Milliongenerations:Twitter/millionGen

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

Copying identity? Hmm. Speculative #philosophy on #singularity by David Chalmers http://consc.net/papers/singularity.pdf Thx, @Cervido
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 Kingma29 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_growth1 hour ago
RT @BillGates: I wrote up a review of “The Rational Optimist” by Matt Ridley. Some notes here: http://bit.ly/hFdzZC1 Jan
@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? #question28 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 @pleger26 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/3xytRu18 Dec
Old wisdom, still unneeded. RT @philoquotes: Charity is no substitute for justice withheld. ~ Saint Augustine17 Dec
RT @TomZiglar: You measure success by how much good you do for others. Zig Ziglar17 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 Reid16 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/i1Tncq13 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 Proverb29 Nov Un
Ruut Veenhoven and Nic Marks at Club of Amsterdam tomorrow night! http://www.clubofamsterdam.com/event.asp?contentid=82724 Nov
RT @greenskeptic: Liang Congjie, China's 1st environmentalist, died on Oct 25. His obit from this week's @TheEconomist http://econ.st/bnYL8B20 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 @theneweconomics20 Nov Un
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? #iff17 Nov
RT @davidhodgson Without empathy society cannot exist. Martin Hoffman #iff17 Nov Un
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=8276 Nov
RT @ONEworldcitizen: The only real prison is fear. And the only real freedom is freedom from fear. Aung Sang Suu Kyi14 Nov
Is there really no way to combine the growth of useful knowledge with long term existence? Brilliant video: http://tinyurl.com/yasxdrq12 Nov
...the more urgent the problem. People are the goal! RT @environmentinst: 'The more of us there are-the tougher the problem' Paul #Ehrlich11 Nov
RT @conservbytes Why don't we care about the people 5-10 generations from now - myopic empathy (discounting by distance & time) - Paul #Ehrlich11 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/eqfc8 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=8276 Nov Un
measure & increase happiness NL: http://www.nilsroemen.com/sevendaysofinspiration-project-bruto-nationaal-geluk-vergroten/ #7di @roemen23 Oct Un
RT @nefwellbeing: Report ...: internat devlpmnt based on 'ultimately harmful' acquisitive view of flourishing http://bit.ly/cet45h (pdf)22 Oct Un
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/g37dD20 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 #postgrowth2 Oct
RT @strateeg een goeie video over de fosfaatproblematiek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqOfcUufyzQ28 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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