Tag: civilization

The Success Trap: Why Yesterday’s Winners Become Tomorrow’s Losers (And How to Break the Cycle)

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How the very achievements that made you successful can become the greatest threat to your future success When success becomes a prison instead of a platform There's a cruel irony embedded in human achievement: the very strategies that make us successful often become the primary obstacles to our continued success. The problem with success is that it teaches you the wrong lessons. What worked yesterday becomes religion, and religions don't adapt. This isn't just philosophical...

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5,000 Years of History Reveal Why Our Civilization Is Destined for Self-Destruction

Cambridge researcher's groundbreaking analysis of human societies reveals the hidden patterns driving us toward global collapse—and the radical changes needed to survive The ruins of past empires tell a story we're still refusing to hear What if everything we've been told about human progress is fundamentally wrong? What if "civilization" itself is nothing more than sophisticated propaganda designed to justify domination? These aren't the musings of a fringe theorist—they're the conclusions of Dr. Luke Kemp,...

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Totem by Cirque du Soleil

Christina and I went to Totem in San Francisco on Friday afternoon.  According to its website: "Totem traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly. The characters evolve on a stage, evoking a giant turtle, the symbol of origin for many ancient civilizations.  Inspired by many founding myths, Totem illustrates, through a visual and acrobatic language, the evolutionary progress of species.  Somewhere between science...

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