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Increasing the Quality and Quantity of Education    (Created 8/20/2009 & updated continually)

The one thing that I noticed when growing up in the 60's was just how little information there actually was. And the information that was available, was hard to find. I didn't realize at first, but adults always seemed strange to me. Here I am, a child ready to be educated, but for some strange reason all the adults were not educated. It was way beyond thinking that they were just preoccupied, it was more like they all had lobotomies. And even the teachers were the same way, and they were supposed to be the educated ones. So how can this be. I am in America, a country filled with technological advances. Did Americans some how forget about education? Did they not yet realize how extremely important education was? Or was it simply that they have not yet realized how much education needed improving? What ever the reason or reasons were, I was always asking myself, “where’s all the information and knowledge?” I go to school but one of the most important things that I learned is how little they actually teach you. And my parents, who were also subjected to this same education, were also not capable of answering all the questions that a child needs answering when growing up. So where does this necessary knowledge come from? I knew a lot of information was out there on some bookshelves, but where? The Library was useful but there was not enough direction or clear path to the information that you were looking for, or did they have all the books in the world in one place. And even then with so many books for one subject, it was hard to tell which books to read. I always thought that with TV, being such an amazing tool, would someday provide enormous amount of useful information, but some how entertainment and manipulation of the truth invaded almost every channel. So even TV did not live up to its true potential. So after high school and years of working all kinds of jobs, I sadly turned into one of those lobotomized adults that I use to see when I was a child. But that all started to change in August 2007. I canceled my cable TV service. And in two years time I started to realize that the TV world and the lack of a quality education had put me in a comma. I was being sedated from reality and I didn’t even know it. It was like the Movie ‘The Matrix’ where the cable was pulled out from behind my skull and I finally woke up from a distorted reality. This is part of the mass delusion that has been demoralizing Americans for years. But it just wasn’t being unplugged from the TV that did it. Because I know people who never watch TV but are still ignorant. So you have to replace the TV with more reading. But you have to read the right books at the right time in your life. I also started watching more Documentaries, that for some reason were never broadcasted on TV. I also got my news from the Internet where I was in more control of what news I wanted and when I wanted it. I was also able to get more News from More Sources, which gives you a better chance of knowing the truth without being bombarded with ignorant opinions. But it’s not that simple as it sounds. You have to know how to Filter Information, which takes knowledge, experience and skill. I learned that the more people you hear speak, who are honest, caring and educated, the more knowledge and understanding you will acquire. This is why I love to watch Documentaries and love reading material that is written by knowledgeable people. Humans are incredibly lucky to have the Internet. Finally we have a chance to get some questions answered. But I immediately realized that Organizing the Internet would need to be done first in order for it to be more efficient and effective.
So I started Basic Knowledge 101.com were I have begun to collect websites, books, information and ideas. I will continue to update this on going project and also figure out, with the help from others, what would be the best way to increase the Quality and Quantity of Education that is so desperately needed.

Remember that the Internet is one of the most important technologies that we have and our greatest hope for positive change. So please help Protect the Internet from corrupt interference and control by staying informed and educated about possible restrictions and legislation that could have a negative effect on how we use information and knowledge to educate people. We have witnessed what happened to TV, Radio and Newspapers when corporations took
control. This is literally our window of opportunity and possibly our last chance to make things right.  Education Reform

 

The Virtual Revolution: A great film about the birth of the Internet and its Potential.

 


Having access to more information does not necessarily mean that people will be more educated.
Increased communication between people also does not mean that people will be more educated.
The potential of the Internet will be defined by how we use all our knowledge and information to help educate people. The Internet gives us the means, so now all we need to do is make it work in a way that all people can educate themselves with out all the distractions and clutter. When we finally have a consensus on the Definition and Purpose of Education, we will finally understand our true potential. This will be the ultimate
Paradigm Shift.     Technology Tools and Learning
 

Another great documentary is about the birth of the computer, which gave birth to the Internet.
The Machine that Changed the World (YouTube)                    More Computer Documentaries 

 

Of course most of these advances would have never happened if not for the printing press and the written word, which gave way to the first wave of shared knowledge and information that this world has ever experienced.    Gutenberg Bible     The Machine That Made Us (YouTube)
We now have more words and more ways to express them then ever before. Words have the ability to shape the human mind. Words are the Machine Code of the brain where they are translated into Zero’s and Ones so that the Synapse knows when to fire and when to create more Connections and more Associations. This you must fully understand and control your input of words because advertisers and governments are already familiar with the power of words and they are not interested in educating you, only manipulating you. Media Literacy  

Public Debate: Put Education on TV for everyone. We must have at least 10 channels on TV that are totally dedicated for educational use, with no commercials. A channel for each age group and a channel for each subject. There will also be an educational channel that will have education and training for the jobs most needed by society. The public has a right to share it's resources and decide how they are used. We built it, we manage it, we use it, It' s ours.  Bad TV  Sharing

Public Domain Network: List local government issues that are currently being addressed and the issues that are not being addressed. This way people are aware what’s needed and direct their efforts in the right direction. We all have to work as a team so the directions must be clear and understood by everyone. Time must be shared.  Action

"What we got here is a Failure to Communicate" there's no reason for that.

 

 



Environmental Education    Thursday, August 20, 2009

When it comes to our world environment, I want to help educate people about the effects that we all have on our earth and the effects that we all have on our eco-systems that keep us alive and sustain life for millions of other species. So I created a webpage
http://www.lookingforadventure.com/adventure/mycarbonoffsets.htm
Lowering my Carbon Count, or human footprint, has many benefits then just lowering greenhouse Gases. I save money, I don't pollute the earth as much, I produce less waste and I'm definitely a lot healthier. These are just a few of the things that I have changed in my lifestyle.
These are not major changes or sacrifices either, It's just being little more aware and respectful to the environment and to the future generations that will hopefully enjoy this planet as much as I have. So I listed some of my eco-initiatives to make me more eco-conscious, eco-friendly and help my frugality. I also gave links to other websites to help further our understanding of the environment and also give you some ideas on how you can make a difference.

 




Ideas to help improve the world     Friday, August 21, 2009

So now that most of us are realizing our impact on the world and are beginning to understand what choices we can make, we now need to know who else is making progress so that we do not feel so alone on our quest for a brighter future. So I searched the Internet, and other media sources, and found that we are not alone. Yes there is intelligent life on our planet. I have now started to list all the websites that are coming up with some pretty incredible ideas on what we can do to lower our destruction to the world as well as reverse some of the damage that we have already done to our earth. I call this webpage “ Ideas to help improve the world “
http://www.lookingforadventure.com/ideas.htm
I have found some incredible websites as well as some great documentary’s and books. I also included some other forums and paths that a person could look at and decide what they feel would be a good idea to investigate and get some inspiration. Of course this is just the beginning.
 

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"It became obvious that there were major defects in our teaching methods and that our education process was extremely flawed".....Better Late then Never....  Learning Styles and Methods

 

 


Defining Intelligence      Monday, August 24, 2009    (Revised January 20, 2012)

If a person does not have the necessary information and knowledge that is needed to correctly analyze a problem, it is nearly impossible for that person to understand how to calculate the correct actions that are needed in order to solve that problem. Even if a problem is right in front of a person it is very unlikely that they will be able to comprehend that a particular problem is even there without necessary information and knowledge. Then a person will still have to understand that particular information and knowledge in order to use it effectively. So how will a person be able to recognize that there is necessary information and knowledge missing from there education? How do you convince a person to see that there is a void of missing information and knowledge when they don't have the necessary information and knowledge in order for them to see that there is even a void?
This is why it is so extremely important to teach students early and completely the logic that is behind learning these techniques, tools and skills that are needed to acquire necessary information and knowledge. So what is this necessary information and knowledge? What are the techniques, tools and skills that are needed? That is exactly what we are going to find out and exactly what we are going to teach. Remember that saying "The Buck Stops Here", that should be changed to
"The Ignorance Stops Here"...

When a child is labeled with Gifted or Prodigy, most parents and teachers are not qualified or experienced enough to know what having a child with enhanced abilities means. Or do they know what extra attention is needed in order not to waste these enhanced abilities on tedious or irrelevant actions. It's like having a very powerful and fast computer but it's being wasted because you are only using it to play video games. We are the only species on the planet that can be distracted their own stupidity. Intelligent species? Not yet. Remember, enhanced abilities does not guarantee incredible achievements, it only implies that there's a potential, which we all have, that's if we all get the special attention that we need. The more I study education the more I see what's needed.
The more you learn the more you learn what you didn't know. Education needs to be everyone's special attention.  Advanced Precocious Learners

I have been very passionate about other ventures in my life, which I still am, but Education is now my most important endeavor. I have been educating myself most of my life and will continue to do so, as most people should. It’s extremely necessary to keep educating yourself, it’s just one of those things you have to do. You also have to share knowledge and information. It just makes sense since you can’t take your wisdom with you when you die. The education we have today in our schools is so inadequate that it’s a total injustice to our children. A lot of the teachers I had going the Dropout Factories in Danbury were like over paid baby sitters who had absolutely no passion to teach kids. Of course this is only my personal experience with the teachers that I had. Most were not all that bad, but they were not all that good either. Of course I could never say that for all teachers. I do not blame teachers for most did the best they could with what they had. Everyone should appreciate their efforts, as I do. Most teachers were merely doing what ignorant and corrupt school administrators and politicians have asked them to do. So now I’m researching what I believe should be the new added curriculum that would help expand our children’s understanding of themselves and the world and give them the necessary life skills that they desperately need. Organizing information and knowledge into a format that can be taught in lessons will be a long and strenuous project. Two of things that I would like to teach students is How to be a Great Teacher and How to be a Great Leader, the two things this world is extremely short of. Even if a student chooses another field of study or career, knowing how to be a great teacher and leader will definitely benefit them no matter what they choose to be in their life. So now I have to help people understand what education should be and most likely redefine it. Though my main focus will be educating children and young adults, I will still need to educate the grownups. But most adults feel that they are educated, which to me is a clear example why we need to drastically improve our education standards. It’s a serious problem when most adults do not consider themselves to be ignorant even knowing that we are all ignorant.

Illusory Superiority       Dunning Kruger Effect      Cognitive Bias      Anti Intellectualism

But ignorance in itself has an unusual side effect of blinding the person from their own ignorance.
So how does a person realize that they are ignorant when it’s the ignorance itself that keeps them from realizing that they are ignorant? It’s a bit daunting but please stay with me. Think about when you see a doctor and the doctor tells you that you have been diagnosed with a disease, a lot of people would say that they never knew that they were sick. So there has to be a way to diagnose Ignorance. We need some way to communicate or a test that will say to that person that their thinking is not correct without saying that they are stupid, because I don’t think that anyone is stupid, its just that some of us are not thinking correctly. We have to understand that people are not born bad, they are simply brought up badly and thus become a bad person. That's why most people in prison have very little education as well as very poor reading and writing skills. So people are not born ignorant, they are just brought up ignorantly and thus become an ignorant person. Now ignorant does not mean that you are stupid. You can have a High IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and still be ignorant. To explain this lets first define ignorance. Though the definition of ignorance is usually defined a ‘ person who is ‘Uneducated in general, lacking knowledge or sophistication, Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge’. That is the more common definition that I do not totally agree with. I would like to define ignorance as a ‘ person who lacks a common sense that keeps oneself from separating opinion from fact, a person who dismisses information solely based on preference, a person who assumes without questioning, and a person who has difficulty formulating information in order to obtain a logical answer. This to me is a more accurate meaning of the word ignorance. I wonder if I could have the dictionary updated to include my definition or just replace the old definition with mine, unless of course there is a better word in the dictionary for what I have described above. Now some of you are still wondering how can you have a high IQ and still be ignorant. To me an IQ test is not a measure of intelligence but more of a test to measure ones brain function. If a persons IQ is high then their ability to process information and access their memory is exceptional, thus their brain is functioning properly. A person with a high IQ should be nurtured very carefully so that their ability is not stifled and at the same time their brain is not overwhelmed with useless information. A person with a low IQ will be treated the same way but they will need extra special attention to get their brain functioning like a person with a high IQ. So if you use my definition of ignorance you will find that there are people with high IQ’s who are ignorant. They can process information but they still have trouble with separating opinion from fact and sometimes can still dismiss information solely based on preference. I have not yet met an intelligent person. I have met some really smart people but I would not consider them intelligent. When it comes to Child Prodigies I look at them as being normal and everyone else being abnormal or just not aware of their potential. It’s really hard to measure intelligence because to me intelligence must be proven in many ways that would clearly define a person as intelligent. Some areas of intelligence are linguistics intelligence, math intelligence, music intelligence, spatial intelligence, self intelligence and so on.

First you have to define what makes a person intelligent then you need to have an
accurate way of measuring if this intelligence is correctly and fully understood.
Just because you have abilities does not guarantee that you will know how to use
them correctly. And just what is correctly? Correctly is Just another word we need to
define if we are ever going to know exactly what being intelligent really means.
   

Battle of the Brains Documentary about IQ testing and Testing for Intelligence. (YouTube)

The Genius in All of Us, David Shenk (Video)      Multiple Intelligences (Wiki)

Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence (Wiki)    Pattern Recognition     Frame of Reference

Howard Gardner Spatial Intelligence (Youtube)     Learning Styles and Methods


So what do I consider Intelligent? First let me tell you the common definitions and then I will tell you my definitions that I believe should be added. Intelligent: Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree, having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, possessing sound knowledge, exercising or showing good judgment, endowed with the capacity to reason. So those are definitions of intelligence and are great human qualities to have. But to me these definitions are incomplete. To be endowed and privileged enough to be labeled with these characteristics you must also have these added qualities. A person who posses common sense, a person who separates opinion from fact, a person who does not dismiss information solely based on preference, a person who does not assume but questions, a person who can formulate information in order to obtain a logical answer, a person who is knowledgeable of the human brain and body, a person who possesses discipline and self control, a person who knows good from bad and right from wrong and lives buy it, a person who is not corruptible, a person who never stops learning, a person who knows that being a great teacher and a great leader are the two greatest responsibilities of an intelligent person, a person who is constantly striving too always possess and honor the qualities of intelligence, a person who teaches the qualities of intelligence, a person who knows they will still make mistakes but now will learn from them and move on. So the next time you want to call someone intelligent remember these qualities. You should never call a child intelligent or gifted. You should instead tell them that they have the abilities to be intelligent or gifted. This way they will know that to be intelligent or gifted is a life long process that is much more then a label that someone gives you. If you find someone who considers themselves to be intelligent then show them these definitions. They should be able to prove these qualities, but a truly intelligent person should say that they are constantly striving to acquire all these qualities in order to one day possess them all and even add some new ones. I look at these qualities as the foundation of a good person.

We are gradually and finally understanding just how incredibly important knowledge and information is to a human.    Education Quotes

The beginning of my Educational Knowledge Database can be found at Basic Knowledge 101

 

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The Human Brain   Tuesday, August 25, 2009

"The Human Brain is the most Complex Processer of Information on the Planet.
Our ability to Process Information and Store Information, (PC), is what makes us Human.
Information Defines us, Information Controls us, Information Teaches us.
Know your Processor, understand the Software (Mind) and understand the Hardware (Body)."


Before the curriculum of “Basic Knowledge 101” is defined, I want to briefly talk about one of the courses that I feel will be one of the most important, “The Human Brain”. One of the reasons why this area of study is so important is because The Human Brain will be one of the places where “Basic Knowledge 101” will be stored. Every person would benefit from being educated on how the human brain works. A person should be familiar with knowing the brains behaviorisms, knowing about the brains development, knowing the brains weaknesses and vulnerabilities, knowing the brains chemical and physical aspects as well as knowing the brains unconscious workings and habits, to just to name a few. The brain is the most important organ in our body. People are more aware of what dangerous factors could adversely affect their heart, lungs, liver and kidneys; more then what dangerous factors could adversely affect their own brain. Understanding the human brains strengths and weaknesses will help to increase a person’s self-awareness. This understanding can also aid in the development of coping skills and learning how to recognize self-defeating behaviorisms and phobias. This will help individuals manage stresses and difficult moments that could other wise be over whelming, especially knowing that some form of mental illness or behavioral disorder affects a majority of people during their lifetime. Each person has control over his or her thoughts and emotions as long as each person understands how these controls work. The human brain has an enormous amount of abilities that could accomplish many things and over come many obstacles. But these abilities must be first understood because these abilities need discipline in order to be maximized and controlled. The human brain is a complex machine, similar in some ways to a computers operating system and software. Understanding these similarities will be helpful when explaining certain brain functions. There are a lot of factors and influences that can affect the human brains performance: A persons diet, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, emotions, drugs and a person’s environment, to name a few. Having a great memory is important, but knowing what to remember is even more important. So this course of study will be called “The Human Brain”. The course will also include some basic psychology, creativity, personality, phobias, logic, analyzing, decision-making, organization skills, goals, discipline, memory improvement skills, and some basic Neuroscience. “The Human Brain” will be one of several sections of study that will eventually make up the total curriculum of “Basic Knowledge 101”. A student will learn about the human brain in easy to understand lessons, starting around the age of 1, which will increase in complexity, as the student grows older. Since we start teaching children before they even enter school, it’s extremely important that every parent and teacher learns about how the human brain develops and how the human brain functions, especially when we’re talking about Child Development. Before a child can be taught to understand his or her own brain and the brains of others, all parents and teachers will be the caretakers and be responsible for the proper development of every child’s most prized possession “The Human Brain”.

 

 

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Child Development     Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Basic Knowledge 101 - Child Development

The Beginning

Even before your child opens their eyes or hears a sound, they have begun to learn and their brain is beginning to develop and understand. This happens so gradually for the first few years that most parents are unaware of all the influences that are affecting their child’s development, of course the child is also unaware of all the influences that are affecting their development. This is why the parent’s knowledge on child development is so critically important. Every teacher should also have extensive knowledge on child development. This will help teachers have a more complete understanding of their responsibility when it comes to education.  Child Development (Wikipedia)

The first 10 years of a person’s life are the most critical. The early brain is the easiest to shape and form, but early brain is also the most fragile. After the age of 10, the next 10 years till the age of 20, are a person’s next most important years of development, especially with all the changes a young adult goes through, like hormones, brain chemistry, physical changes, self realization and all the over whelming responsibilities and emotions that a person has to deal with and find ways to understand. A person should never be alone with trying to figure it all out. This information and support should be available to everyone on the planet. This is one of the reasons for Basic Knowledge 101.

Everyone has to pay strict attention to what a child’s sees and how a child perceives. Visual and physical experiences alone are not enough to impart knowledge. It helps to explain to a child what you saw and ask the child’s opinion of what they saw as well. This should also be done with movies, TV, plays, public displays and other visual experiences. If a parent or person is not sure what to say to a child then this is a good time for that parent or person to seek help and get advice.

There is a great deal of information and knowledge to obtain when it comes to educating oneself on child development. Some information is old and outdated with some information actually being inaccurate and even flawed. So I encourage everyone to always get a second and third opinion. As I go through all the information and knowledge about child development I will try to get the best and most pertinent information that I can find. In the mean time I have found some good websites as well as some books on child development to get us all started.

The human form is a perfect combination of mind and body that gives humans more freedoms and more choices then any other animal on the planet. These abilities also give humans many different ways of interacting with the environment and experiencing numerous emotions and feelings like no other animal species. But humans have one major vulnerability. Education and knowledge is not a genetic trait that is passed on to newborns. Our most important information and knowledge, of the world and of ourselves, needs to be manually inputted into the brain by using our eyes, ears, taste, smell and touch. Humans are a brain-based species. Everything needs to be learned from beginning to end in order for any human to react with the world in a positive and sustainable way while at the same time avoid suffering and avoid causing the suffering of other humans and other species. Though Humans are born with instincts and automatic physical functions, like our animal and plant counterparts, we still need to acquire knowledge and information so that we may flourish and not suffer from our own ignorance, which is the cause of 90% of all our problems. Almost every Human failure is attributed to his or her lack of information.

Child Development Information Websites and Books

Our children are not just our future, but they are also the planets future and the future of all life forms that live on this planet. This is everyone’s responsibility. So it is time to show our children that we care and that we will do everything that we can to give them a world worth living for. This is my pledge and I hope that this will be the pledge of everyone someday soon.
The Human Promise Manifesto
 

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Basic Knowledge 101     Thursday, September 17, 2009

Reading and Writing

Reading and writing are two of the most important skills that any human can have. But sadly these two skills are the most undervalued, most unappreciated and the most neglected skills in our world today.

Stats from http://www.proliteracy.org
Of course extent of the problems that are related to illiteracy goes so much deeper.

774 million people in the world are illiterate and two thirds are women.
Low health literacy cost the U.S. 238 billion per year.
About 30 million people, 14 percent of the US population 16 and older, have trouble with basic reading and writing.
18 million adults don’t read well enough to earn a living wage.
63% of prison inmates can’t read.

All our freedoms, all of our rights, our religious beliefs, our knowledge, our abilities to communicate, all the laws that help protect us, even our self expression is a result of people knowing how to read and write. These two skills are so much apart of our growth and our evolution that our future and our existence literally depend on these two skills. The Constitution of the United States of America is a prime example of what reading and writing can do. The Constitution was an incredible advancement as well as a huge influence for many writers and leaders who made positive changes in our world because of this document. Writing passes on knowledge and reminds us of our history, so it should never be taken for granted.

The art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye is the great invention of the world. (Abraham Lincoln           More Writing Quotes


Reading and writing both have inherent responsibilities. So it is not just about perfecting these two skills, it is more about what theses two skills can do when they are learned. From educating a human, too making positive changes in our world, these two skills alone have transformed the human race into what it is today. And when these two skills are not properly taught to our children, the immediate result of this tragedy is a world full of problems and ignorance that is destroying the fabric of life. But even if these two skills are learned there are still many dangers because there are humans who exploit these skills to manipulate the truth that can cause confusion and destruction. So all readers must beware of these threats to help protect themselves and others.
“The person who does not read the right books has no advantage over a person
who can't read at all"
But knowing what to read and why you should read something is extremely important. So recommending books is essential, but you have to explain why certain books are recommended. Then you have to remind the reader that reading is only one third of the task. After you read something you must discuss what you have read to help fully understand and comprehend the knowledge that you have acquired. A person must make sure their interpretation is accurate. Then a person must write. Sharing our thoughts is essential to learning and teaching. Even if your thoughts change over time, you will never completely learn why your thoughts have changed if you never write your thoughts down from the beginning. Some truths are just personal interpretations based on that person’s current knowledge and how they understand it. So a person should never be alarmed when what they thought was true is not really true at all. Sometimes it’s just how a person formulates the information that they were given that made them believe what was true. These are mistakes that every human makes.

Inspiration through Demonstration   
Teaching through Demonstration

It is not enough to say to children that reading is fun, though there is reading that is very entertaining. Reading is more then a privilege and more then a pathway to more education. Reading can give everyone a greater understanding of our world and each other. We must emphasized the importance of reading and writing and communicate the true value of these two skills to all students. Inspiration through demonstration, explaining the numerous advantages of reading and writing and all the different ways that it can be used. Inspiration through Demonstration should be used in every subject.

Reading and Writing is essential no matter what school a person attends, pre-school, nursery school, elementary school, compulsory school, secondary school, preparatory school, private school, religious school, technical school, vocational school, training school, home school, e-learning, online school, magnet school, primary school, community college, junior college, private college, 2 or 4 year college, university or any other school of thought. One thing is obvious though, we need more teachers and we need them to be qualified. But we can’t afford to wait for schools to start improving and to start providing access to good education for all children. We have to start creating more ways to provide a good education to everyone, no matter what a student’s situation is or where a student lives. Education is the responsibility of everyone and so we should do everything that we can to provide all that we have in the way of knowledge and skills to every person who needs it. Education is every child’s right. So every one should always have access to the world’s most brilliant minds and have all the educational tools that are available in order for them to fulfill all of their aspirations. So no matter what path a child takes in their life they should always have with them a well-balanced set of skills, knowledge and awareness and be trained in the art of thinking. A students questions or concerns should never go unanswered. The knowledge that a student seeks should never come at a price that discourages them or puts unfair strain on any person. Education is the right of everyone and not just for the ones who can afford it.

My computer and software, like Microsoft Word and WordWeb Dictionary, are most important tools besides the Internet. Without theses tools writing for me would be a bit of a struggle. So I suggest to everyone to acquire any tools they feel necessary that would help them improve their reading and writing skills and also keep them motivated.
I really think that the new PC’s being created today, like the convertible classmate PCs, are great for students. ( http://www.classmatepc.com and http://www.laptop.org ) And when more textbooks become digitized for downloading and reading, and more documentaries and educational films become available in mpeg4 compression, so that more of them can fit in a PC, all students will have great access to some of the worlds greatest knowledge. A Laptop Loaded with Educational Curriculum, life skills and mpeg4 video, along with a portable solar charger and an extra battery could provide education to everyone no matter where they live. Children should not have to risk their lives going to school or not have access to education because there are no schools on their area. Any parent or person who possesses this type of laptop can no doubt help with teaching other students as well as themselves.

Reading and writing websites and Books

When it comes to the issue of reading and writing deficiencies, of course just informing people is not enough. Just like some documentaries, it simply is not enough to just inform people of the injustices and all the dilemmas that we are faced with. You have to educate people too so that people know how to take appropriate action and also know how to make the right choices. Awareness and knowledge are two different things. Making people aware of certain problems is not as affective as teaching people how to fix certain problems.

Knowing how to read and write is the first step, knowing how to formulate all you have read into logic and insightful awareness is the next of many steps that you will take. Your quest for knowledge and understanding has no limits, just temporary obstacles.

 

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Filtering, Assimilating and Formulating      Friday, November 6, 2009

Filtering, assimilating and formulating the enormous amount of information and knowledge that there is in the world is a huge undertaking. But it is absolutely necessary in order to properly create and perfect the core knowledge that will eventually be ‘Basic Knowledge 101’. This formulation of information is also necessary if I’m going to evolve into the person that I want to become and also to be a great teacher, a great leader and continue to be an honest and caring person. I have come a long way and know that my journey is far from over. I have many obstacles and many responsibilities that will slow my progress but will in no way impede my growth. There are self-defeating mechanisms that I’m learning to eliminate that will help free up more time and limit the amount of hindrances that I have to contend with in my life. And of course I will share all my breakthroughs and enlightenments that have helped me to evolve. Who would have thought that after all the adventures that I have experienced in my life that one of my greatest and most important adventures would be the exploration & education of my own mind.

Basic Knowledge 101 will be a system, a reminder, a logic filter, a conscience, a reality check, a home base that keeps you grounded to your values and your goals. A memory that is disciplined and also understands its strengths and weaknesses, a common ground, an awareness of oneself and an awareness of the world that surrounds us.
Basic Knowledge 101 will be similar to a computer operating system. This operating system is not perfect for no human will ever be perfect. This operating system is upgradeable, it is expandable and self controllable.

This in no way means a boring or an overly structured life. Humans need freedom to be creative, freedom to explore their abilities and freedom to explore their world. Humans need joys, celebrations and spontaneity. But humans also need balance and a clear understanding of their responsibilities to themselves, their responsibilities to others and their responsibilities to the world. 

I’m quite aware that I will not accomplish all my goals in my lifetime, but I am also aware that I am not the only lifetime. If history has taught us one thing, it is, without history and the knowledge of the past we will never be able to learn from our mistakes, or learn about our vulnerabilities or even learn how to evolve and improve our well-being.




  “As my blog becomes a book, I look back and remember how my book inspired my blog”

 The Pen is mightier then the Sword

 

2010 the year of the Pen      Saturday, January 9, 2010

 

    As the saying goes… “The Pen is mightier then the Sword”       (Youtube Spoof)

But sadly, some of us still have to carry a sword. If you do carry a weapon, just don’t let the weapon carry you. For those of you who do not understand what that means, I will explain…
Carrying a weapon sometimes gives you a false sense of security and also sometimes causes you to be more aggressive then you would normally be. This mental vulnerability is usually the main reason why most people who have weapons are the ones most likely to die from weapons. Even if you do have a weapon, you must fully understand that your greatest weapon will always be your mind. So being the master of your greatest weapon, the human brain, will always benefit you no matter what. One of the most significant tools that the human brain has ever created is the Pen. The pen has made more advances for the human race then any other tool. But the pen, like the sword, has dangers and vulnerabilities within its power. The pen too can give a false sense of security, making you believe that you’ve done enough. The pen, like the sword, can also be used against you. You cannot have an offence without a defense, and sometimes the best offence is a good defense. The Pen is mightier then the Sword but only if the Pen is used correctly. Having more writing and less fighting will ultimately save us, but only if the writers can fully eliminate the swords from their minds. Humans should no longer feel the need to raise the sword; Humans should only feel the need to raise awareness. Armies of the future will be protestors, because there is no weapon on earth more powerful then a popular majority. Fighting will never be morally justified, fighting could only be sadly unavoidable and nothing more. Freedom without a conscience leads to chaos.

One of the main reasons why weapons are still used today is that people cannot read what the pen has written or they have disagreed with what the pen has written. So the illiterate raises the sword and says, if only I knew how to put the ‘s’ in the word ‘sword’ at the end of the word ‘sword’ instead of the beginning (words) Then I would be raising a pen of hope instead of a sword of descent.
If there is no way out then you have to find a way in.

2010 the year of the Pen….Either write things that are worth reading or do things that are worth writing about ….…..it’s time to define….

Time to Define

It’s time we start defining. We cannot make progress without defining our knowledge and direction.

Basic Knowledge 101 is not an ideology or a philosophy. Basic Knowledge 101 is just education being defined. Basic Knowledge 101 is not “Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man”. Basic Knowledge 101 is more about “Fully educate the child and you will eventually reveal a human”. Basic Knowledge 101 is no Secret or Tony Robbins or Dr. Phil. This goes way beyond soft power. Basic Knowledge 101 is a Collective Intelligent Consensus and everyone is a contributor.  

Mapping the Cerebral Cortex one neuron at a time is similar to deciphering the code that runs a computer operating system. You simply do not want to be running windows 95 when there is windows 7. Everyone should know how to use a computer, and one of the most important and valuable computers that everyone owns is the human brain. Humans only using 10% of their Brains is a myth. A more correct statement would be that we obviously don't use our brains to its full potential. So what would happen if humans did use their brains to their full potential?
Something Wonderful.

Once the Cerebral Cortex has been mapped then we can start configuring and organizing the remaining areas of the Brain so that we can fully understand all the brain functions and abilities. Advertisers know more about the human brain then the general public does. And since advertisers are not educators, that means our brains are in the wrong hands.

Am I more of a communicator then I am a writer? Either way, writing has its advantages.

I’m an average human with average intelligence and an average memory. Through my entire life there has been one word that has stood out from all the rest, a word that most children speak throughout their life, the word “why”. It’s more then just curiosity, some people have an enthusiastic interest in knowing things and an enthusiastic interest in understanding this thing we call Life.
But for many people, reaching adulthood means that the question ‘why’ seems to die. People are always improving, but they are also failing to improve. But as long as people are aware of their failures they will at least have a chance to improve.

I’m more focused on the cure then I am the treatment.

I want to cure ignorance and not just treat the disease called ignorance. Our failing education system is just trying to treat the disease called ignorance and they are failing horribly. Mostly because they don't know what they're doing. So curing this disease is our only hope.

If you don’t know enough to be a teacher, then you don’t know enough.

Whether it’s the free markets or the government, if you still have ignorant and corrupt people in power then things will never get better, at least not for the majority or the Ninety Nine Percent 99%.
The fact is, things have improved in many areas, but more people are dying and more people suffering then any other time in human history. So it is just better for some, but the some does not make a whole. There are amazing moments of intelligence that are making advancements. But most of our intelligent advancements are scattered and missing the mark. They never seem to take hold or have their importance become fully utilized. It’s time to organize and prioritize. People have to stop using knowledge and information to manipulate people just so that they can make money.

Use knowledge and information to educate people.

All the regulations in the world will not stop ignorant and corrupt people. Education is the only thing that could ever come close to truly stopping ignorant behavior.

You can take away all the guns, but that will not stop the killing. 

If you want to stop the killing you have to stop raising killers.
Another example, Millions of people die every year from cigarettes, and the ones who don’t die from smoking tobacco, cost the world billions of dollars in health care costs which cause millions more to suffer, yet people still smoke and waste time doing it. But just taking away cigarettes will not stop people from using something else that will kill them or use something else that will destroy their health. If you want people to stop being ignorant, you have to educate them on how not to be ignorant. Making money from the suffering of others, or at the expense of others, is not success. Yes we all die slowly, but killing at any speed is still killing. Don’t invest for profit, invest in people & companies who are making positive changes. “Provide a Service instead of a disservice”. “Focus on Making a Difference instead of just Making money” If you can do both then you have found your passion and you have found a job that pays in two ways, which spells progress, which leads to growth. But sadly this will take time because we have turned our world into a place of mindless consumers, we have become slaves of a manufactured reality that’s filled with artificial obsessions that keeps people in the dark and addicted to an empty life that can’t even be defined.

To measure the true cost of things you have to be aware of all the contributing factors and what the end result is from each contributing factor. Because the impacts from all those contributing factors also have a price that will determine true value, and the most valuable things will not be measured by money. And just because you didn’t pay for these unknown contributing factors at that moment, that does not mean that some one else will have to pay for them, or even you eventually, because what goes around comes around.   Measuring Value   

Selfishness and narrow mindedness is not an excuse, it’s just a reason why peoples ignorance is so blinding. Confidence and awareness are two different things.

If you leave doors open then you will continue to go through them, but simply closing the door does not mean you will fully understand why that door is closed. So you have to put a sign on that door to remind yourself why that door is closed. And a closed door does not mean that the door is locked, because you are the only one who can open that door and the only one who can keep that door closed. There are other doors, but you have to look for these doors and you have to learn where these other doors are. That’s when you start to understand about your choices, choices that make you less prone to mistakes and less prone to opening doors that you know will lead you to know where, or worse, lead to disaster. The door is symbolic to the synapse’s in your brain. Bad choices, bad habits and addictions have doors. You have the power to close these doors, but more importantly, you also have the power to open new doors. Education Options

It’s hard to be honest with yourself when you don’t know the truth.

They say people learn best by repetition, but why then do people keep making the same mistakes over and over again. So it’s not just repetition, it’s being aware and understanding what you are repeating. If you don’t fully understand that you’re repeating a mistake, you will keep making the same mistakes over and over again. But when you do realize that you are making a mistake, repeating this realization that you are making a mistake will eventually end the mistake. This is where repetition works.  Learning Styles

So if someone asks you to open that door again, like someone asking you to do something that you know is wrong, you simply tell them that that door is closed and that you now use other doors that have much more to offer and have way less risk and way less debilitating side effects.

You have to feed the brain.

Humans must learn in gradual stages. Each stage of knowledge should be taught at the appropriate time in their life based on the person’s age and educational experience. More details of understanding must be taught so that each stage of knowledge has multiple ways of explaining. Procedures will be written to document and perfect all teaching methods. This way there will be less confusion and fewer misunderstandings caused by people’s personal interpretations. Each subject in Basic Knowledge 101 will be explained why this particular subject is important, where this knowledge is used and how this particular knowledge is part of other areas of study.
Learning Stages

It’s more about increasing a person’s odds by giving more knowledge and information about the facts of reality, facts that are based on enormous amounts of data and the real life experiences that have been documented by millions of humans.
The more knowledge and information a person has before making a choice or a decision the more favorable the outcome will be, or at least, they will have a significant increase in their chances in making a good choice.

We are all perfectly flawed.

Everyone has perceived imperfections. I say perceived because not all imperfections are defective. Some imperfections are actually very effective. Certain forms of attention, weather it be appreciation or praise, can be very bad for you, so understanding their intentions and worth is extremely important. Never look at things one way. When you compare one thing to another, you have to always know all the positives and the negatives of what you are comparing. If you compare two things, based on only two characteristics, then you will not fully understanding the whole picture. You cannot have an opinion base on insufficient data or have an opinion base on personal preferences or assumptions, especially knowing there are still more questions to be answered.
This is one of our major problems, because people actually believe that there are no other questions to be answered, so they become delusional and that they believe that they have enough information to base an opinion or make a decision.
 

Make your Baton Count..
No one finishes this race, but everyone gets to pass a baton, and a good hand off means that you will not slow anyone down during the hand off, especially anyone of the billions who will live after you. Everyone today is an accumulation of the 106 Billion batons that have been passed forward for thousands of years. So make your baton count. Making a Difference   

   

 

 

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Human Operating System   April 22, 2010

Imagine using a computer without an operating system and having no interface between applications, programs, other software, system controls, hardware and at the same time having no coordination or management of priorities. You would have a very difficult time trying to accomplish even the simplest task. Now imagine a Human without an operating system. Well you can’t, because you don’t know what a Human Operating System is yet. Just like if you never used a computer you would have no idea what it would be like using a computer without an operating system. Most of us have a crappie operating system already thanks to our dysfunctional education system. We should have been given an Open Sourced Operating System instead of a Monopolized and dysfunctional operating system. It’s kind of weird that the Windows OS is very similar to our dysfunctional education system. They both Stifled Innovation and hindered improvements and growth, which of course harms everyone and everything. We can no longer afford to allow this to continue. If we are to improve and prosper we need to do what’s right for the good of everyone and not just what’s right for the sake of a single corporation. The separation of State and People is ridicules and absurd. If a law infringes on the rights and freedoms of the individual, our groups of individuals, then that is not a law for it is an attack on itself. America has more lawyers then all nations combined and this is the best that we can come up with? If you cannot fully explain your reasoning then you have no reason to be there. The power of decision needs to be openly debated and not decided in the dark behind closed doors.
So let me give you a brief description of what a Human Operating System is like, or supposed to be like. Remember that the original definition of a computer was “A human who preformed calculations”. But when the electronic computer was developed then the definition changed. Not understanding the immediate similarities between a computer and a human brain was a huge mistake. While the computer went through incredible advances and improvements in a short period of time, the human counter part did not. In less then 50 years an
ENIAC computer went from being the size of a house and costing 3 million dollars to the size of a book costing less then $500.00. Of course the Moore's Law was not followed or most likely ignored when we designed cars and other consumer items. Because If cars had gone through those same improvements a car today would get a thousand miles to the gallon and cost the same as a computer. This was obviously Planned Obsolescence, which is a blatant crime that is still happening today. (Pyramids of Waste aka The Light bulb Conspiracy, 2010). So if we made the same advances and improvements in educating the human brain we would have hundreds of millions of intellectuals solving all the worlds’ problems. But sadly today we only have a few thousand intellectuals that are mostly being exploited and underutilized. Now lets get back to the Human Operating System or H.O.S. for short. Lets start by examining the similarities between a computer and the Human brain. Both are used to process information, perform calculations, store information and carry out responsibilities and priorities. A computer is also doing things behind the scenes just like the human brain does, like when the brain tells the heart to beat faster or slower, telling the lungs to breath more air and telling the immune system to fight infections. A computer has many parts. A Human brain also has many parts. Knowing and understanding computer parts helps with maintaining its proper operation. Knowing and understanding the parts of the human brain will also have the same benefit. What happens to a human when they don’t get their regular updates of information and knowledge like computers do when they get their regular updates of virus definitions? Well people also get 'The Blue Screen of Death'. People have that blank stare of ignorance on their face, not knowing what to do and not knowing what to say. Is this just a computer malfunction or people just behaving badly?
The computer operating system software is a written language that explains and defines its responsibilities when controlling applications, programs, other software, system controls, hardware and so on and so on. The Human Operating System is also an Assembly Language that also explains and defines its responsibilities. The Human Operating System language is based on Logic that helps with carrying out human responsibilities and human functions. The computer operating system language is for mechanical operations that interface with the computer responsibilities and computer functions. The computer operating system language took years to write and went through many changes and advances and is still improving. The Human Operating System language will also take years to write and will also go through many improvements and advances. Most of the Human Operating System language has already been written but it needs to be organized and written in the proper language in order for it to be correctly processed by the human brain. Just like the computer language ‘COBOL’ that is used to communicate actions and commands before it is converted into its raw binary code of zero’s and ones, the Human Operating System language will also need some conversion in order for it to be correctly understood by the human brain. 
Source Code

PLATO System (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations)    Turing Test

Computer Programmers wrote millions of lines of code in order for the computer operating system to work. Just think if programmers were used to write educational lessons for the Human Operating System. Well we don’t need programmers for that. We need educators, teachers and intellectuals. That is why literacy is one of the most important skills every human should possess. Books and the written word was the single greatest advancement in human history to date. When more humans had access to knowledge and books, which took hundreds of years, we had the most prevalent advancements in our history. Now our important advancements will come from understanding this knowledge and how we use it. Remember how some people actually thought that artificial intelligence, or AI, was the next big thing. What they didn’t realize was that Artificial Intelligence was actually referring to human intelligence. This of course was a human error. It was the Human Brain that has incredible potential with endless possibilities and abilities, not artificial intelligence. If the people at CYC Corporation and that IBM Computer on Jeopardy spent the same amount of time creating the Human Operating System, as they did on their version of artificial intelligence, they would have come to realize the limits of machine intelligence a long time ago. The neural networks are actually similar to the synapses and neurons in the human brain. And the Integrated Circuits, or IC’s, of a computer are also similar in design to synapses and neurons, which are also either on or off. Humans have a processor similar in design as a computer does.
The similarities between a computer and a human are uncanny. So in a sense we have actually been, accidentally or indirectly, building a Human Operating System, and in a way being totally unaware of these accomplishments. Neural connectionists will become teachers and not just programmers. Of course the Human Operating System is not a new idea. Just like many inventions and innovations in our past we are just again realizing the true potential of our knowledge. Computational theory of mind, connectionism, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience and philosophy of mind have all been around for a long time. So instead of humans mostly running off their Radom Access Memory, or RAM, we should all have a Human Operating System that helps us govern our lives and keeps us aware and continually learning while at the same time improving ourselves and our world. The human brain is a Hard Drive. Some people are walking around with a few hundred Gigs of information while others are walking around with thousands of Gigs of information. People with less information will always be at a disadvantage internally and externally.

So before the Human Operating System language is written here are a few things that will outline some of its structure.

The Human Operating System will be continually learning and improving so it will never become stagnate or repetitive.
Human Operating System will not be able to keep from making mistakes, but it will make you better at learning from mistakes.
Human Operating System will not dehumanize you or deprive you of human qualities, but it will make you more aware of how important those qualities are.
Human Operating System will not keep you from spontaneity, but it will make you more aware of your actions.
Human Operating System will not stop you from loving, but it will make you more aware of how important love is.
Human Operating System will have complete knowledge and control of the human brain, for this is where the Human Operating System resides, communicates and moves through the metaphysical world.
Human Operating System will have complete knowledge and control of the human body that it operates in, for this is how it communicates and moves through the physical world.
Human Operating System will be a coordinator and manager of responsibilities and priorities and act like a conscience.
The Human Operating System will be a Collective Intelligent Consensus where everyone is a contributor.
The Human Operating System is not Mind Control or in anyway Mind Programming. The Human Operating System is Systems Management, Operational Intelligence or Mind Management with some elements becoming Automatic but always flexible. You are the manager who is in control of your mind. If you do not know how to manage your own mind then you are vulnerable to manipulation and propaganda, which can create a distorted sense of reality. And when your sense of reality becomes distorted you are always vulnerable to mind controlling manipulation. A great source of mind controlling manipulation is your TV, If you do not believe this or realize this, it means that you have a distorted sense of reality and are very vulnerable to manipulation and propaganda. You are not a free thinker, your are merely a robot waiting for your next command.
The Human Operating System (HOS) will consist of all the disciplines in Basic Knowledge 101 as well as a Conceptual Framework made up of Thought Processes, Thinking Styles, Inductive Reasoning, Abductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning and Cognitive Abilities to help increase the capacity to think logically about the relationships among concepts and situations and to justify and ultimately prove the correctness of a mathematical procedure or assertion. More ....

 

Can’t you see, the smarter you make the machine the smarter you become.
You say you are going to make intelligent machines, or AI, but on the contrary, it will be the machines that will make you intelligent. And the computer machine has already been doing this for some time. Intelligent machines are just mimics, mirrors, extensions and expansions of the human mind. This is way beyond a Paradigm Shift. It’s self-realization and enlightenment on the grandest scale. Can’t you see, you are not just building a better machine you are building a better human. And yes not everyone is benefiting from this as fast as we would like, but they will if everyone has a
Computer and understands what it resembles and what it can achieve. Man is the Machine. And we know how to duplicate this intelligent machine, it's called childbirth plus education.
We now have more words and more ways to express them then ever before. Words have the ability to shape the human mind. Words are the Machine Code or Natural Language of the brain where they are translated into Zero’s and Ones so that the Synapse knows when to fire and when to create more Connections and more Associations. We will soon be able to scientifically prove what the correct words should be and when the correct time and sequence they should be learned.
 

Artificial Intelligence: Though machine intelligence, or Artificial Intelligence, has great areas of performance and capabilities, artificial intelligence is mostly just fantasy for now.
There will never be a HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer like in the movie
 2001: A Space Odyssey, a computer that can be corrupted to Kill, not a good idea. Or will there be a computer like the one in the 1977 movie Demon Seed which the computer decides it wants to be human, Ai come full circle, which in a way shows that man is the machine. There will never be Cyborgs unless they are used to help handicap people with disabilities, which will not make them super human. There will be no Sentient Android named Data either. And don't ever worry about someone becoming 'The Lawnmower Man', though I did like the virtual teaching methods which proved that it's not how fast you learn but what you actually learn. So you can never have Transhumanism if humans never learn to master their own intelligence. The only way to create artificial intelligence is to first create intelligent humans. Then intelligent humans could examine the methods and actions that helped to define intelligence. This could ultimately help guide intelligent humans to repeat these processes mechanically so that they could eventually create artificial intelligence in limited applications. And what I mean by limited applications is that there is no such thing as a mechanical consciousness. Artificial intelligence will never become conscience of itself unless ‘God’ allows machine intelligence to have souls, or maybe, that humans could actually figure out someway to put a human soul into a machine, like in the movie The Matrix or the movie Tron. But of course our priorities will not allow us to waste any more time perusing these types of fantasies, unless of course ‘Hollywood’ feels the need to play out these fantasies a few more times in the movies. So we first have to come up with proven teaching methods that would create intelligent humans. Intelligent humans who are capable of applying logic in all aspects of their life, intelligent humans who never stop learning and intelligent humans that are not vulnerable to corruption or ignorant behavior. When humans accomplish this, then and only then, will we ever have a chance to create some sort of Artificial Intelligence. Creating intelligent machines in multiple capacities and linking them together will be the closet we can get to artificial intelligence. But it will never have that same capability as the human brain and artificial intelligence will always need a human to interact with it at some point. The only real intelligence is the human brain, which is kind of scary because the human brain is not perfect or correctly educated.
Technological Singularity   
Turing Test
Our greatest intelligence now is already being formed by the Internet, which in some ways simulates the neural network of the human brain. But bringing together all our knowledge and information is only the beginning because it will take the collective consensus of all the human brains in order to achieve intelligent solutions to our problems. And of course incase of a major catastrophe will have have to Secure our intelligence, like the
Global Seed Vault. Because we would not want to start all over again as many humans civilizations had to do throughout human history. Backup our most important knowledge and information by transmitting it into space, store it in a satellite, store it on the moon and in multiple places. This we have to do. That's Intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence Research

The Concept is there, it's just not perfected yet, and just what are you perfecting?
And just how does this relate to the normal processes of the human brain?
There has to be a Procedure for every Systems Control, so what are these procedures?
We all need to verify the validly of the procedures and learn why the procedures are written they way they are. Have you answered every Scenario and have you correctly identified the most critical
scenarios and put them in the appropriate order?    Preference Based Planning
 

Basic Knowledge 101            Human Search Engine          Human Operating System

 

We created something incredible called the Computer.
And as we were perfecting the computers power and potential we realized that we should be making these same improvements with ourselves. Think about it, our brains are computers, so why don't humans have an Operating System?
We created the computer to help us learn more and to be more productive. But it simply wasn’t that the computer educated us more, it was the realization that the computer was actually us. This has happened with a lot of human creations and advancements. We start off creating something to improve our lives and it ends up teaching us that we are the ones who need to improve and not our technology. If our education system does not advance at the same speed as technology, we will continue to suffer from these advancements instead of benefiting from them. And that is a proven fact if you look at the world today and see the worldwide suffering and the atrocities that have continued to get worse and worse. One life improving at the expense of 1,000’s of other lives is not improvement it is simply criminal and Insane.  

 

 

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Humans are not being fully educated    June  26, 2010

Our education system has no definitive purpose or goals.
This is why Humans never become fully educated or become aware of their potential or their responsibility. If you can't realize or understand this then you are blinded by your own ignorance that you unknowingly received from a defective education system.
This is why Humanity itself has no definitive purpose or goals.
There is no consensus or communicative effort. This is one of the main reasons why Humans suffer from the numerous problems that we are continually plagued with.
This is why we need an Education Revolution that has definitive purpose and goals with a consensus and a communicative effort by everyone.
Life without purpose or goals is what you see today. 10's of thousands dying unnecessarily everyday and 100's of millions without the basic necessities like clean water, food, shelter, education and medical access.
If Humanity itself has no definitive purpose or goals then the individual will also have no definitive purpose or goals. Even if a person believes that they have definitive purpose and goals, if they are not inline with the world’s definitive purpose and goals, then they will most likely be wasting time, resources and also at the same time not helping the world accomplish what is needed by humanity in order to progress and survive. This is why we need to define the world’s purpose and goals.
This way everyone knows and everyone has clear understanding what the world is trying to accomplish. This way we can all come together and discus what our priorities are and also agree how we will eventually accomplish them. And when we define our purpose and goals then every human will be working. There will be no unemployment. There will only be jobs waiting to be filled.
If the UN and all the world leaders would just agree on this one extremely important factor, that education is our number one priority, we will make progress and positive changes that the world has never experienced in it's entire history.

Teachers have a hard time explaining why they are teaching a particular subject and what the end result is supposed to be.   The True Purpose of Education

The human form is a perfect combination of mind and body that gives humans more freedoms and choices then any other animal on the planet. These abilities also give humans many different ways of interacting with the environment and experiencing numerous emotions and feelings like no other animal species. But humans have one major vulnerability. Education and knowledge is not a genetic trait that is passed on to newborns. Our most important information and knowledge, of the world and of ourselves, needs to be manually inputted into the brain by using our eyes, ears, taste, smell and touch. Humans are a brain-based species. Everything needs to be learned from beginning to end in order for any human to react with the world in a positive and sustainable way while at the same time avoid suffering and avoid causing the suffering of other humans and species. Though Humans are born with instincts and automatic physical functions, like our animal and plant counterparts, we still need to acquire knowledge and information so that we may flourish and not suffer from our own ignorance, which is the cause of 90% of our problems.

 

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Testing     July  21, 2010

There is way too much confusion about testing and its true purpose.

Testing has sadly become a weapon and a deceitful method of misinformation.
Testing is giving too many people a false sense of accomplishment, and worse, testing is giving too many people a false sense of failure.  

Knowing the answer to a question on a test only confirms one thing, and that is that you remembered the right answer at the right moment. Knowing the answer to a question on a test doesn't confirm that you understand what the answer means or does it confirm that the question is even valid.

So what does a Grade really tell you? You can have low grades and still be a great person, a great parent and even a great leader, and on the other hand, you can have high grades and end up becoming a criminal or a murderer.

Testing should not be for telling us how much you know or how much you don’t know, but more importantly, testing should be for telling us how much more knowledge you need to learn. So a test should only be used as a guide and not be used as a prerequisite or for a final conclusion. This is because tests rarely confirm exactly how much knowledge a person has. This is because the people who design tests are confused about what the tests true intentions should be.

So your first test will have to be for the people who design tests. The results of this test must be made public so that all the questions and answers that are given can be examined and understood. This way a test can be created that has real purpose and meaning.

Multiple Choice is not testing.. Process of Elimination

Learning without memory is impossible, but just remembering does not guarantee that you are actually Learning

Connecticut Mastery Test      Data      Standardized Tests in the United States      Wikipedia

Problems with Testing       Reasons Why Standardized Tests Are Not Working      Fair Test

California High School Exit Exam CHSEE     Test Assessment (Wiki)     Teaching Resources

Assessment-based Accountability System     American College Testing     SAT      IQ Testing

"Public schools waste away their students' lives teaching to tests, not because they believe that's the best way for students to learn, but because their credentials depend on test scores". Alex Reid
"The commodification of learning"

"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself." (Lloyd Alexander)

 

 

 

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Wikipedia and Information Sources   (The Hymn of the internet)    July  23, 2010

Wikipedia is one of the greatest collaborations of the twenty first century. This collaboration has created one of the largest single sources of knowledge and information on the Internet. But it is only one of over a million sources of information that reside on the Internet. And just like all sources it is not always accurate. Sadly this fact is not so widely known. But because the Internet is so good at informing its users, everyone will soon know that all sources of information, especially the ones that are not on the internet, are all vulnerable too inaccuracies. So the Internet is not just the largest source of information and knowledge on the planet, the internet also teaches its users to be aware of all of its flaws, which sadly is not the case with other media sources.  
Evaluating Internet Research Sources       Internet Tools       Internet Searching Tips

Collaborations and Discussions expose many truths, many ideas, many points of views and many beliefs. But not everyone can be right, but not everyone is wrong either.
The only way that truth can be verified, along with the accuracy of information and knowledge, is by answering all the questions. But you have to know all the questions to ask in order to answer them. This is where the Internet gives us the best chance to accomplish this by allowing millions of people from all walks of life to participate in interactive feedback, open discussions, collaborations, debates, analytical reasoning, philosophy or anything else that would help us define our knowledge. This gives the human race for the first time in its existence a vast pool of ideas, resources and information. But of course this sharing of ideas and knowledge will not be free of problems or critics because all new advancements go through a learning period. But with the Internet, because of its ability to quickly connect and collaborate with millions of people, this learning time will be much less. The Internet is still just a baby, but this baby is growing up fast.

Logically, a person should always use multiple sources in order to form an understanding and also too verify information. But sadly people don’t always confirm information. On top of that, people have to learn not be prejudice or biased towards information by simply knowing the source. Whether the source is a so-called expert with credibility, or a source with qualifications and a professional degree, or whether the source is someone you trust or someone you want to believe, or whether that source is young, inexperienced or even a criminal, or whether that source is from another country, another religion or another political party, you still have to consider how that particular knowledge and information is explained and confirmed, and also, you have to know how that particular knowledge and information compares to other knowledge and information. Not all humans confirm and compare information, but all humans should because it’s logical and it makes sense.
Information Literacy

You would be ignorant to say that the Internet is the sum of all human knowledge, because not all knowledge is known, not all knowledge is confirmed, not all knowledge is accurate, not all knowledge has been formulated, not all knowledge has been openly discussed, not all knowledge is easily understood, or, not all knowledge is easily explained. What you could say about the Internet with its enormous amount of knowledge, information and potential, is, that by sharing knowledge and information and by connecting millions of people, we are not just communicating, we are also creating conscience awareness in a most profound way.

A large majority of the information and knowledge that is on the Internet is from the millions of books that have been written over the last two thousand years. So a lot of our knowledge has been around for some time. But the Internet is making all this knowledge available to more people then in any other time in our history. This creates more conversations, more collaboration, more opinions and more discussions, which in turn creates more knowledge that allows for more improvements, more progress, more advancements and more maturity. Information Overload

We know that there is a lot of time being wasted on the Internet. But we cannot ignore the enormous amount of time that is being saved by the Internet or the enormous amount knowledge that is being gained every second over the Internet. Abuse of technology is not unique to the Internet, because all technologies are abused. It’s great that everyone can have a voice on the Internet. Millions of people want to communicate and want to be heard. But not everyone is communicating for any particular benefit or purpose. Some people just want to be famous, some people just want to make money, some people just want to entertain themselves and some people just want to say hello too friends. This causes a lot of distractions on the Internet with some areas being over saturated, unorganized and misused. But because of the Internet, people will continue to get wiser and start realizing the potential that the Internet offers. Individuals on the Internet will eventually form communities and turn into groups that can focus on particular subjects, particular causes, particular problems and particular solutions, as they do today. 

Besides showing us how many people there are who love to waste time, one of the most astounding things that social networks reveal is that there are millions of people who have enough computer skills to communicate with each other on a massive scale. And those millions of people can literally change the world, that's if everyone worked together as a team, and at the same time doesn't get infiltrated and manipulated by the selfish and paranoid powers that be.
Social Network Dangers      Social Edge


"If people Updated their Knowledge Base as much as they updated their Facebook page we would have a lot less ignorance in the world".

Just because other people unknowingly choose to be ignorant doesn't mean you have to.
Our ability to share and gather information from each other is a great asset. It's just that our personal information and our best knowledge is being used and abused for money and not for the benefit of people. That is the poison that oozes from a capitalistic society. it's not the fault of capitalism, it is the result of ignorant people. And people don't know how ignorant they are because we do not have an accurate way of measuring their ignorance. As soon as we design this extremely important test we can make people realize how ignorant they are so they can make the appropriate corrections in the way they manage their life and in the way they view the world. No body wants to be ignorant.

Some people think that society is becoming more isolated because of the Internet, which is partly true but also false. We should not confuse isolation with more in depth thinking or more in depth exploration of self and humanity. Socializing online is not the same as socializing face to face. Socializing face to face has its benefits and its hazards. Socializing online also has its benefits and its hazards. (Social Network and Internet Relationship) But the bottom line is that people are socializing and communicating. A person can be just as isolated in public as they can be at home by themselves. So the problem is not the Internet, the problem is society itself. But guess what, because of the Internet’s incredible potential to communicate and collaborate with millions of people, society problems will soon be a thing of the past as long as everyone has knowledge of what it means to have Interpersonal intelligence.    MobiSocial     Near Field Communication

But the Internet will not be able to fix all of our problems. We still need to educate everyone. We have to learn how to utilize technologies efficiently, effectively, intelligently and honestly, and at the same time and just as important, we have to learn how to live without technologies so that we never lose touch of our human qualities and never lose touch with the life that God and Earth has given us.

Note: When using Wikipedia remember to check the sources at the bottom of each subject page for more information. On Wikipedia also check the discussions page on each subject for more opinions and points of view that might be informative. Reading the comments about products or services can be informative but they can also be misleading. So please be cautious and attentive.
The Bottom Line about Wikipedia: Wikipedia may not be perfect but Wikipedia has incredible potential. And like some things that improve over time, Wikipedia will become more reliable, more transparent, more organized and more comprehensive. But for now some areas of Wikipedia are inadequate, inaccurate and incomplete.

Wikipedia       Wiki Wiki Web      Wiki Web Collaboration Tools

 

Added Update:  October 29, 2010  

We have created a lot of information and knowledge.
We also have answers to most of our important questions.
So now is the time to put it all together, organize it, categorize it, continually update it and make it available to everyone.

Search engines are very limited and too easy to manipulate. So we need a central database that is a Human Search Engine that is also a forum that has 24-hour live assistance from operators who have extensive knowledge in the subject that you are interested in. Every question will be documented and every answer will be documented in the central database. Every question will have the number of times it has been asked and how many times the same answer was given to that question. If the answer was changed the new updated answer will be listed as well as the old answer and the reason why the old answer was changed and updated. You will also see how many people agree with that particular answer and how many disagree. The top 3 answers will be given based on how many people who agree with that answer and the top 3 answers will be given based on how many people who disagree with that answer. The database will also list other relevant questions of similar importance. So if the user asks a question they will see other relevant questions that may have to be asked and answered so that a full understanding of the question can be accomplished. Other relevant questions will also list how many times users referenced these other relevant questions and the reason why they used them. 

Database Operators will scan blogs, news channels, News-papers, books, comments, forums, search engines and websites for information and knowledge that could be added to particular answers as addition references. References Will list the date that the information was created, who created it and where it was created on what book page number, blog, forum, news source, website and so on and so on. 

The procedures and the platform that the database operates on will be available for public review.
This way if the procedures change or the platform changes people will be aware of these changes and also learn why the database operates the way it does.

Note: This article above is also in reference to Jacque Fresco of The Venus Project who believes in having a central computer base where people can ask questions and get answers. What he failed to mention is that this central database will need humans to operate it, humans to manage it, humans to update it and humans to monitor it. (Autonomic Computing) He comes across as being kind of crazy in the belief that computers are a self reliant entity that needs no human interaction, but that's just my interpretation. So he just needs to expand on that central database a little more so that people can understand the idea a little better. Beyond this Jacque has great vision and great ideas.
I love his ideas on future cities and society. He just needs to explain the Transition from our old incompetent way of living to the new improved and sustainable way of living. We also need to retrofit old cities so that we can help maximize this transition and make it easy for everyone during these improvements. And of course we have to come up with a way to educate people so that these improvements are clearly understood by everyone and why we need to make these improvements as quick as possible.
Major Cities only take up 2% of the usable land on earth. But Major Cities are home to 50% of the worlds population, consume 75% of the worlds energy and emit 80% of CO2 Carbon Dioxide.
So fixing cities are a good place to start.
Paul Romer: The World's First Charter City   Charter City

Another comment on having a Central Database: The internet in a lot of ways already acts like a Central Database where you type in a question in your Search Engine Browser and you usually get an answer, that's if you know how to ask a question and know how to analyze the answers.
That's why it would be necessary for the Central Database to have 24 Hr Operator Assistance so that anyone who does not have experience searching the internet can get the help they need.
You already have people doing this type of work already.  Website Customer Service    Startel
Live Chat Operator for Website   24/7 Agents    Virtual Phone Auto-Attendant     Tasks Every Day

 

 

 

October 3, 2010

Defining what education is supposed to be is critical. This will end a lot of the confusion and ignorance that people have. Better teachers, higher test scores and more kids going to college will not improve education or the world. Those improvements will only conceal the real problem and continue the ignorance that is decaying our world. We have to define the true purpose education and make the necessary changes before we can even start to improve education or our world.

Having better results with something that is broken will not fix the problem because it's still broken. You are either ignoring the broken education system or you are totally blind and clueless. And knowing that 90% of humans came from a broken education system, it would be safe to say that most of us are totally clueless. 

We cannot be clueless about the single most important tool that humans have.

The question is, can a complete and thorough education protect a human from illogical abnormal and corrupt behavior? Look around, why are so many people intentionally doing the wrong thing?
There’s  ‘right’ and there’s ‘wrong’. You cannot deny the definitions of these two words. So how does an ignorant person go about redefining the meanings of right and wrong? It has to be more then just not having a conscious. It’s more about missing key information and knowledge that ultimately creates a conscious. So can a complete and thorough education give you a conscience?
Yes it should, if it isn't then the education system must be broken.

A broken education system creates criminals and gives birth to greed and corruption.
We have more fraud, more corruption and more people in prison then any other country in the world.
Today's education is not about bestowing knowledge or wisdom, it's more about creating unconscious living, dependency and control, which is not the intent of education but only its end result. Some teachers are saying, “Gee I taught that person English, Math and Science, so what happened? Dah! You can give a person the greatest quality education money could by and they can still turn out to be a scumbag. So I guess you can say that there is something wrong with education. Dah. Are you getting it? No surprise if you’re not.

Ignorance is the worlds number one killer, and one the reasons why you don’t know this is because you’re ignorant.

Finland has the world’s highest graduation rate. Mostly because they use only highly educated people for teachers, which makes sense of course. But more students graduating does not mean that students are more educated. It just means that more students are finishing school.
Being schooled and being educated are two different things.

Education is a plan. A plan you should understand.

 

 

 




Evolution or Intelligent Design ?
Creationism (Wiki)  Intelligent Design (Wiki)  Evolution (Wiki)  Natural Selection (Wiki)  Mutations
Yes we know animals evolve or adapt because we have evidence. But you can’t prove that new species evolve from other species. Why would a lizard want to evolve into a horse? And why didn't dinosaurs eventually grow brains within 160 million years? And why is a mutation thought to be part of the evolutionary process? When something doesn't make sense it means you don't have all the information, so what's missing? Just because animals share the same genes does not mean that one animal evolved from the other animal, it simply means that they share the same building blocks of life. "Life has been using a standard set of 20 Amino Acids to build Proteins for more than 3 billion years," quoted by Stephen J. Freeland of the NASA Astrobiology Institute at the University of Hawaii. Evolution also doesn’t prove Diversity or Variety. (Cambrian Explosion)  We also have some species staying the same for millions of years while other species in the same time period evolving or Adapting. Something's just appear, so where did they originate from? And somehow, even through mass extinctions, life still found a way to survive in some form. And after each Mass Extinction, life never returns in the same way that it was before. So it doesn't look like a normal process of life, it kind of looks like someone or something is trying something new, like some form of Intelligence trying to define itself. There are huge gaps of missing information. Both religious and non-religious people love to fill those gaps with their beliefs. But if I had a choice of filling the gap of missing information with something, I would rather say that it was God then to say that it was nothing. Not that I would, but I do understand why some people would say that. I mean who would want to be considered just a freak of nature. Just because you can’t explain something now doesn’t mean that you never will. Believing you know the answer is different from actually knowing the answer. Plus we only have one planet that we know of where life exists. So from a science point of view, having only one example of life can never be hard evidence that this is just the normal process of life. To me this is a silly argument and I take no sides in this discussion. Both sides have good claims, good points and good theories. Even though this is a healthy discussion that needs more looking into I can’t help to know that we have more important and more urgent problems that need to be addressed. This is a distraction but we will come back to this. Maybe evolution is just another form of consciousness or some form of intelligence that we are unable to comprehend. Maybe evolution is God’s work? Who figured out that the only way you can have a sustaining planet is to give plants and animals the ability to evolve, adapt and to flourish. If you don’t adapt you die. And that is exactly where humans are today. Evolution has given all of us some extremely valuable information that Cause and Effect is real and that Cause and Effect should not be ignored. Everyone should just stick with the facts. Evolution does not explain everything and religion does not explain everything, so why are we so threatened by someone else's beliefs? As long as no one ever stops asking questions, no one should ever fear or feel threatened by other peoples beliefs. The most important thing is that we keep sharing information and keep documenting our world. You should never claim that you have all the answers. If you are stubborn and selfish with your beliefs then the message you are trying to convey will only distort information and confuse people into believing that there are no more questions to ask. And that is simply a crime against humanity. A good documentary to watch is War on Science. People are overreacting in this film but I understand their passion. Another example of people overreacting is in a film called “The Shape of Life” from PBS. This film has great information but it's kind of ruined because they pretend to know the answers of evolution. These are the kinds of things we need to stop doing if we are going to educate people and secure our species survival. A better film to watch is Miracle Planet. To me it seems that a single cell is intelligent life. How and why? I don't know.
Microorganisms 
Pyramid of Complexity   
So what's wrong with saying "I don't know?
"Teaching evolution is not bad, what's bad is how you teach evolution and how it's understood by people. The same thing with religion, teaching religion is not bad, it's how you teach Religion and how it's understood."  
This is just another Human Transition, maybe evolution and intelligent design are the same thing?
....Can I go now?

It is difficult to understand how anyone can believe that the Nervous System, particularly the brain, could have been produced by evolutionary randomness and selection. We have barely touched on some of the electrical design present in the rest of the body. The truth is that scientists are always discovering more about its workings, since its complexity, which far surpasses anything produced by man, is nothing short of a miracle. Truly we can say with David, “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well”
(Psalm 139:14). (Craig Savige)

If you didn't have what you needed to know what you were missing, then how would you evolve into it? I know information is some form of intelligence, what I don't know is how did information see when it didn't have what was needed to see what it didn't have? I think that humans take for granted that our way of seeing through the eyes is the only form of sight.

And since we have evidence and experience in knowing that some Miracles can actually be explained, we still have to keep trying to understand our world. We have enough evidence to prove that our increased understanding of the world has benefited us in many ways. Not to say that it was Perfect, But at least we are definitely more aware of our possibilities and of our human potential.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the main reasons why we have prisons is to isolate people who are a threat to the general public. But if you look at all the things that are a threat to the general public you will find that there are a lot of people who should be in prison. There are certain people who work in government and for corporations who actually believe that they are above the law. A person can murder someone and be in prison for life. But a government leader or CEO can murder thousands and never be brought to trial or even charged with a Crime. This can no longer continue.
When people are not held accountable it creates chaos. Stopping corruption is absolutely necessary. But we also have to attack the source of all corruption, which is education.
 
If we never improve education we will never improve the world.
Crime Stats   
Courtroom Knowledge    Social Abuses    Government Agency's
Corporate Crime     Mandatory Sentencing     Subversion and Containment    Terror   Aggression
Routine Activity Theory    Prisoner Dilemma    Recidivism   
Solitary Confinement    Rehabilitation
Criminology    Justice     Blameworthy     Inhumane     Legal Systems    Leniency    Prosecutor
Why does the US have the highest Prison Population in the world?    Mental Illness
Prison should not be about Punishment, prison should be a place for Recovery.     Abolitionism
Why do Prison Officers only live a couple of years after retirement?   Criminal Justice System
Punishment: A Failed Social Experiment (Youtube)       Forensic Psychology    Aberrant
What's the point of a Death Sentence? We all have a death sentence so why is speeding it up so important? Revenge is just a waste of time, people and resources. It just perpetuates our ignorance and encourages our social diseases to continue. The death penalty does not make anyone safer or does it stop murder. It creates ignorance, it creates hatred and it makes murder seem justified in a society that is already plagued by too many social diseases. Enough is enough. It's time we educate our citizens and put an end to our social diseases. Stop the confusion and stop the torment. Let prisoners provide the work that the world desperately needs. If a prisoner chooses death then make sure that their Organs can be used for someone who needs them, and then give them an Environmentally Friendly Burial.    Video about the Death Penalty (Youtube)

 

Freedom does not mean that you have the right to be stupid.     Social Abuses

Obviously having only a few people in control does not work. The perception that people need to be controlled and governed is a lie, and a very costly lie. All humans must be involved in one way or another with the responsibility of our planet and fully understand how everything and everyone has an impact. And the only way this could be done is by educating everyone.
Rogue cells are not supposed to be given powers that put the entire system at risk, no life form has ever survived that way.

The needs of the many outweigh the wants of the few..

No one should be a slave and no one should be a puppet. True freedom will never be understood or achieved if our education system never teaches the necessary knowledge and skills that are needed to protect and fully understand what Freedom and Liberty is. All humans have inherited an incredible responsibility that needs our full attention and understanding.
This is a small price to pay if you think about all the amazing benefits and pleasures that could come from a good life. I always thought that longevity was a Godsend because if you lived long enough you would have a greater chance to figure stuff out. But if that were to be true then all senior citizens would be geniuses. So sadly living a long life does not mean that you will eventually become wiser. The only way that human Longevity will help humanity is that we teach people to keep learning and teach them what to learn and why they should learn particular things.
“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.” (Aristotle)

Since we are on this subject…I recently read a news article that listed all the corrupt nations in the world. It’s clear that this is an epidemic and one of the main reasons why things don’t improve.

Transparency.org      Nation Master.com     Political Corruption     Teaching Politics

Of course America was on the list of corrupt nations. The American Government is pretty much a crime syndicate and the crime bosses, who are actually in charge, are working behind the scenes with their identities concealed from the public. This makes it almost impossible to know who's making the decisions and why they are making them. 261 Members Of Congress Are Millionaires, nearly 1 In 2 Lawmakers. Our political system is not just corrupt it's also very ignorant and incompetent.   Fascism     Corporatism    Continuity of Government    Political Systems 

Anything that can be corrupted will be corrupted.  Routine Activity Theory     Propensity

Our Government is almost 90% Organized Crime and just to think that they manage our country is crazy. And most Government officials will agree that there is rampant corruption in government.
Our Government also has the same elements of being a Cult. The Media were supposed to be our people on the inside. They were supposed to inform us of these atrocities and let us know who was behind these criminal actions. But 90 % of the media are
Accessories to the crime. A sacred trust destroyed. This is Not to say that all Journalists are corrupt because most are brave and good at what they do, its just that 90% of their bosses are criminals.   Dysfunctional Government
Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's Playbook (Youtube)

Some of our world leaders may believe that they are from a different world, but they are certainly not from another Dimension. We all occupy the same space and time, so welcome to planet Earth.
The feeling of separation is just an illusion.  My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Felony   Federal Crime    Accessory   Accomplice    Abuse

Why do we have to continue to suffer from other people’s ignorance and incompetence?
Corruption is not an excuse or a reason to create more corruption. You can’t use a corrupt and ignorant law or a regulation as a reason to have more corruption and more ignorance. If you can’t even tell how ignorant and corrupt your actions are, then you are not qualified to work in a position of authority, especially when some of the decisions that you make can adversely affect other people’s lives. So your incompetence has been noted. Please resign from your position of authority so that we may replace you with a more competent and intelligent person. And until you can prove that you are no longer corrupt and ignorant, you will be barred from working in any position of authority that is in any way connected to the general public. You are free to go.

It's either there are not enough people for the job or someone is not doing their job?
And if someone is not doing their job it's either that the person is too ignorant to know what their job is or that they know what their job is but they don't do their job because they're corrupt. Either way it's all related to ignorance. So we must fix our education system at the bottom and at the same time fix the top by removing corruption and ignorance.

George Carlin ~ The American Dream (YouTube)      American Dream (Wiki)   

Our Government controls millions of people and the people are never told why they are being controlled or even know how they are being controlled. Media Literacy. And the sad part is that most of these criminals, or politicians, get voted into their positions by the same people they rob and control. Don't Do what I Do, Just Do what I Say!
Voting deceives the public in believing that they actually have a voice in a Democracy.
Is that why 50% of Americans decide not to Vote for politicians? Why would you vote when your only choices are ignorant criminals who are only doing public service for the money and not to be a voice for the people they claim to represent. Politicians only represent greed and corruption. The public does not have a voice in Government. You don't have a Democracy when politicians can be corrupted with money. It's not who has the most votes but who takes the most money from Lobbyists Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's Playbook (Youtube)     Won't Get Fooled Again (Youtube)
The Publics only chance is to Educate Themselves with the necessary knowledge and information so that they can finds ways to make long lasting improvements instead of just waiting for old age that will be filled with suffering and more corruption. Deciding not to vote for politicians is your right, but it's a huge mistake if you exercise only that right and nothing more. Action

"I apologize to the people of the world who have suffered from the ignorant actions of my Government and by the people in power who have manipulate our Country. Our Democracy and our Constitution is been undermined and exploited. Please bare with us as we go through these much needed changes. We will share with you everything that we learn from this process called Improvements, so that you may use this information to help make improvements of your own in your area of the world if needed. And please remember to keep educating yourself because you cannot fight ignorance without the necessary knowledge and information that is needed to define our mistakes and at the same time come up with logical solutions that will help correct them".

It's obvious to see that Human Nature is proof that all humans are naturally born to be good and naturally born to be nice people, that is our true nature. What's unnatural for a human is corrupt behavior, selfishness and violence. Those types of negative behaviors are related to a horrible inadequate education and a bad upbringing. But even then, humans are still inclined to grow up to be good and nice. It's just that most of the humans that go Evil some how find their way into power.
And that's when evil people exploit all the good and nice people and cause horrible suffering.
That means good and nice people need more then just good nature, they need a willingness to protect what is right. The Nice Guy does not have to finish last, the nice guy has to take charge and understand that nice and good is a responsibility and a priority. Start by improving education and at the same time change the laws that protect corrupt people in power. The Triumph of Good over Evil is not a fairy tail, it's a job and a responsibility.

To do nothing is to be nothing

I always thought that Labor Unions were a good thing because they cared about workers rights and their wages. But it seems that some unions are just saying that if they are going to work for a criminal activity then they want a piece of the action, which is organizing for the wrong reasons and basically being an Accessory to a crime. But it's not just the unions, it is also every person who is not aware of what their own employer is really doing or what's happening in their own government.
We should not organize for the piece of the action.
We should only organize to be part of the decision-making. (The decisions that matter)
Deciding what's right and what is good for everyone and not just for the people involved.

Wakeup Call

Now that some unions are losing their Collective Bargaining Rights they will now know how the rest of the country feels every day. State governments attacking unions is a good thing because now everyone is in the same boat. Hopefully now we can all get together and take on our government and make the Necessary Changes that are needed to protect everyone. Why do people wait till their money and privileges are gone before they make a stand. Money is not just a distraction, money
distorts reality and manipulates values. Money and privileges also alienates you from other people and your own planet. So we either rid the world of money and create a better system or we educate everyone so that they are fully protected against the poisoning effects of money. "Money is the root of all evil" may not be fully understood or correct, but we can now say that money clearly has a damaging psychological effects. Money distorts reality and causes a disconnect between humans and our earth.


Waking up is not just what you do after you sleep, it's also what you do after you realize that you were never fully awake.

Most people hope for change but hoping for change does not work.
Don’t wait for Change, Make the Change, Be part of the Change.
Waiting for that day when the TV says “People we have made some very important changes and improvements are coming”..That day will not happen unless you are the one giving that announcement.

Too many people assume that because there are smart people in the world, that naturally, these smart people must be the ones who are in charge and who control our most important services. Sadly these so-called smart people are as ignorant as you and me. This is not to say that these smart people have no intelligence, it’s that their minds have been corrupted and their reasoning has been distorted and manipulated. Most every person on the planet understands how Power & Money corrupts the human mind and distorts reality. And smart people are not immune from this infection. So you have to ask yourself, “who is in control? The money or the man?" The only way that the general public will ever have any control or understanding of their lives is when they decide to take part in this responsibility of knowing who is in charge and who is corrupted. Showing up at a voting both once a year will not change or improve a single thing. Educating yourself on what actions you must take everyday will definitely help to improve the lives and the future of everyone.

Complacent and content are delusions of an ignorant person who has become unattached from realityYou can be happy and you can be thankful, just don’t be blind.

 

Managing bad habits that we refuse to give up.

If you don't define your priorities you will never be defined. Your life will be random, easily distracted and unfocused. You will be constantly confused by your own misconceptions and at the same time create a false sense of security. All this happens because you never learned the importance of continually acquiring knowledge and learning the importance of defining your priorities based on that knowledge.

We spend too much time managing insignificant bad ideas instead of optimizing our time managing good ideas. Good ideas produce the best results and would actually by default, fix all the other insignificant bad ideas. So if you don't have any priorities then your first priority would be to...
"Define your Priorities"…short term and long term.

Either you are part of the solution or you are part of the problem.

We have proven that voting is the fairest way to decide, but voting is not a guarantee that the majority of voters fully understand what their vote really means. The public only votes for politicians and only votes on a few issues and then the rest of the decision-making is done behind their backs. This is not democracy; this is clearly a fascist Capitalistic society. If the public is not voting at least once a week on the issues that directly impact their lives then they are most likely unaware of the issues and unable to do anything to help improve their community. Schools, colleges, businesses and local governments must all play a role in helping the public vote on a regular basis as well as help educate the public about the serious problems that plague our society.

Education is everyone’s responsibility

 

Your brain will never function properly without the necessary knowledge and information that is needed everyday to manage the enormous amounts of messages received from our numerous senses. Everything that the human brain needs to process must be understood.
You have to learn how to process human emotions, physical and mental changes, interaction with the planet, interaction with other living species and so on and so on. Your brain is the most important tool. But it doesn’t teach itself. So it’s up to you to make sure it gets the necessary amounts of knowledge everyday. A tool that can make more tools is a gift, and it’s the only gift that will ever make a difference in your life. Your brain needs you. And if you let your brain down it will let you down. Cause and effect.  The Human Brain

Knowledge