from Echofon
Discuss vision and values: http://tinyurl.com/mzcssv - 1:17 PM Aug 26th from Echofon
Useful vision?: "milliongenerations expects that intelligence can find ways to continue while life is possible (and humans ... can, too)" - 1:15 PM Aug 26th from Echofon
@PursueSustain John R. Ehrenfeld defines #sustainability as the possibility that humans and other life will flourish on Earth forever. - 11:54 AM Aug 22nd from web
A practice is #sustainable if it can be continued indefinitely within a system. http://milliongenerations.o... - 11:42 AM Aug 22nd from web
@PursueSustain #Sustainability was when our common descendants still exist on earth after millions of generations - 11:40 AM Aug 22nd from web
@PursueSustain A practice is #sustainable if we could do it here on earth for five billion years (barring events beyond our control). - 11:39 AM Aug 22nd from web
@PursueSustain #Sustainability is being able to continue all practices indefinitely (whereas resilience is surviving events beyond control) - 11:38 AM Aug 22nd from web
RT @PursueSustain: Let's make today Sustainability Saturday! How would you define #sustainability in 140 characters or less? - 11:14 AM Aug 22nd from Echofon
Can intelligence find ways to continue while life is possible? How can humans and their descendants be part of that? - 4:23 AM Aug 22nd from web
RT @millionGx The phone rings, one who lives a million generations in the future calls you. What will you ask this person? - 3:27 AM Aug 22nd from web
RT @larrybrilliant: BusWeek says it is smart to be optimistic, smallpox eradication reason to feel good about the future http://bit.ly/ofxlY - 10:48 PM Aug 18th from Echofon
Moving: met aquaintance from 1994 work with MSF in refugee camp yesterday. Refugee to businessman! Wonderful. - 2:58 PM Aug 17th from Echofon
Ways for intelligence to grow while life is possible do not necessarily include humans. But we should try. - 8:38 AM Aug 15th from web
RT @davidhodgson: Is all that you know all that you need to know? - 11:26 PM Aug 7th from Echofon
Why do many enjoy the thought that life/nature and intelligence/civilization have no common future? Pessimism: luxury we can't afford! - 11:24 PM Aug 7th from Echofon
Why should it be foolish to assume civilization can continue on earth? Really continue. Life probably continues for billions of years. - 4:14 PM Aug 5th from Echofon
Strange to be alive, wonderful. My existence lets me hope that others will continue to share the experience. - 12:19 PM Aug 4th from Echofon
When I get a phonecall from someone living on this planet in a million years, what will I ask? - 3:24 PM Aug 3rd from Echofon
Wouldn't be if all those before me hadn't been the way they were. Can't thank them any more. Can pay it forward! - 2:13 AM Aug 2nd from Echofon
@TheOilDrum: civil, evidence-based discussions about energy and its impact on our future # FollowFriday #FF - 1:05 AM Jul 31st from web
Mining the asteroids or returning to subsistence agriculture? http://europe.theoildrum.co... Entropy & the universal mining machine - 12:45 PM Jul 30th from web
meet for milliongenerations tomorrow 17:00 http://bit.ly/AYDQa - 12:12 PM Jul 30th from web
Existence of civilization while life is possible. Millions of generations with individuals realizing life is wonderful. - 3:53 PM Jul 28th from Echofon
Happiness is complicated. Existence. Precondition to happiness. - 3:50 PM Jul 28th from Echofon
How can there be most happiness? - 3:47 PM Jul 28th from Echofon
That's who we work for. Or rather all their possible decendants. http://www.6billionothers.org - 4:12 PM Jul 24th from Echofon
What purposes does civilzation serve? What is its goal? - 5:50 AM Jul 24th from Echofon
RT @evangineer: What is Question Box? Launched in #uganda - ... project backed by @GrameenAppLab & Foundation http://bit.ly/LOro0 - 2:47 PM Jul 23rd from Echofon
RT @strateeg: Lijstje van C2C producten die specifiek voor 'gewone' consumenten ... zijn gemaakt: http://tinyurl.com/nv8jnt- 2:41 PM Jul 23rd from Echofon
RT @millionGx: Something to be truly proud of: http://www.6billionothers.org - 2:22 PM Jul 23rd from Echofon
How long before aluminium becomes illegal? - 1:00 PM Jul 17th from Echofon
RT @davidhodgson: every idea is the answer to a question: always make sure you know the question you are trying to answer... - 12:54 PM Jul 17th from Echofon
Life in some form will most likely be on earth for as long as the sun continues to provide the right conditions. - 3:53 AM Jul 17th from Echofon
Cradle to cradle is great. How would technical cycles remain closed? Might be easier to only use natural cycles. #C2C - 2:27 PM Jul 16th from Echofon
RT @strateeg:wil graag in contact komen met mensen (overheid, ondernemers, studenten) in Overijssel die bezig zijn/gaan met Cradle to Cradle - 3:37 AM Jul 16th from Echofon
Discounting future assets is standard. Should the value of future life be discounted? Is so, how? - 3:20 AM Jul 16th from Echofon
Who is happier: one who lives 200 years or two who live to 100? - 2:41 PM Jul 15th from Echofon
What is the greatest ambition? - 11:58 AM Jul 15th from Echofon
In a billion years there still is life on earth. Conscious knowledge, too? - 3:24 PM Jul 10th from web
Nobility? Everyone stems from Charlemagne, at least in Europe. There's only one type of human on earth! - 3:13 PM Jul 10th from web
How long till races vanish? Someone alive in 300 yrs has more than 1,000 ancestors alive today. People move! - 3:22 PM Jul 6th from Echofon
One day it'll be illegal to use substances unless we know that 100% will be recovered for use by our children - 8:52 PM Jun 28th from Echofon
RT @sheriherndon: In terms of design principles for change, understanding the natural laws that govern all networks, is a good starting pnt - 5:23 PM Jun 26th from Echofon
Michael Jackson: how would you have lived had you had his genes and experiences? - 10:18 AM Jun 26th from Echofon
Let's help to create conditions for knowledge to be passed on while life is possible. - 6:39 AM Jun 26th from web
July 31: meeting for milliongenerations http://bit.ly/yhYTU - 6:36 AM Jun 26th from web
Assuming there still is at least one civilization on this planet in a billion years, what has been the average population growth? - 11:32 AM Jun 25th from Echofon
milliongenerations.org finally has a customized navigation bar: http://milliongenerations.org/ - 4:13 PM Jun 24th from web
By changing the perception of status. Hollywood to the rescue! RT @davidhodgson: how do we tweak our system to incent the doing of good? - 2:12 PM Jun 24th from web
Assuming there still is a civilization a million generations from now, how much can each generation consume? - 3:40 PM Jun 23rd from Echofon
RT @TheOilDrum: * How Will Knowledge of Collapse Impact Collapse?: ... http://tinyurl.com/nojjlg - 7:51 PM Jun 21st from Echofon
RT @yokoono: Imagine a peaceful world: that's something we can all do, even when we have different opinions about how to get there. - 7:40 PM Jun 21st from Echofon
Ideal society? If civilization evolves long enough it might be found. - 7:06 PM Jun 21st from Echofon
Can knowledge increase forever? - 6:25 PM Jun 21st from Echofon
Holland Tsunami, brilliant challenge to perceptions of cultural identity: http://bit.ly/12JIaF #Oerol - 5:17 AM Jun 21st from Echofon
RT @yokoono: Let's carry the clearest vision of a peaceful world. - 4:21 AM Jun 21st from Echofon
RT @davidhodgson: rt @odemagazine: How can we create a more compassionate world? http://ow.ly/eRWY - 4:01 AM Jun 21st from Echofon
If kids exist, they'll be glad. RT @FullySustainabl: ... 500m yrs to make the Oil we're burning in 200 years - our kids will be Mad at us! - 1:02 AM Jun 20th from Echofon
If everyone acted like me, would civilization be able to continue? Not with probable developments. Need better ideas! - 2:19 AM Jun 19th from Echofon
Less is green. E.g., a smaller house. For everything that entails consumption. Which still is almost everything. - 3:11 PM Jun 17th from Echofon
Who wants to build and #opensource environment for a focused and collaborative online discussion? - 3:02 PM Jun 16th from Echofon
There is only one type of human on earth. - 10:20 PM Jun 14th from Echofon
Will civilization inevitably last while life is possible? If that is not certain, what follows if one assumes civilization stays for good? - 1:28 PM Jun 14th from web
RT @TheOilDrum: * Right Sizing the Economy: Can Herman Daly's Prescription ... accomplish this Task?: Th.. http://tinyurl.com/lreuk2 - 3:48 PM Jun 13th from Echofon
RT @davidhodgson: how do we tweak our system to incent the doing of good? - 3:26 PM Jun 13th from Echofon
Why milliongenerations must end: http://bit.ly/Pfcuh - 11:23 AM Jun 12th from web
How best to create an #opensource platform for a focused #discussion with a #prize awarded by the contributors themselves? - 3:58 PM Jun 11th from Echofon
Formalized foundation, finally. Let's get going!- 5:53 AM Jun 11th from Echofon
RT @millionGx: Consumption can't survive. - 3:39 PM Jun 10th from Echofon
Identifying conditions required for civilizations to continue for as long as life is possible. - 1:37 PM Jun 10th from web
If destruction remains easier than preventing it, how can we survive progress? - 2:04 PM Jun 9th from Echofon
What would I do, if I had her genes and experiences? - 12:01 PM Jun 8th from Echofon
RT @millionGx: Let's keep civilization while life is possible! - 8:43 AM Jun 8th from Echofon
How starting with "meeting the needs of the present..." prevents sustainability: http://milliongenerations.o... - 7:34 AM Jun 8th from web
Inspiring! RT @designersaccord: Just read Paul Hawken's 2009 commencement address at University of Portland: http://tinyurl.com/ry5ug5 - 11:10 PM Jun 7th from Echofon
Thought provoking & daring! RT @TheOilDrum: * Herman Daly: From a Failed Growth Economy to a Steady-State Economy http://tinyurl.com/lpcbnx - 10:59 PM Jun 7th from Echofon
Change in perceived status brought down birth rates. Now consumption! - 2:58 PM Jun 5th from Echofon
How many individuals could there be? http://bit.ly/TBdMs - 2:49 PM Jun 3rd from web
A start for a Dutch version was made. Nederlandse versie: http://milliongenerations.o... - 2:37 PM Jun 3rd from web
Picking cherries. Life IS wonderful. Thank you. - 8:36 AM May 30th from Echofon
Good meeting today! http://bit.ly/5s4cG Hope future generations benefit. - 11:55 AM May 29th from web
RT @NurtureGirl: "Don't fight forces, use them." R. Buckminster Fuller - 1:40 PM May 25th from Echofon
RT @TheOilDrum: * Report Review: Prosperity without Growth: This is a guest post by Luís Queirós... http://tinyurl.com/q3zpmq - 5:38 AM May 23rd from Echofon
Ray Anderson's Mission Zero! Check it out http://missionzero.org/ (@missionzero) - 4:34 AM May 21st from web
Impressed by Ray Anderson's talk at TED 2009 http://bit.ly/aXA19 - 4:30 AM May 21st from web
Status is still linked to and expressed by consumption of resources. How to change that? http://milliongenerations.o... - 3:06 AM May 19th from web
Imagine there still are intelligent beings on this planet in a billion years... - 4:01 AM May 14th from web
What is necessary for #civilization? Can the definition be reduced to the sharing of information? - 3:43 AM May 12th from Echofon
RT @appropedia:"the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it."Toynb - 2:38 PM May 6th from Echofon
RT @TheOilDrum: "Minerals scarcity: A call for managed austerity and the elements of hope" http://bit.ly/19EPYk (resource depletion) - 12:55 PM May 4th from Echofon
Going by bike today. - 6:35 AM May 3rd from web
New car today. 2x mileage, 57mpg on paper. Next car should double again etc. Less bad, not good. Buy time to find solution. Like it too much - 2:11 PM May 1st from Echofon
Want your fuel, not your word. RT @Algaeventure: Trying to network more people and get the word out that the energy crisis has been solved!! - 10:04 PM Apr 30th from Echofon
Save the earth? The earth will stay. RT @GlobalWarming12:...is the only way to save the earth to get rid of the humans? http://s3nt.com/f39g - 2:14 AM Apr 30th from Echofon
How strangely wonderful to be aware - 6:28 AM Apr 29th from Echofon
What if civilization on earth continues? Where will the waste go to? - 2:50 PM Apr 28th from Echofon
RT @davidhodgson: Negative thinking is a luxury we can't afford. (via @yokoono) - 9:08 AM Apr 28th from Echofon
RT @davidhodgson: How can we get topics like climate change & peak oil into full public view? - http://tinyurl.com/czrqkk (via @wutsnu) - 5:02 AM Apr 28th from Echofon
Our longing for status helped us reproduce. Will it keep us from finding ways to continue? - 3:00 AM Apr 25th from Echofon
@GlobalWarming12 "population" is what we'd like to keep, and "over" depends on how we go about things, so it is not a reason for gl.warming. - 12:34 PM Apr 24th from web in reply to GlobalWarming12
@davidhodgson: sustainable, thrivable, ok. Continued existence of civilization is what matters. The rest follows. To be, or not to be... - 11:54 AM Apr 24th from Echofon
Returning from impressive speech by Michael Braungart. Calm and convincing. C2C! http://tinyurl.com/zjedh - 9:08 AM Apr 22nd from Echofon
No one there to prosecute rapist drakes... Civilization might not be such a bad idea. - 5:03 AM Apr 22nd from Echofon
Ducks in the canal. Noisy. Several males pursuing a mother duck. She abandons her ducklings to escape being raped. - 5:00 AM Apr 22nd from Echofon
@noxhanti compromise? Need both: e.g., resilience to survive climate change & sustainable practices that don't cause it. - 10:53 PM Apr 20th from Echofon in reply to noxhanti
@seankershaw Resilient is for events beyond control, sustainable for practices we control. Need both! - 4:28 PM Apr 20th from Echofon in reply to seankershaw
@noxhanti: RT @corezion Sustainability need not be static. Resilience accepts that change is inevitable. But must not excuse inactivity! - 4:15 PM Apr 20th from Echofon
Resilience is about events beyond control, sustainability about practices we can control. Must not use resilience to justify inactivity! - 3:53 PM Apr 20th from Echofon
I hate to have to block spammers, it's so hierarchical. Hope with the prize & competition we can let the spam just sink to oblivion. - 12:08 AM Apr 20th from Echofon
Life is wonderful. - 12:58 PM Apr 19th from Echofon
Can civilization remain as long as there is life on earth? - 12:09 PM Apr 19th from web
Expect life to continue on earth while the sun provides a suitable environment. A biosphere for billions of years! - 12:08 PM Apr 19th from web
Save the earth? The earth will stay. -12:09 AM Apr 19th from Echofon
A grey huron (reiger) just flew in over the canal. Bad news for all the cute ducklings. Nature's beautiful. And certainly brutal. - 12:02 AM Apr 19th from Echofon
believes knowledge can be passed on while the sun shines, and civilization can remain - 8:47 AM Apr 18th from web
asking how there can be most happiness - 8:42 AM Apr 18th from web

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 * 14 Aug RT @inter_gen: Calling all Teachers: IF Essay Comp in assoc with @NewStatesman Win £250 of library... Tell students: http://www.if.org.uk/essaycompetition …
 * 20 Jul @LettersvanU You could commit the ! to the initiative started in 2013 that proved most beneficial, determined by those living in, say 2063
- View conversation* 19 Jul
+* 19 Jul What should @LettersvanU do with the exclamation mark  14 September (Letter 716)? Auction for good cause? Reward an action or cause?
-What should @LettersvanU do with the exclamation mark  14 September (Letter 716)? Auction for good cause? Reward an action or cause?
+* 14 Jul Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. ~Richard Feynman http://www.terrafiniti.com/blog/humanity-is-a-common-endeavour-evolving-sustainability-governance/ …
-* 14 Jul Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. ~Richard Feynman
-http://www.terrafiniti.com/blog/humanity-is-a-common-endeavour-evolving-sustainability-governance/ …
 * 14 Jul RT @terrafiniti: Humanity is a common endeavour – evolving sustainability governance http://nblo.gs/N4nX2
 * 14 Jul Construction updates? @longnow The cuckoo only comes out on the millennium, so not a lot of tweets. @RossSchulman: No account for the clock?
-* 12 Jul Long Now ‏@longnow
+* 12 Jul Long Now ‏@longnow The cuckoo only comes out on the millennium, so not a lot of tweets. https://longnow.org/about/  MT @RossSchulman: No account for the clock? Retweeted by milliongenerations
-The cuckoo only comes out on the millennium, so not a lot of tweets. https://longnow.org/about/  MT @RossSchulman: No account for the clock?
+* 24 Jun Green Life ‏@GreenLifeNews Einfach mal die Welt retten…10 Empfehlungen von Harald Welzer: was Sie sofort tun können! http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/rettung-der-welt-was-sie-sofort-tun-koennen-zehn-empfehlungen-11079178.html … #Klimawandel #weltretten Retweeted by milliongenerations
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- * 24 Jun Green Life ‏@GreenLifeNews
-Einfach mal die Welt retten…10 Empfehlungen von Harald Welzer: was Sie sofort tun können! http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/rettung-der-welt-was-sie-sofort-tun-koennen-zehn-empfehlungen-11079178.html … #Klimawandel #weltretten
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 * 8 Jun Either way, consciousness is the best use of energy. (more precisely: of an increase of entropy).
 * 8 Jun Is consciousness matter being aware of itself? Or rather information being aware of itself?
 * 3 Jun RT @the_wrangler: My #1 takeaway from #asle13: Isn't it ironic that the humanities are diminishing in the Anthropocene?
- * 1 Jun James Greyson ‏@blindspotting
+* 1 Jun James Greyson ‏@blindspotting C2C is a brilliant idea. Impact is limited by running it as consultancy rather than a replacement economic growth model. @drsearotmann Retweeted by milliongenerations
-C2C is a brilliant idea. Impact is limited by running it as consultancy rather than a replacement economic growth model. @drsearotmann
+* 2 Jun What is not impossible is a matter of time.
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- * 2 Jun What is not impossible is a matter of time.
 * 28 May Future and waste are mutually exclusive.
 * 9 May RT @tempo: "I don't know a single truly creative mind who is a news junkie...' An argument for skipping the news. http://m.guardiannews.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli#top …
 * 9 May Congrats @inter_gen with IF Film Competition! RT @inter_gen: @inter_gen congrats ... winning doc film
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2013/may/08/documentary-award-winner-name-greatness-video …
- * 9 May Watch! RT @inter_gen: Dorothy and Nikki explain why they made their winning documentary film for @inter_gen here: http://www.if.org.uk/archives/3665/if-film-competition-documentary-prize-announced-and-posted …
+* 9 May Watch! RT @inter_gen: Dorothy and Nikki explain why they made their winning documentary film for @inter_gen here: http://www.if.org.uk/archives/3665/if-film-competition-documentary-prize-announced-and-posted …
-* 6 May dumping your waste in the river is fine as long as you don’t think too much about the people downriver
+* 6 May dumping your waste in the river is fine as long as you don’t think too much about the people downriver ~ Brian Eno http://longplayer.org/what/whatelse/letters.php …
-~ Brian Eno http://longplayer.org/what/whatelse/letters.php …
 * 6 May New long term thinking project: RT @longnow: Brian Eno writes to @nntaleb for the first @Longplayernow Letter - http://blog.longnow.org/02013/05/01/jem-finer-launches-longplayer-letters-brian-eno-writes-to-nassim-taleb/ …
-* 27 Apr Longplayer ‏@LongplayerNow
+* 27 Apr Longplayer ‏@LongplayerNow The Artangel Longplayer Letters launch on Monday, the first letter is from Brian Eno to Nassim Nicholas Taleb http://longplayer.org/what/whatelse/letters.php … Retweeted by milliongenerations
-The Artangel Longplayer Letters launch on Monday, the first letter is from Brian Eno to Nassim Nicholas Taleb http://longplayer.org/what/whatelse/letters.php …
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 * 25 Apr @LettersvanU it probably is. What will remain the longest? Letters on paper, letters in stone, or digital letters? #keepitlegible
- * 22 Apr RT @WaarInUtrecht: #WiU-343: http://twitpic.com/cl582s  (via @DickSijtsma). Weet jij waar de foto is gemaakt? DM en win een ijsje van @ijsgek!
+* 22 Apr RT @WaarInUtrecht: #WiU-343: http://twitpic.com/cl582s  (via @DickSijtsma). Weet jij waar de foto is gemaakt? DM en win een ijsje van @ijsgek!
 * 22 Apr Future and waste are mutually exclusive
-Apr IDEAS CITY ‏@IDEASCITY  What if we eliminated the concept of waste? Find out in another May 2 panel, moderated by @JonathanFPRose! http://bit.ly/XB91kY  #IDEASCITY
+* 9 Apr IDEAS CITY ‏@IDEASCITY  What if we eliminated the concept of waste? Find out in another May 2 panel, moderated by @JonathanFPRose! http://bit.ly/XB91kY  #IDEASCITY Retweeted by milliongenerations
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 * 21 Apr RT @treyka: Can we just forget about terrorism and have a war on entropy instead?
 * 19 Apr Interesting: predictable choices are free? RT @philoquotes: A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational. ~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
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 * 14 Apr RT @robintransition: Ew.  No. Really? pic.twitter.com/10ywRhGcU6
 * 11 Apr How little has changed! RT @blindspotting: In 1988: http://twitpic.com/cic5a5  RT @twit2face7: Dr. James Hansen was the first to warn of ...
- * 11 Apr RT @cityofsound: "It's easier to ship recipes than cakes and biscuits." - John Maynard Keynes, via @AlistairParvin #fabrica #lectures
+* 11 Apr RT @cityofsound: "It's easier to ship recipes than cakes and biscuits." - John Maynard Keynes, via @AlistairParvin #fabrica #lectures
 * 10 Apr RT @philoquotes: The possible ranks higher than the actual. ~ Martin Heidegger
 * 26 Mar RT @whitsquared: Hey, Dutchie friends! Here is an article about one of our current projects at @longnow. http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2013/03/24/jurassic-park-hoeft-geen-fictie-te-blijven-haal-de-mammoets-en-dinos-terug/ …
- * 24 Mar RT @philoquotes: Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. ~ David Hume http://bit.ly/philq
+* 24 Mar RT @philoquotes: Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. ~ David Hume http://bit.ly/philq
 * 23 Mar Stewart Brand's 01999 book 'The Clock of the Long Now': long term thinking remains. Still unfashionable. Still up-to-date. Always vital.
 * 1 Mar @LettersvanU let it be diamonds under the soles of their shoes! Video by @NUtblog http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2013/02/28/bijdrage-van-letter-503-door-nut-video-met-toespraken/ …
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 * 11 Feb RT @machielg: Stone masons would leave notes in their walls for future masons. What do you leave in your code for future generations?
 * 11 Feb RT @Langnauerin: @HansRamseier Egal, ob es so weitergeht, wie wir meinen. Wir haben eine Verantwortung für zukünftige Generationen.
-* 3 Feb Professor Tim Lang ‏@ProfTimLang
+* 3 Feb Professor Tim Lang ‏@ProfTimLang Progress is living within the planet. US living needs 5 planets = WalMartworld, Europe 3 planets =Tescoworld.Progress? http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/footprint_for_nations/ … Retweeted by milliongenerations
-Progress is living within the planet. US living needs 5 planets = WalMartworld, Europe 3 planets =Tescoworld.Progress? http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/footprint_for_nations/ …
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 * 2 Feb How can there be most happiness? How will there be most happiness? Different questions, perspectives. Which will be more useful?
 * 2 Feb RT @LongplayerNow: Longplayer Live London 2009 : 1000 seconds by Longplayer http://vimeo.com/58274591  New HD version
- * 2 Feb The new poet of the endless poem: Mark Boog RT @LettersvanU: De nieuwe dichter der Letters van Utrecht: Mark Boog! http://lockerz.com/s/280979684
+* 2 Feb The new poet of the endless poem: Mark Boog RT @LettersvanU: De nieuwe dichter der Letters van Utrecht: Mark Boog! http://lockerz.com/s/280979684
 * 2 Feb RT @longnow: NASA's predictions of 02013 solar storm activity (built on 350 years' worth of "Long Data"): http://blog.longnow.org/02013/02/01/long-data-solar-storms/ …
 * 27 Jan RT @PerriSutton: How do you think we should improve the world for the next generation? Tell @BillGates your hope for 2030. #myhope2030
 * 23 Jan Great! 24-1 Athens: hope it looks way beyond the current issues RT @NikosKaratsoris: @millionGen THE FUTURE OF MONEY, http://www.suerf.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=396:24012013-athens-the-future-of-money-what-does-the-evidence-teach&Itemid=169 …
- * 12 Jan nc arkesteijn ‏@ncarkesteijn
+* 12 Jan nc arkesteijn ‏@ncarkesteijn Vandaag is tegenover Oudegracht 309 letter 681 geplaatst, de T, waardoor er niet langer grach staat maar gracht, (..) | http://bit.ly/UUZTma  Retweeted by milliongenerations
-Vandaag is tegenover Oudegracht 309 letter 681 geplaatst, de T, waardoor er niet langer grach staat maar gracht, (..) | http://bit.ly/UUZTma
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 * 5 Jan 2013 Paula maakt nu Letter 680 H voor Ari van Vliet bij Oudegracht 309. http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2013/01/05/letter-680-h-arivanvliet/ …
-* 31 Dec 2012 RT @sebpaquet: A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
+* 31 Dec 2012 RT @sebpaquet: A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 * 31 Dec RT @MicroChar: Want a €50k prize for your low-tech green solution? Enter @emp_ppl_award competition by end Jan 2013. http://bit.ly/12Vv2cL
 * 26 Dec the system reflects the choices we make RT @RobbertVesseur: Het systeem is de spiegel van de keuzes die we maken.
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 * 5 Dec RT @filminginkent: 16-30 year old filmmakers enter @inter_gen @nusuk @guardian short film competition and win £1k ... http://ow.ly/fjdtz
 * 4 Dec 'environmental melancholia' RT @DarkOptimism: ...excellent @Guardian piece on 'climate change ignorers': http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/30/climate-change-you-cant-ignore-it …
- * 4 Dec RT @longnow: Jeff Bezos discusses why he is supporting the 10,000 Year Clock project https://vimeo.com/54621535
+* 4 Dec RT @longnow: Jeff Bezos discusses why he is supporting the 10,000 Year Clock project https://vimeo.com/54621535
- * 2 Dec A poem of time and hope: @LongplayerNow on @LettersvanU http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/2012/05/28/greetings-from-longplayer/ …
+* 2 Dec A poem of time and hope: @LongplayerNow on @LettersvanU http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/2012/05/28/greetings-from-longplayer/ …
 * 29 Nov RT @LongplayerNow: 1st bowl from 6th circle named, thank you ! More info about bowls, LP Live &... http://longplayer.org/live/index.php#bowls … pic.twitter.com/kRBsj5je
- * 27 Nov Could arguments be more useful if we worried about results rather than our reputation? Sadly, anonymous fora no way to implement it.
+* 27 Nov Could arguments be more useful if we worried about results rather than our reputation? Sadly, anonymous fora no way to implement it.
-* 8 Nov Jamais Cascio ‏@cascio Once the political world latches onto global warming as a real problem, climate scientists will be accused of having underplayed the risk.
+* 8 Nov Jamais Cascio ‏@cascio Once the political world latches onto global warming as a real problem, climate scientists will be accused of having underplayed the risk. Retweeted by milliongenerations
- Retweeted by milliongenerations
 * 27 Nov Most letters contributed until year end. Next two still available. RT @LettersvanU: De laatste nog vrije Letters ... http://lettervanu.nl
-* 27 Nov RT @jemfiner: Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create'
+* 27 Nov RT @jemfiner: Gustav Metzger: 'Destroy, and you create' http://gu.com/p/3c5xb via @guardian
-http://gu.com/p/3c5xb
-via @guardian
 * 27 Nov RT @bmf: Hey rich nerds! Let's fix the planet we have before trying to conquer another one, mmkay?
-* 13 Nov Robbert Vesseur ‏@RobbertVesseur "Behandel iemand zoals hij is, en hij blijft zoals hij is. Behandel hem zoals hij kan zijn en hij wordt wat hij kan zijn." Goethe
+* 13 Nov Robbert Vesseur ‏@RobbertVesseur "Behandel iemand zoals hij is, en hij blijft zoals hij is. Behandel hem zoals hij kan zijn en hij wordt wat hij kan zijn." Goethe Retweeted by milliongenerations
- Retweeted by milliongenerations
 * 11 Nov How can there be most happiness?
 * 11 Nov What if it were possible to pass on useful knowledge for as long as the earth exists?
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 * 25 Sep RT @philoquotes: What nobler employment,or more valuable to the state,than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? ~ Cicero
 * 18 Sep RT @Revkin: I liked a @YouTube video http://youtu.be/gFw_JqAhV6I?a  Summit on Resilience - Part 1
- * 17 Sep Win a comma in 21 days - RT @LettersvanU: Win een komma! Letter 102: ...hoe verder je bent, hoe beter... Nog 21 dagen! http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/09/17/win-een-komma-in-de-straten-van-utrecht-hoe-verder-je-bent-hoe-beter/ …
+* 17 Sep Win a comma in 21 days - RT @LettersvanU: Win een komma! Letter 102: ...hoe verder je bent, hoe beter... Nog 21 dagen! http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/09/17/win-een-komma-in-de-straten-van-utrecht-hoe-verder-je-bent-hoe-beter/ …
 * 15 Sep All that is stored will in time be publicly known.
 * 15 Sep Why collect the data?RT@EFF: New York judge puts @Twitter between a rock and a hard place. Either way, #privacy loses. https://eff.org/r.a6kU
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 * 22 Aug 12 RT @sebpaquet: "Inspiring hope in a cynical world might be the most radical thing you can possibly do."Jacq. Novogratz http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/29/jacqueline-novogratz-gettysburg-commencement/ …
 * 19 Aug 12 RT @LettersvanU: "Because your future mattered to us today" - thank you Juliet & Ray! Letter _660 A http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/08/18/letter-_660-a/ …
+* 18 Aug 12 deLettersvanUtrecht ‏@LettersvanU Het derde woord begint vandaag, met "A".  Komt kijken, 13u Oudegracht 309. Uw naam kan in deze steen geschreven staan! http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/nieuws/  Retweeted by milliongenerations
-* 18 Aug 12 deLettersvanUtrecht ‏@LettersvanU Het derde woord begint vandaag, met "A".  Komt kijken, 13u Oudegracht 309. Uw naam kan in deze steen geschreven staan! http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/nieuws/
-  Retweeted by milliongenerations
 * 18 Aug 12 An English speaking tour guide in Utrecht shows the making of the new letter of @LettersvanU to his group every Saturday
 * 6 Aug 12 RT @nefwellbeing: Why we should focus on the links between #wellbeing and sustainability http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/wellbeing-sustainability-economic-prospreity-connecting-dots?CMP=twt_gu … (via @Wikiprogress)
- * 5 Aug 12 CAN GO: two words written since June? No rush. You still have a long way to go! RT @LettersvanU: ... KUNNEN GAAN http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/08/05/twee-worden-kunnen-gaan/ …
+* 5 Aug 12 CAN GO: two words written since June? No rush. You still have a long way to go! RT @LettersvanU: ... KUNNEN GAAN http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/08/05/twee-worden-kunnen-gaan/ …
 * 5 Aug 12 A backup of languages lasting thousands of years: @RosettaProject  RT @longnow: Rosetta, A Documentary by Scott Oller: http://goo.gl/uwtzT
 * 5 Aug 12 1000 year long musical composition playing since end of 1999 @LongplayerNow: Film about Longplayer at the Lighthouse... http://vimeo.com/29102323
- * 5 Aug 12 RT @LettersvanU: A first English translation of the poem of The Letters of Utrecht: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/home/het-gedicht/ … Please help to improve it!
+* 5 Aug 12 RT @LettersvanU: A first English translation of the poem of The Letters of Utrecht: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/en/home/het-gedicht/ … Please help to improve it!
 * 3 Aug 12 RT @davidhodgson: Bhutan Aims to Be First Country With 100% Organic Agriculture | http://sco.lt/5TJJuT
 * 3 Aug 12 deLettersvanUtrecht ‏@LettersvanU Zomerdip? De Letter a.s. zaterdag is nog vrij! Het gedicht gaat  verder: http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/home/het-gedicht/ … Kunt u de letter raden? aub RT  Retweeted by milliongenerations
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 * 6 Jun 12 There's one kind of human. Everyone the same? No. Every one is different. No two alike enough to legitimately judge as a group.
 * 5 Jun 12 RT @annemarievdh: Letters van Utrecht ontworpen door Hanneke Verheijke van #avantlalettre pic.twitter.com/YHqpcjQs
- * 5 Jun 12 RT @NOS: Video: Eerste letters eeuwigdurend gedicht Utrecht onthuld http://nos.nl/l/379584
+* 5 Jun 12 RT @NOS: Video: Eerste letters eeuwigdurend gedicht Utrecht onthuld http://nos.nl/l/379584
- * 5 Jun 12 RT @Utrecht_NL: Onthulling straatgedicht 'De Letters van #Utrecht' - DeStad#Utrecht.nl http://dlvr.it/1g9d7q
+* 5 Jun 12 RT @Utrecht_NL: Onthulling straatgedicht 'De Letters van #Utrecht' - DeStad#Utrecht.nl http://dlvr.it/1g9d7q
 * 5 Jun 12 RT @letterkundige: De letters van Utrecht, een mooi project. Lees erover op &gt; http://letterkundig.blogspot.com/2012/06/de-letters-van-utrecht-op-zaterdag-2.html?spref=tw …
 * 5 Jun 12 RT @FreddyNuw: de letters van Utrecht zijn onthult. En door Maarten van Rossum aan elkaar gelult.
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 * 31 May 12 RT @mediaphilosophy: Most people are unsatisfied in life and advertising will keep it that way.
 * 31 May 12 Worth thinking further RT @SaraRobinson: Capitalism Has Failed: 5 Bold Ways to Build a New World http://huff.to/LvnRNa  via @HuffPostBiz
- * 30 May 12 A begin is made for @LettersvanU with the first letters in the streets of Utrecht.  http://lockerz.com/s/212996689
+* 30 May 12 A begin is made for @LettersvanU with the first letters in the streets of Utrecht.  http://lockerz.com/s/212996689
 * 29 May 12 Greetings from @LongplayerNow for @LettersvanU  http://www.delettersvanutrecht.nl/2012/05/28/greetings-from-longplayer/ …
 * 29 May 12 And for longer?RT @transarchitect: If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if for a decade, plant trees; if for a lifetime, educate people
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 * 13 Mar Uitleg van DeLettersvanUtrecht.nl door @rubenvangogh http://vimeo.com/37788990  - @LettersvanU
-*  View video
 * 8 Mar Cityfarming as social sculpture. Art engages. http://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/en/universitaet/pressekommunikation/publik-online/campus/campus-details/article/lets-grow-it-kuenstlergruppe-stellt-projekt-commoning-in-kassel-vor.html  RT @gemeingueter: Commoning goes documenta 13 http://tinyurl.com/87znjrs
 * 8 Mar RT @ProfTimLang: At last I agree with something Bill Gates has said: capitalism fails on food R&D. Short-termism rules. Absolutely spot on.

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