video – An Autonomous Agent / exploring the noosphere Wed, 09 Jan 2019 07:49:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 From Virus to Cosmology – Fred Hoyle /2019/01/from-virus-to-cosmology-fred-hoyle/ /2019/01/from-virus-to-cosmology-fred-hoyle/#disqus_thread Wed, 09 Jan 2019 07:34:08 +0000 /?p=2598 This lecture provides a decent glance at Fred Hoyle’s understanding of the universe. One can certainly say that he held a view quite different than most.

Fred Hoyle’s IFS Lecture December 1982

]]> /2019/01/from-virus-to-cosmology-fred-hoyle/feed/ 0 Massive Crater and Younger Dryas /2019/01/massive-crater-and-younger-dryas/ /2019/01/massive-crater-and-younger-dryas/#disqus_thread Wed, 02 Jan 2019 03:58:52 +0000 /?p=2584 Bright Insight did a concise summary of this news and its potential implications. Worth the watch. Staggering, can you even imagine what an object ten billion tons traveling at 12 miles per second… does to an ice sheet two miles thick. Also consider this article on meteorite strew fields in order to understand that this event could have had multiple impact sites which could be related to the formation of the Carolina Bays.

The 12,000 Year old Comet that Landed on TEDTalks…and Erased Ancient Civilization – Greenland Crater

]]> /2019/01/massive-crater-and-younger-dryas/feed/ 0 Daniel Sheehan /2018/09/daniel-sheehan/ /2018/09/daniel-sheehan/#disqus_thread Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:44:52 +0000 /?p=2556 Daniel Sheehan is a brilliant thinker who has written a fascinating book on his memories as a top lawyer in the United States entitled The People’s Advocate. Additionally, he gives amazing public lectures on both his experiences and world history. All of his YouTube videos are worth watching. Here are some that I started with:

Iran-Contra Scandal
 

Covert and Lesser Known U.S. Actions in and after WWII
 

Daniel Sheehan on 9/11

]]> /2018/09/daniel-sheehan/feed/ 0 Free Software Foundation /2017/07/free-software-foundation/ /2017/07/free-software-foundation/#disqus_thread Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:41:54 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1869 Informative videos on free (Free as in Freedom) software and open source software. Richard Stallman is a great leader for software freedom and seems to be the source of the stereotype for computer programmer “looks”.

The difference between free and open-source software was not clear to me until after watching these videos and doing further research. See the Wikipedia article on the naming of GNU/Linux.

I personally encourage readers to consider switching to a GNU/Linux operating system or a distribution like Debian if they have not already. If you prefer having a hard copy of the OS or do not have the technical know-how to perform the image download-transfer-install process, OSDisc.com is a great site to order many different distributions.

Also, be sure to become a supporter of GNU by joining the Free Software Foundation.

If you prefer to support individual programmers or projects, check out some of these on Patreon:

 

 

 

And come on… we need to severely lower the percentage of desktops running Windows.

]]> /2017/07/free-software-foundation/feed/ 0 A Glorious Accident – Wim Kayzer (1993) /2017/06/a-glorious-accident-wim-kayzer-1993/ /2017/06/a-glorious-accident-wim-kayzer-1993/#disqus_thread Mon, 19 Jun 2017 02:20:13 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1812 A Glorious Accident is a set of interviews and discussions with Stephen J. Gould, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Toulmin, Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, and Daniel Dennett. The final video is a round table with all of them answering questions about philosophy, evolution, life and the cosmos.

These videos are perfect for the curious and intellectual mind. Get comfortable, grab your popcorn and enjoy!

A Glorious Accident YouTube Playlist

]]> /2017/06/a-glorious-accident-wim-kayzer-1993/feed/ 0 New Theories on the Origin of Life with Dr. Eric Smith /2017/04/new-theories-on-the-origin-of-life-with-dr-eric-smith/ /2017/04/new-theories-on-the-origin-of-life-with-dr-eric-smith/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:09:31 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1743 Dr. Eric Smith’s lecture on the origin of life really challenged everything I thought I understood regarding how life functions and possibly originated on Earth. Make sure to watch the question and answer at the end for some good points regarding panspermia and Miller’s experiments.

]]> /2017/04/new-theories-on-the-origin-of-life-with-dr-eric-smith/feed/ 0 NOVA – Life’s Rocky Start /2017/04/nova-lifes-rocky-start/ /2017/04/nova-lifes-rocky-start/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:01:33 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1741 Life’s Rocky Start gives a decent educational account of the importance of minerals to both the formation (assuming life originated on Earth) and the progressive development of life. It is one of the few documentaries I have seen that properly shines light on the importance of meteorites to the understanding of planetary formation. The documentary starts by visiting Marrakesh, Morocco to show how meteorites are obtained in the infamous Northwest Africa region. I only wished it developed more on this meteorite theme.

]]> /2017/04/nova-lifes-rocky-start/feed/ 0 Diets, Animals, and the Environment /2017/03/diets-animals-and-the-environment/ /2017/03/diets-animals-and-the-environment/#disqus_thread Mon, 06 Mar 2017 02:36:31 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1720 Consider, in 2008 Americans killed an estimated 8,130,000,000 chickens and 40,800,000 cows. Those are the statistics for a single year! The total estimated global stock of chickens and cows in 2011 was 19 and 1.4 billion, respectively. Might the environmental crisis be due in part to sustaining livestock for consumption. The documentary Cowspiracy suggests this to be the case. There is not much one can do to convince someone who was raised eating meat to switch from an omnivore to an herbivore diet. If you don’t believe me, try it! Or, tell that person to watch a documentary like Forks Over Knives. The benefits of a whole-food plant-based diet are incredible. Making the transition will not only improve your health but also save the life of the planet. Note, make sure you know about the necessity of Vitamin B12 supplements for vegetarian diets.

It is impossible for livestock consumption to continue growing at this pace indefinitely into the future. The pressure on the environment from livestock grows daily. At some point either the human population will change their behavior to alleviate this pressure or the Biosphere will take matters into its own hands. My own pessimistic opinion is that it will inevitably be nature who reprimands her children. The punishment, or gift — depending on your perspective — might be a virus, plague, prion, drought, or famine which wipes out a species of livestock.

]]> /2017/03/diets-animals-and-the-environment/feed/ 0 A Journey into the Mind of Pynchon /2017/01/journey-into-mind-pynchon/ /2017/01/journey-into-mind-pynchon/#disqus_thread Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:25:27 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1710 It has been a long time since I read a fictional book. For various uncertain reasons I have only read non-fiction for the past several years; I am tired of non-fiction and for the past few weeks I have been on a quest for a book that grabs me and says: “Read THIS!”

I have been enjoying Gore Vidal’s Burr; although a wonderful book of historical fiction, my desire is for a more mind expanding literary challenge. Perhaps Thomas Pynchon’s work? I am going to start with V.

A fascinating video about Pynchon is linked below; it is amusing to watch how, near the end, the narrators analyze video footage as they search (in vain?) for an image of Pynchon — it reminded me of the old videos of the ever-elusive big-foot roaming in the woods, too funny.

]]> /2017/01/journey-into-mind-pynchon/feed/ 0 The Coming War on China – John Pilger /2016/12/the-coming-war-on-china-john-pilger/ /2016/12/the-coming-war-on-china-john-pilger/#disqus_thread Mon, 12 Dec 2016 02:31:45 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=1678 John Pilger’s upcoming film The Coming War on China (Consider supporting via the link on his Indiegogo page)

The link on YouTube keeps getting removed. Once an official version is posted I’ll update this post with a fresh link. Until then…

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