http://www.metafilter.com/tags/thevenusproject Posts tagged with 'thevenusproject' at MetaFilter. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:49 -0800 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:49 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75468/Zeitgeist%2DAddendum We already <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/63276/Zeitgeist-Hegel-would-NOT-be-proud">talked</a> (self-link, sorta) about <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197">Zeitgeist: The Movie</a>. Its author, Peter Joseph, recently released <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912">Zeitgeist: Addendum</a>. (beware: last two links are two hour movies) This time, it’s about money and debt, scarcity and resources. The first, financial part may look like an extended <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul">Ron Paul</a> ad, but then there’s a sudden turn towards resource-based utopian techno-communalism, and an endorsement for <a href="http://www.thevenusproject.com">The Venus project</a>. It seems to me like "Kropotkinian anarchism meets The Matrix". In these <a href="http://www.economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12372822&source=features_box_main">rough times</a>, is it time for a big leap? [Also announced: <a href="http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/">The Zeitgeist Movement</a>, still not active] tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75468 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:49 -0800 addendum debt finance money paul project ron ronpaul thevenusproject utopia venus venusproject zeitgeist Baldons