The Holocene Impact Working Group

...is a group of six scientists who hypothesize that meteorite impacts on Earth are more common than current scientific consensus indicates.

http://goo.gl/kYhRIf

When Space Changed History

...Documentary

http://goo.gl/GtkYSu

Did a Comet Cause the Great Flood?

...The universal human myth may be the first example of disaster reporting.

http://goo.gl/txrcsc

Burckle Crater

...Dating the Flood

http://goo.gl/bmz84N

Repurposing :-)

Love the concept of repurposing - such a practical concept. Viewing things for their intrinsic value rather than a social or economic purpose. Ideas and concepts are the same way - aspects of their social value become detached with advances in communication and human creativity. Conflict arises in leadership based on conflicting ideals - one side not trusting the others perceptions or methods. Successful leaders are able to create unity without using the age old method of fear and a common enemy. Repurposed fear is hope and a reposed enemy is a friend. The measure of a leader that has endured throughout the ages revolves around sacrifice. Do they sacrifice others or themselves?

Human Terrain...

The military concept of human terrain has more significants to me than just the integration of anthropology and human geography. It also seems to reflect a spiritual element that our current society has lost. It's a method of developing social structure and concepts based on the complexities of the immediate biosphere. This can be seen as the method of thought that sustained or most earliest ancestors for many many generations.

My initial research began on two topics when initially assigned in Afghanistan, one was to understand the function of the human terrain element in the information dominance center and two, to explore more fully the anthropologist concepts on tribal structure. What was apparent to me, due to my background in graphic design, was that their are many historical symbols even in our own culture that originate in our immediate biosphere. My interest was the wonder of a more profound connection that may influence our perception of these symbols.

This led to one more field of study that fits into a concept of social influence and that began to emerge in the 1990's but is linked to the influence of the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his book entitled The Selfish Gene (1976). The book is said to describe a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles that could explain the spread of ideas. This concept has grown through the practice of applying biological algorithms to explain the spread of knowledge and ideas in our social structure. Interesting enough is the very open distain for the spiritual that Mr. Richard Dawson publicly displays.

To try and explain this biospherical link and how it effects culture based on the perception and persistents of its symbols is to use an apology of human terrain. This communication model can be more easily recognized rather than a biological model of cell reproduction. In addition it also opens up a new direction in the study of memetics. There is a persistent symbol that permiates all cultures used to represent and understand communication and it's social implications. This symbol is also found in ancient writings and may generate a better understanding of early concepts of a human terrain. This symbol is the use of water and it's dynamic to represent human communication. Water in all its natural form and functions to understand the enigma of our existence.

A non-linear dynamic model of spatial economic development and R&D policy...

The Annals of Regional Science

1991, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 287-302

• P. Nijkamp,
• H. J. Poot,
• J. Rouwendal

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01581854

VOODOO:-)

Woke up this morning with a word in my head - SAYERGOES – its not even a word. So I Googled it. Nothing too interesting until... there it is. A BOOK - "Contested Worlds: An Introduction To Human Geography" by Martin Phillips. Gotta get it. The link went right to page 50 and this is what I read. CRAZY VOODOO:-)

http://goo.gl/QXhyYQ

Read the first two paragraphs on page 50 and decided to buy it. The concepts align perfectly with some of the ideas I've had in the past and I look forward to expanding on these ideas...

New Humanism?

Enjoyed the realistic description of  "Economic Man" - it sings of a deep look into the processes that have been relied upon for eons. I am very much surprised that the gentleman is from the U.S. but he is also a Landscape Architect. It seems to me that in the U.S. the notion of "Human Geography" is not as prevalent as in Europe but our Landscape Architect professionals seem to embody an overlapping interest.

http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/February-2013/A-New-Humanism-Part-9/

The fulcrum of a Zealot...

“Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” - is now a New York Times best seller. Love the example of the "hype curve" and its results. Not to mention the protection of tribal symbols that generates interest in a topic that did not exist before. It seems  based on a fundamental communication model that attacks opposing ideas as threatening - this fits a tribalistic social model perfectly and if plotted on a "hype curve" seems to ride on a much bigger sine wave.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealot:_The_Life_and_Times_of_Jesus_of_Nazareth

Crossroads: Labor Pains of a New Worldview | FULL MOVIE

This online movie was so interesting to me - it combined a lot of social elements into a very creative composition. I was in a rental apartment on the 15th floor in Washington DC on a temporary assignment. It was a post from a gentleman I follow on Facebook - Joe Brewer. He is a social change strategist and facilitator of idea implementation for people seeking to innovate at the intersection of the advocacy, policy, and technology worlds. In other words - we have similar. As I watched it on my little phone, I became annoyed with the size and moved to watching it on my laptop. It is a full length feature so I soon grew tired of this small screen too - so I ended up hooking my laptop to the tv using an HDMI cable - perfect. Watched enthralled the entire time.

Pattern Biological Insite - 39:44

Imaginal Cells - 41:50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n1p9P5ee3c