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James Burke - Balanced Anarchy

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This short clip comprises the main point of James Burke's excellent series- the day the universe changed. Against a backdrop of a buddhist monastary, high in the himalayas, James Burke envisions a utopic future. Stopping just short of presaging the singularity, communities like digg and /. are quite obviously foretold. I'm quite surprised that this hasn't been heavily sampled for electronic music.

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Uploaded: April 8, 2007 at 2:34 am
Author: DJsunkid

Length: 0:04:50
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Tags: medidation monk mountains himalaya james burke history microchip future

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Video Comments:
Probewitch (Wednesday 26th of November 2008 08:44:46 PM)
The approaching Singularity; neatly expressed.
drone36 (Thursday 13th of November 2008 09:07:54 PM)
I think you haven't exercised enough patience. Only 7% of households worldwide have access to the Internet, and the technology is still in its infancy. It might take a few more decades, but Burke's networked society will become reality.
dasgdasg (Saturday 15th of November 2008 02:01:07 AM)
It's already too late, the net is too restricted and codified. Everyone just forms their own little niche. You can be your own thing, but only by excluding those not like you - it's not fundamentally different.
Blahsmack (Thursday 13th of November 2008 05:43:54 AM)
everyone racing to the top of the pyramid when you get to the top you are killed your body is thrown down the pyramid
MasterBlasterBR549 (Wednesday 29th of October 2008 06:12:21 PM)
Balanced anarchy isn't an impossible. The world we live in is increasingly competitive those countries with the best educated, best motivated citizenry will prosper. Corruption/abuse of power is the downfall of nations.
TruthAxe (Monday 27th of October 2008 08:53:53 AM)
Where in my post did I write "equality is an individual struggle to be on top"? My post describes [1]the result of childish rationalism -- utopianism [2]organized crime that results from collectivist government [3]interlocking cults operating under group dynamics as the source of power for a few
timlearybedead (Friday 7th of November 2008 02:10:54 PM)
That's the society we live in now, so I'm confused? This Utopian concept, are you describing our current society or balanced anarchy? Or both? Or neither?
TruthAxe (Friday 7th of November 2008 02:21:07 PM)
Utopianism is living by the false belief that men can forge Eden on Earth now through Collectivism (of any kind: socialism, communism, crony capitalism), Scientism, Progresivism, all based on Humanism, Ethical Relativism. Clever men know the rhetoric, the right words to say to gain the upper hand on the many who dream for utopia. Once they have the upper hand, it's back to the same old game of living big off the backs of the many, whom they keep in a state of in-fighting.
timlearybedead (Friday 7th of November 2008 02:36:39 PM)
Ok I see now, in retrospect we are and always have been living in a utopian society. So this "balanced" anarchy is not much different than our current state, and if anything more of the same rhetoric of leadership of the few, slavery of the many. I don't see how this can be considered a form of anarchy.
suntzu1985 (Saturday 22nd of November 2008 06:31:00 PM)
there is not utopian society and there never has been. it literally means "no place" the recend annointing of the obamamessiah and his subsequent appointment of the clintonista communists is proof positive of the socialist marxism totalitarianism he is trying to impose upon America along with buying off opponents, the problem is he has run out of money already.