Pact with the Devil — Thoughts on Our Nuclear Future

by Ervin Laszlo March 22, 2011

Nuclear power is not evil; it’s the devil. Evil of our own making can be overcome. The devil cannot be overcome, not even if we ourselves conjure him into being. This is why staking our future on nuclear power is a pact with the devil. Spokesmen for the nuclear lobby claim nuclear reactors are safe.  [...]

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Gaia Symphony V

by Ervin Laszlo February 27, 2011

Prize-winning Japanese filmmaker Jin Tatsumura has graciously allowed us to post an excerpt from his six-part Gaia Symphony documentary film series.  This seven minute clip is from the Special Edition segment of Gaia Symphony V.

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The Same Old Consciousness

by Ervin Laszlo November 29, 2010

It makes sense to paraphrase Einstein’s famous dictum in regard to consciousness. Our problem is the unsustainability of the world we have created, and we should be clear that we can’t solve this problem with the same kind of consciousness that gave rise to it. But many people try to do just that, even the leaders of [...]

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The G-20: Fighting for a Safe Spot on the Deck of the Titanic

by Ervin Laszlo November 16, 2010

The ship is heading into iceberg territory, but passengers in first class squabble among themselves to secure a safe spot on the upper deck.  Does that make sense? To the leaders of the twenty richest and most powerful nations of the world, it apparently does. The Leaders’ Declaration of the Seoul Summit of the G20 [...]

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When He Speaks About God, Don’t Mistake Hawking for a Scientist

by Ervin Laszlo September 19, 2010

In his latest book, The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking claims that the concept of God is not needed to explain the existence of the universe. The answer, according to him, is spontaneous creation: the universe created itself, by itself, spontaneously. Spontaneous auto-creation doesn’t call for a creator. In saying this Hawking doesn’t speak like a [...]

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Why the Religious Fear–and Fight–Science… and Why it’s a Sad Mistake

by Ervin Laszlo September 9, 2010

Religious people — and by this I mean people who are deeply committed to a religion and aspire to live in accordance with its scriptures — usually fear science: they suspect that science contradicts some of their cherished beliefs, beliefs they are asked to accept on faith. And because many believe that the best defense is [...]

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The G-20 Vision is Obsolete

by Ervin Laszlo July 8, 2010

Where there is no vision, the people perish Proverbs 29:18 One can’t solve a problem with the same level of consciousness at which the problem arose Albert Einstein The final statements of the June 2010 Canada meetings of the G-8 and the G-20 make for impressive reading (G-8 Muskoka Declaration – Recovery and New Beginnings, [...]

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