Man doth usurp all space,
Stares thee, in rock, bush, river, in the face.
Never yet thine eyes behold a tree;
'Tis no sea thou seest in the sea,
'Tis but a disguised humanity.
To avoid thy fellow, vain thy plan;
All that interests a man, is man.
-Henry Sutton
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
-Marcus Garvey
If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.
― Michael Crichton
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
― George Orwell
Study the past if you would define the future.
― Confucius
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
― Aldous Huxley
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
― Winston Churchill
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
― Edmund Burke
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
You can’t tell where you are going, unless you know where you have been.
World Population:
AD 1 200 Million
1000 310 Million
1500 458 Million
1750 791 Million
1800 978 Million
1850 1.26 Billion
1900 1.65 Billion
1950 2.52 Billion
2000 6.07 Billion
United States Carbon Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring:
1800 0.01 metric tons of carbon per capita
1850 0.23 metric tons of carbon per capita
1900 2.37 metric tons of carbon per capita
1950 4.32 metric tons of carbon per capita
2000 5.34 metric tons of carbon per capita
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, and the development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal.
An economy or economic system consists of the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of limited goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service, commonly expressed in a certain currency.
efficiency
economy
When I look back at the history of this world when I look at where we are today I think about the industrial revolution. Out of the 10,000 years of known human history we have only been living at this level for 250 years.
That's it. 250 years of machines and oil and engines. What price are we paying to live at this level of comfort? We have no history to look back upon and find the answers. We have never lived like this before.
Divorce
Obesity
Depression
Boredom
Global warming
High fructose corn syrup
We have no idea the price we are paying to live like this. We are writing the new history as we go.
We have never had this many people living on the planet at one time before.
our use of fossil fuels is increasing per person as our population increases.
Something is going to give.
There will be a tipping point.
thousands of years later people will learn about the industrial revolution this short period in human history where we sucked resources from the earth to create fossil fuel slaves in order to control the climate, to avoid sweat, to avoid work, to sit in chairs for our lives. To dodge pain.
Our scientists speak with such arrogant confidence.
Our economic leaders have all the power.
but the reality of it all is that we have no idea what we are doing because we have never been here before in history.
In the past God use to have all authority
then Kings, emperors, chefs, rulers had it all
Today money rules.
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon. That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
-Matthew 6:24
Today I see the world choosing money over God. I see the world saying life isn't more than food. Our body isn't more than clothing. I see the world loving money and hating God. But at what cost? What are we doing? Where are we heading? Are all of these luxuries really increasing our quality of life or hollowing us out?
I wonder what the history books will say about this time I live in.
Radical Face - Doorways
Stares thee, in rock, bush, river, in the face.
Never yet thine eyes behold a tree;
'Tis no sea thou seest in the sea,
'Tis but a disguised humanity.
To avoid thy fellow, vain thy plan;
All that interests a man, is man.
-Henry Sutton
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
-Marcus Garvey
If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree.
― Michael Crichton
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
― George Orwell
Study the past if you would define the future.
― Confucius
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
― Aldous Huxley
The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.
― Winston Churchill
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
― Edmund Burke
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
You can’t tell where you are going, unless you know where you have been.
World Population:
AD 1 200 Million
1000 310 Million
1500 458 Million
1750 791 Million
1800 978 Million
1850 1.26 Billion
1900 1.65 Billion
1950 2.52 Billion
2000 6.07 Billion
United States Carbon Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring:
1800 0.01 metric tons of carbon per capita
1850 0.23 metric tons of carbon per capita
1900 2.37 metric tons of carbon per capita
1950 4.32 metric tons of carbon per capita
2000 5.34 metric tons of carbon per capita
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, and the development of machine tools. It also included the change from wood and other bio-fuels to coal.
An economy or economic system consists of the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of limited goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. The economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good or service, commonly expressed in a certain currency.
efficiency
economy
When I look back at the history of this world when I look at where we are today I think about the industrial revolution. Out of the 10,000 years of known human history we have only been living at this level for 250 years.
That's it. 250 years of machines and oil and engines. What price are we paying to live at this level of comfort? We have no history to look back upon and find the answers. We have never lived like this before.
Divorce
Obesity
Depression
Boredom
Global warming
High fructose corn syrup
We have no idea the price we are paying to live like this. We are writing the new history as we go.
We have never had this many people living on the planet at one time before.
our use of fossil fuels is increasing per person as our population increases.
Something is going to give.
There will be a tipping point.
thousands of years later people will learn about the industrial revolution this short period in human history where we sucked resources from the earth to create fossil fuel slaves in order to control the climate, to avoid sweat, to avoid work, to sit in chairs for our lives. To dodge pain.
Our scientists speak with such arrogant confidence.
Our economic leaders have all the power.
but the reality of it all is that we have no idea what we are doing because we have never been here before in history.
In the past God use to have all authority
then Kings, emperors, chefs, rulers had it all
Today money rules.
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon. That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
-Matthew 6:24
Today I see the world choosing money over God. I see the world saying life isn't more than food. Our body isn't more than clothing. I see the world loving money and hating God. But at what cost? What are we doing? Where are we heading? Are all of these luxuries really increasing our quality of life or hollowing us out?
I wonder what the history books will say about this time I live in.
Radical Face - Doorways