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The Matrix: “The Red Pill or the Blue Pill?”

Did you realize it has been 10 years since “The Matrix” was released? More importantly, you must ask yourself: “Which would you have chosen: the red pill or the blue pill?”

Well, did you? Will you?

Check out this great scene!

Thanks to the folks at Open Source Integral and Wired.com for the reminder.

“Poverty Goes Straight to the Brain”

Sociology + Biology: Poverty, which is created by economic, political, social and cultural forces in society, produces physiological stresses leading to the “income-achievement gap” between poor and middle class white boys and girls, with negative effects lasting through adulthood, according to this new study. If you always reasoned or suspected this, or felt the need for proof beyond anecdotal evidence, you might want to check out this Wired.com article. ${socialTitleEscape}

While you’re at it, check out the research paper:
Childhood poverty, chronic stress, and adult working memory
Gary W. Evans and Michelle A. Schamberg, Cornell University
ABSTRACT: The income–achievement gap is a … Continue Reading

Consciousness-in-Action Around the World

earthThe last few months have been quite interesting: meeting people, making new friends, reconnecting with old ones, exploring possibilities for extending the work of consciousness-in-action around the world. Quite literally. Well, just about, anyway: developing relationships with colleagues and co-conspirators from Vancouver (British Columbia) to Hawai’i to Palmela (Portugal) to Salvador (Brazil) to Copenhagen (Denmark) to Amherst (MA) to Gainesville (FL) to San Juan (PR) to Greensboro (NC) to Washington (DC) to St. Petersburg (Russia) and back home again. This is not counting the many new friends from other places throughout … Continue Reading