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12 February 2009
- 01:0201:02, 12 February 2009 diff hist +91 Milliongenerations:Criticism →Criticism of the perspective / the way of thinking imposed by milliongenerations.org: thinking about the end
10 February 2009
- 01:5201:52, 10 February 2009 diff hist +637 Related topics →Futurology, Predicting and Shaping the Future: add Bostrom and Hanson
- 01:4001:40, 10 February 2009 diff hist +5,991 N Milliongenerations:Criticism New page: This page is intended for criticism of milliongenerations.org, its cause and its approach. Please don't hold back. Kindly don't delete the opinion of others, even if you don't agree (feel ...
- 00:2000:20, 10 February 2009 diff hist +131 Main Page added link to criticism of milliongenerations.org
8 February 2009
- 01:4401:44, 8 February 2009 diff hist +1,035 N Coexistence of different civilizations on this planet for millions of generations New page: Proliferation, competition and selection seem strong forces in nature that make life resilent. Could similar forces help lead to resilent civilizations? Any single civilization would...
30 January 2009
- 13:1913:19, 30 January 2009 diff hist +567 Related topics →Theories about sustainable economy: add Andrew Oswald, elaborate Easterlin
- 09:4909:49, 30 January 2009 diff hist −2 m Main Page small edits, clarify "some" conditions of sustainable civilizations, not "the" conditions, as the perspective should elucidate some necessary conditions but not claim to have a complete picture
29 January 2009
- 10:3210:32, 29 January 2009 diff hist +799 Energy clarified order, fission; added hydrocarbon fuels
26 January 2009
- 02:3102:31, 26 January 2009 diff hist +190 Conditions of sustainable civilizations add waste, materials
- 02:2402:24, 26 January 2009 diff hist +764 Related topics →Threats to survival of civilizations, existential risks: add Daemon
19 January 2009
- 13:0413:04, 19 January 2009 diff hist +589 Related topics →Enable the future of human civilization, increase resilence of human civilization, make human civilization sustainable: add millenium ecosystem assessment
- 12:5412:54, 19 January 2009 diff hist +370 Related topics →Explaining sustainability: add Ott, wikipedia, milliongenerations.org discussion
- 11:0311:03, 19 January 2009 diff hist +318 Sustainable Sustainable rather than sustainability. Years rather than generations. Cite wikipedia. Add "indefinitely within a system".
5 January 2009
- 02:0702:07, 5 January 2009 diff hist −58 Milliongenerations:Motivation remove Carl Sagan, not sure he was thinking about nearby centuries. He did raise the point though.
- 02:0402:04, 5 January 2009 diff hist +413 Milliongenerations:Motivation add common descendants, indefinite progress will be fatal if...
- 01:3401:34, 5 January 2009 diff hist +78 Main Page Clarify civilization in billion years evolved from today's, small expansions
31 December 2008
- 10:4010:40, 31 December 2008 diff hist +74 Main Page add means for disasterous conflicts or mishaps
29 December 2008
- 17:0217:02, 29 December 2008 diff hist +259 Civilization stressed that both civilization and intelligent beings could evolve and that assumptions should be as few as possible
- 14:4314:43, 29 December 2008 diff hist −1,032 Talk:Related topics removed comment that suggested a move of a comment after executing the move
- 14:4214:42, 29 December 2008 diff hist −794 Related topics moved entry that discussed the assumption to the discussion of the assumption
- 14:4214:42, 29 December 2008 diff hist +928 N Talk:Assumption moved contribution here was originally posted by 196.12.225.116 on 19:52, 28 September 2008 on the Related Topics page
28 December 2008
- 18:4118:41, 28 December 2008 diff hist −20 Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization Reorder, expand reducing consumption
- 18:2518:25, 28 December 2008 diff hist +144 Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization add existential risk, lifeboat foundation
20 December 2008
- 10:4310:43, 20 December 2008 diff hist +669 Consumption expanded ideas around cycles.
15 December 2008
- 01:1701:17, 15 December 2008 diff hist +67 Main Page add reference to guidelines
- 01:1101:11, 15 December 2008 diff hist +130 N Milliongenerations:Vision New page: The vision of Milliongenerations.org is that there will be millions of generations with individuals who realize life is wonderful.
- 01:0501:05, 15 December 2008 diff hist +701 Main Page small corrections, add how to edit, biosphere, why the collaboration
- 00:0800:08, 15 December 2008 diff hist +702 Main Page added "let us assume that intelligent life ... continues...
7 December 2008
- 01:3501:35, 7 December 2008 diff hist −44 Population growth backed up the claimed zero growth
- 01:3201:32, 7 December 2008 diff hist +1,355 Population growth backed up the claimed zero growth
- 00:4100:41, 7 December 2008 diff hist +272 Milliongenerations:Communication of milliongenerations.org →How could the cause of milliongenerations be communicated?: added inspiration
6 December 2008
- 20:3020:30, 6 December 2008 diff hist +828 Milliongenerations:Risks →Someone could find a dreadful solution or try to influence civilization to the disadvantage of others: added discussion on futures that may be worse than none at all
2 December 2008
- 02:3902:39, 2 December 2008 diff hist −4 Milliongenerations:Competition No edit summary
- 02:3702:37, 2 December 2008 diff hist +1 m Milliongenerations:Prize correct another link
- 02:3602:36, 2 December 2008 diff hist +2 m Milliongenerations:Prize correct link
- 02:3402:34, 2 December 2008 diff hist +287 Milliongenerations:Prize reference competition
- 02:2902:29, 2 December 2008 diff hist +372 N Milliongenerations:Competition New page: Milliongenerations.org plans to organize a competiton for a prize to go once or in regular intervals to one or more contributors or alternatively one or mo...
- 02:1302:13, 2 December 2008 diff hist +99 N Milliongenerations talk:Environment for the contributions New page: For discussion: * Is the prize concept beneficial? Discuss here.
- 02:0802:08, 2 December 2008 diff hist +70 Milliongenerations:Environment for the contributions corrected link to talk page, clarified prize concept
- 01:5801:58, 2 December 2008 diff hist +251 Milliongenerations:Prize elaborated on prize concept - user determined rather than panel determined
- 01:5701:57, 2 December 2008 diff hist +337 Milliongenerations talk:Prize elaborated on prize concept - user determined rather than panel determined
- 01:4801:48, 2 December 2008 diff hist +155 N Talk:Conditions of sustainable civilizations New page: * Claim: Sustainable civilizations maintain or increase their knowledge - Could we really know? It sounds nice, but does it follow from the assumption?
- 01:4601:46, 2 December 2008 diff hist −64 Conditions of sustainable civilizations remove # maintain or increase their knowledge - could we be sure?
27 November 2008
- 02:3602:36, 27 November 2008 diff hist +19 Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization replaced the vague "worthy actions" with "attempting to be a good ancestor" (thanks, Paul!) & "be sure" > "it helps"
- 02:2502:25, 27 November 2008 diff hist +23 Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization asking for more explanation to make a recent contribution more practicable
18 November 2008
- 00:2400:24, 18 November 2008 diff hist +88 Milliongenerations:Current events add questions, assumptions
15 November 2008
- 16:4416:44, 15 November 2008 diff hist +173 Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization add sharing and implementing information
- 16:3616:36, 15 November 2008 diff hist +230 Related topics →Online collaborative efforts: bioneers, wiser earth
- 15:4015:40, 15 November 2008 diff hist +658 Related topics →Enable the future of human civilization, increase resilence of human civilization, make human civilization sustainable: add wiser earth
- 15:0915:09, 15 November 2008 diff hist +1,421 Related topics →Enable the future of human civilization, increase resilence of human civilization, make human civilization sustainable: add Ecological Design Institute, Ryn, Dot Earth, La Marguerite, YESSS
- 14:0314:03, 15 November 2008 diff hist +641 Related topics →Enable the future of human civilization, increase resilence of human civilization, make human civilization sustainable: reference to "FAIR", critique of its approach
- 13:3613:36, 15 November 2008 diff hist +7 Related topics →Perspective similar to milliongenerations.org: probably not > ..none have been found...
- 13:3313:33, 15 November 2008 diff hist +112 Related topics →Perspective similar to milliongenerations.org: elaborate assumption
- 13:1413:14, 15 November 2008 diff hist +1,284 Related topics →Online collaborative efforts: add appropedia, ekopedia, transition handbook
6 November 2008
- 00:2100:21, 6 November 2008 diff hist +107 N Milliongenerations:Communication of milliongenerations.org New page: How should the cause of milliongenerations be communicated? Who would likely be interested to contribute?
1 November 2008
- 10:3210:32, 1 November 2008 diff hist +19 Related topics →Threats to survival of civilizations: added existential risks (Nick Bostrom
- 10:2610:26, 1 November 2008 diff hist +723 Related topics →Promoting sustainable development: change title to Enable the future, added LOKA, SEHN, guardians of the future
31 October 2008
- 01:0401:04, 31 October 2008 diff hist +67 Questions clarify question over knowledge, and danger that additional knowledge may be misused
27 October 2008
- 01:3901:39, 27 October 2008 diff hist +575 Related topics →Promoting sustainable development: add Earth Chater Initiative, Tim Prosser
26 October 2008
- 18:3118:31, 26 October 2008 diff hist +1,372 Related topics →Futurology: added World Transhumanist Association, added Predicting and Shaping the Future in title
- 17:3117:31, 26 October 2008 diff hist +29 Related topics →Long term thinking: reference futurology
- 17:2017:20, 26 October 2008 diff hist +378 Related topics →Long term thinking: added FHI
- 10:0410:04, 26 October 2008 diff hist +151 Related topics →Threats to survival of civilizations: added Global Existential Risk book
- 09:5309:53, 26 October 2008 diff hist +8 m Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization corrected some grammar mistake
- 09:5209:52, 26 October 2008 diff hist +242 Actions to be taken to achieve a sustainable civilization add cradle to cradle, designer's accord
16 October 2008
- 01:1101:11, 16 October 2008 diff hist +110 How many individuals could there be on earth? rearrange, clarify
- 00:5800:58, 16 October 2008 diff hist +51 Questions add how many people could there be on earth
- 00:5700:57, 16 October 2008 diff hist +1,625 N How many individuals could there be on earth? New page: This is depends on the carrying capacity (Click [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_capacity here] for Wikipedia article with several references.) The question of how many individuals...
9 October 2008
- 22:4522:45, 9 October 2008 diff hist +536 N Consumption New page: The assumption that civilization(s) continue on planet earth for millions of generations means that after millions of generations it is still possible to live. Essential resources ...
- 22:3722:37, 9 October 2008 diff hist +38 Questions rearrange, clarify link to consumption
8 October 2008
- 02:1002:10, 8 October 2008 diff hist −42 Milliongenerations:Motivation correct link to related topics
- 02:0002:00, 8 October 2008 diff hist +278 Milliongenerations:Motivation added reference to Fermi paradox + space travel at expense of other beings
- 01:3401:34, 8 October 2008 diff hist +54 N Events beyond control Events beyond control moved to Events beyond any civilization's control: clarify current
- 01:3401:34, 8 October 2008 diff hist 0 m Events beyond any civilization's control Events beyond control moved to Events beyond any civilization's control: clarify
- 01:3201:32, 8 October 2008 diff hist +56 Events beyond any civilization's control clarified collision with another galaxy - milky way not sun
- 01:2301:23, 8 October 2008 diff hist +1,640 N Sustainable New page: Sustainability should be regarded as the ability of a practice to be continued. Continued for how long? Without limit, except as posed by [[events beyond control | events truly beyond the...
- 01:1801:18, 8 October 2008 diff hist +981 N Events beyond any civilization's control New page: = God = Most Christian perspectives expect an end of this world. We should not bring it about ourselves (e.g., Gen. 24:2, Mt 24:36). =Science= The sun is expected to consume the earth i...
- 00:2800:28, 8 October 2008 diff hist −1 m Questions events beyond control instread of threats beyond control
6 October 2008
- 09:2109:21, 6 October 2008 diff hist +165 Related topics →Promoting sustainable development: added Urgenda
4 October 2008
- 11:5711:57, 4 October 2008 diff hist −17 Main Page replaced "the wisdom of crowds" by "you". Many contributions may lead inspiring ideas, but individuals make the contribution.
- 11:5011:50, 4 October 2008 diff hist +595 Related topics →Promoting sustainable development: added carbonrally and sustainlane
2 October 2008
- 00:1600:16, 2 October 2008 diff hist +17 m Main Page clarification on perspective of Keynes citation
- 00:1400:14, 2 October 2008 diff hist +421 Related topics move worldchanging to correct header
1 October 2008
- 23:3523:35, 1 October 2008 diff hist +1,293 Milliongenerations:Motivation added heading "why this perspective" and elaborated the question
29 September 2008
- 16:1416:14, 29 September 2008 diff hist +1,032 N Talk:Related topics propose to move recent edit to different page
- 16:1116:11, 29 September 2008 diff hist +99 Related topics →Perspective similar to milliongenerations.org: editorial note on recent edit
28 September 2008
- 00:2600:26, 28 September 2008 diff hist +14 m Milliongenerations:Current events update links
- 00:2400:24, 28 September 2008 diff hist +789 N Milliongenerations:Board of the Foundation New page: The foundation milliongenerations.org still needs board members interested in and capable of advancing its cause, shaping its development and improving ...
27 September 2008
- 23:2923:29, 27 September 2008 diff hist +272 Milliongenerations:Foundation added communication and independence
- 23:2923:29, 27 September 2008 diff hist +273 N Milliongenerations:Charter of the Foundation New page: A notary in Utrecht has drafted a charter in September 2008. The draft (in Dutch language) is currently reviewed and potential improvements are discussed. Support and thoughts on the chart...
26 September 2008
- 23:1023:10, 26 September 2008 diff hist +381 Related topics →Threats to survival of civilizations: add existential risk, Bill Joy, Nick Bostrom
- 22:4822:48, 26 September 2008 diff hist +426 Related topics →Promoting sustainable development: add desginersaccord.org
- 22:4422:44, 26 September 2008 diff hist +365 Related topics add lifeboat
21 September 2008
- 03:0803:08, 21 September 2008 diff hist +412 Related topics added TNS and Robert, rearranged
- 02:4302:43, 21 September 2008 diff hist +2,876 Related topics added Hamaker, added Petranek's list, Keuleman's book, dieoff.org,
19 September 2008
- 15:2515:25, 19 September 2008 diff hist −28 m Milliongenerations:Guidelines for contributions correct links
- 15:2415:24, 19 September 2008 diff hist −29 Milliongenerations:Current events correct links
- 15:2315:23, 19 September 2008 diff hist +28 N Organizations concerned with or work on related topics Organizations concerned with or work on related topics moved to Related topics: clearer title
- 15:2315:23, 19 September 2008 diff hist 0 m Related topics Organizations concerned with or work on related topics moved to Related topics: clearer title
- 15:1915:19, 19 September 2008 diff hist +474 Related topics rearrange, clarify