 How to improve morale and confidence. - 2-4-2008 15:57:46
“It is lack of confidence, more than anything else, that kills a civilisation. We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs,” said Kenneth Clark at the end of his classic TV series Civilisation.
I was struck by this when I watched the series years ago and it rattles around [...] more »
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Preparing Yourself for Doomsday with a DIY Metal Smelting Furnace - 9-3-2008 23:08:37
I’m awfully fond of the idea of a Doomsday Ark:
IF civilisation is wiped out on Earth, salvation may come from space. Plans are being drawn up for a “Doomsday ark” on the moon containing the essentials of life and civilisation, to be activated in the event of earth being devastated by a giant asteroid or [...] more »
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DIY Metal Smelting Furnace: How to Prepare Yourself for Doomsday - 9-3-2008 23:08:37
I’m awfully fond of the idea of a Doomsday Ark:
IF civilisation is wiped out on Earth, salvation may come from space. Plans are being drawn up for a “Doomsday ark” on the moon containing the essentials of life and civilisation, to be activated in the event of earth being devastated by a giant asteroid or [...] more »
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Preparing Yourself for Doomsday with a DIY Metal Smelting Furnace - 9-3-2008 23:08:37
I’m awfully fond of the idea of a Doomsday Ark:
IF civilisation is wiped out on Earth, salvation may come from space. Plans are being drawn up for a “Doomsday ark” on the moon containing the essentials of life and civilisation, to be activated in the event of earth being devastated by a giant asteroid or [...] more »
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Things are often not as they seem at first - 14-8-2006 8:02:57
There is an interesting article on the Social Affairs Unit blog which discusses New Civilisation magazine. Their opening declaration was: As a conflict between Islam and the West is engulfing the world in a cycle of violence, the walls between peoples are now being raised and fortified, yet the world is shrinking. I believe that New Civilisation is a unique attempt to break down the unreasonable barriers that are the tragic irony of modernity post... more »
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Apparently we *are* all doomed - 4-4-2008 16:00:29
This week’s New Scientist cover story is about the “Collapse of Civilisation“, and it’s well worth reading - as if the sub-prime banking crisis isn’t enough, civilisation is only two square meals away from collapse at any given moment.
I’ve been reading Jared Diamond’s Collapse, which explores the reasons why a number of formerly successful civilisations [...] more »
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Discovery Civilisation The Tower Series PDTV XviD-REViSiON - 14-9-2007 18:04:27
A three part series from the Discovery Civilisation channel, all about the Tower of London ripped by group REViSiON.
This is the story of the tower of London, past and present. With unique access to the tower, this series will unlock its private, as well as public life. Revealing the hidden history of well-known stories, and [...] more »
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Enemies of civilisation
Among whom, Melanie Phillips
- 6-10-2006 16:59:00
Enemies of civilisation
Among whom, Melanie Phillips
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Once again, Melanie Phillips rallies to the defence of western civilisation - 19-9-2006 3:35:46
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«Ecrans» revient sur le Web - 2-9-2006 6:00:00
Le magazine de «Libération» consacré à la civilisation de l'image numérique passe du papier à l'Internet. more »
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Web Site of The Day: Ronald Kurniawan - 25-7-2006 9:18:14
Bust those Monday blues within the wilderness of humor and the civilisation of wit. more »
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A Very Civilised Clash - 22-1-2007 15:53:06
This report from Ken Livingstone's "A World Civilisation or a Clash of Civilisations?" event is a guest post by Ami. I disagree with those... more »
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One Hundred and Fifteen and still counting - 24-4-2008 21:26:16
Oil is now $115 per barrel. We ‘re all going to hell in a handbasket. By the time STFC’s problems are sorted, Western Civilisation will have collapsed anyway. Sorry, got to go now, teaching my kids how to use a bow and arrow. more »
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The great leap backwards - 5-2-2008 19:52:19
In the beginning there was a big bang, or Adam and Eve, or something different that you believe in; anyway whatever you believe in, there were certainly no doctors or hospitals.
As human civilisation developed more specialisation became possible, meaning that some people became full time physicians while others ploughed the fields and scattered.
The Sinhalese might have been the first to more »
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Civilisation and the subprime minister - 28-1-2008 14:01:37
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IlwcTx9Q628/R52YkTL8hnI/AAAAAAAABCg/fYEC4klRPD0/s1600-h/civ2a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_IlwcTx9Q628/R52YkTL8hnI/AAAAAAAABCg/fYEC4klRPD0/s320/civ2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160448497429546610" border="0" /></a>My youngest son occasionally plays a computer game called Civilisation II. It involves trying to rule the world. In Civilisation you choose the style of government. Citizens are most productive in a democracy, but tend to moan and groan and refuse to do things. So you have to spend mo more »
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Japan turning itself into Cyberman machine civilisation - 9-4-2008 9:03:41
Three million converted to undying robotoids by 2025
Enormous numbers of people are being replaced by (or perhaps converted into) robots, reports suggest, and the trend is set to continue.… more »
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Japan turning itself into Cyberman machine civilisation - 9-4-2008 9:03:41
Three million converted to undying robotoids by 2025
Enormous numbers of people are being replaced by (or perhaps converted into) robots, reports suggest, and the trend is set to continue.… more »
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It is fascinating what you can find on YouTube - 7-3-2008 10:52:59
Just came across some footage of a Dutch Apache helicopter gunship facilitating some interesting 'inter-civilisation dialogue' with a couple Talibs in Afghanistan. I find myself watching YouTube more than TV these days.... more »
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United States of Torture - 7-2-2008 14:29:54
Alors que son président prétend toujours que "la mission des Etats-Unis est de promouvoir dans le monde entier la civilisation, la démocratie et les Droits de l'Homme", la Maison Blanche légalise la torture Via Plume de presse more »
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Disney Confirms Apocalypto Distribution - 15-8-2006 2:29:24
Apocalypto's dialogue is in ancient Mayan and tells the story of an ancient American civilisation.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/tittletattle/article_21234030.shtml"><b>More</b> more »
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