The following two topics would correspond to Erik’s 3^rd point, amplification. Though both of these are first steps with limited effects, not quite of titanic proportions. I think the real issue may come down to how our brains develop, it doesn’t help to put more juice into a circuit that is not equipped to make use of it, so more amp…[Read more]

Thank you for steering this post back towards its origin and great links as well.

Since i first posted this topic i have come across a number of examples of urban adaptions to improve the integration between nature, sustainability and urban systems but, alas, i do not have links with me now.

Trying to return to the forum during my summer break i…[Read more]

Rudy, your explanation of your concept of ‘qwet’ communication put me in mind of thinking about ourselves and perhaps all living beings, and to a lesser degree all matter, as a complex arrangement of fields. it is akin to ancient mystic concepts and a modern physic’s way of seeing the world. all matter is just a state that has properties and…[Read more]

Start with one bucky dome and blister out like ring worm on the face of a new colony planet. Good ideas.

with futuristic concepts of self-healing smart materials and nano assembly materials and a few more sustainable and fantastic scientific advances i think it is possible… in theory. could test it on the moon. We just need to tackle the…[Read more]

wow, thanks for bringing this to my attention. there are so many innovations in this green fuel field that it is difficult to keep up. i have been working on a story featuring these kinds of tech for a long time.

here are some other interesting resources:
Sapphire Energy Algae farms in the New Mexico desert
Solazyme won a contract to produce…[Read more]

Asking me my thoughts on brains, how meta. I find the research fascinating and the changes in conceptualizing the brain within my lifetime awes me. I remember as child being told the same old neural legends, ‘we only use 10% of our brains’ or ‘at 20 years your brain is set in stone’ and so many more that are now proven not only to be untrue…[Read more]

Rudy, your post is very stimulating. It is almost as if it has placed thoughts in my head but also triggered others, as I have thought a great deal about this and other neurological futures.

Your point about communication being a form of telepathy is one that I like, I first found it spelled out in that way in Stephen Kings book On Writing,…[Read more]

Matt: I think you are rather focused on your rally point. i don’t dispute that things need to change, but our discussions here are about new ideas and about letting them run to their furthest and wildest extremes […]