These concepts, more than 3 decades old, give us very good guidlines about what is needed to create sustainable development.
For those of you who are interested in the theory of memes that followed Richard Dawkins book “The Selfish Gene”, this is a must-see.
In the footsteps of Icarus …
… without the wax.
Yves Rossy is a Swiss pilot, inventor and aviation enthusiast. He is nicknamed Jet Man and Fusion Man for being the first person to achieve sustained human flight using a jet-powered fixed wing strapped to his back.
Seriously sci-fi if you ask me … I’m waiting for the first commercialisation of the product :-)
In this 20min talk at TED, Shai Agassi explains his bold plan for a future without fossil-fuel driven cars. His company, Better Place, has a partnership with Renault-Nissan and plans to roll out this new car and infrastructure country by country, starting with Israel and Denmark.
More info on wikipedia.
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Tonic Immobility. Scary or endearing?
As described in Wikipedia: “Some sharks can be placed in a tonic immobility state by turning them upside down. The shark remains in this state of paralysis for an average of fifteen minutes before it recovers.”
