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Origins Mini-Series Airs Tonight
SeaDour writes "The much-anticipated NOVA mini-series Origins begins tonight on PBS (check local listings for time). Hosted by Neil de Grasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City, the ambitious show plans to journey all the way to the Big Bang and back again, "blending astrophysics, geology, chemistry, biology and even paleontology to knit together insights about the structure of the universe, the creation of planets and the foundations of life itself." MSNBC has an interesting write-up on the show that's been four years in the making."
It's about the origin of the first post.
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Sadly, this potentially great mini-series will either be pre-empted by Nip/Tuck (my fault) or [insert inane reality show here] (the wife).
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Frankly, Nip/Tuck is a legitimate excuse for missing such nerdy/intellectual public broadcasting Nova fun. Why? Boobies! Hotties! BOOBIES and HOTTIES, MAN!
However, seeing a naked gay guy run around the dumpster side of a resort island touting his immunity challenge win in a "survival" competition does not supercede Nova.
But boobies and hotties do.
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They said, "YUO FAIL IT!"
And you are a wacko who thinks the State should force people to work for free.
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I thought about this back in the mid 90s during my true college years. I came to the following conclusions about the idea:
* It would have to happen on a global scale (no country could be left out).
* People would be REQUIRED to work or do something during a certain age range (Which really isn't any different than the case now).
* The children growing up in said society would be less wasteful and more accepting of such an idea.
* At first people would be wasteful as they try to acquire "everything they ever wanted". But then later they would all get the feeling of not needing most of it and being more responsible.
* The majority of the current population would be very opposed to this idea because most would think it is communism. Which is unfortunate because communism had a lot of good ideas to it. Most of all, to help people over all have better lives.
* The majority of the current population need to change their attitude regarding their own responsibilities to society. This and the first point are the major reasons communism failed.
* Something would have to be done about the idea of trading of favors, because this would eventually lead to simply a different kind of "bartering and currency". This has a lot to do with people's attitudes.
* The root of most problems in this world is money and the fact that we value objects. Money has eroded good will and good people from turning the earth into a good place. Almost any problem you can think of in this world can be traced back to people's greed and desire to compensate for their lifestyles.
* We'd have to slow the population explosion so that we don't extinguish our resources. We would have to work on mining resources from other unpopulated planets.
* It would take a long time to make such a change, such as 100 years or so. People would initially have to make some sacrifices that wouldn't be immediately rewarded by the goals of a moneyless society. So you might have problems with people wanting to go with such a system since they wouldn't see the results in their lifetime.
Most of these are qualifications for such a system to work, but the benifits are numerous and unimaginable:
* Possibly an end to war.
* End to hunger
* Formation of a world government.
* MUCH MUCH less waste of raw natural materials and time. People may shared used items instead of buying new ones more often because there would be no worry of something breaking, etc.
* A focus on the things that are important. (Money itself is not important, but yet in our current society we place such high value and time on it)
* Ability to do good things that previously would have drained valueable resouces for an intangeable gain.
* No worry about job loss, homelessness, bankruptcy, and any other problem tied with lack of money or inability to produce finances.
* Higher quality of life and products because there would be no reason to not make things the best you could make them.