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We welcome a new writer to this weblog

Rowan Rodrik — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:24:24 +0000

Tonight, we welcomed a new writer who will contribute to this blog. Halfgaar (an on-line alias which would translate to as much as "half-baked" in English) is a passionate engineer who builds software, audio equipment and 3D models for fun. Some software he builds also for money. That's what his bachelor degree is for. When he's not busy building or learning something new, he often publishes his knowledge or his newest creations on his personal website or elsewhere on the web.

For us, he'll probably write about anything he knows relating to awareness. Maybe he'll share some of his knowledge about and experience with the awareness changes which are induced by binaural beats. Or, he might offer his insight in many social and political issues—insights which might surprise you but which he'll be sure to support with strong arguments. And, he's always open to your arguments as well, as long as they're well-reasoned and logical.

Try to follow him (if you can keep up)!

Upgraded the weblog again

Rowan Rodrik — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:50:37 +0000

I've just gone from WordPress 2.2.3 to WordPress 2.3.1. WordPress is the software running this weblog. Why I'm telling you this? If you've got to ask, you're not the one I'm telling this to.

Upgraded the weblog

Rowan Rodrik — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:04:13 +0000

Phew! I just finished upgrading the software that runs this weblog. For the technically curious, we're now running WordPress 2.2.3. For the non-technically-curious, this shouldn't make any difference at all.

Towards the Omega point

Rowan Rodrik — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:58:10 +0000

Currently, the collective behaviors of the human animal are directed towards large scale destruction and catastrophe. At the same time, there's a growing group of people who are more or less aware of our world's problems and the dangerous straight-jacket of our Mother Culture. The Omega Point theory, then, states that most of the misery and misfortune that has so direly affected the human species for the last ten thousand years has been brought upon us by biological and social mechanisms which are, one by one, all on the verge of collapse. Due to the on-going collapse of these mechanisms, more and more people are freeing themselves from the repressive straight-jacket of our Mother Culture. Knowingly or unknowingly, these self-actualizers are infecting others, some of whom, in turn, also manage to get free from our culture's destructive ideals. The Omega point, then, is a tipping point situated in humanity's near future when enough people have been freed to cause a large-scale shift in any other direction.

If this sounds an awful lot like the New Age predicted by many of our not so very scientific thinkers, that would be because some of the ideas are indeed very similar. We, of the Omega Research Foundation, predict that, indeed, we will be entering a new age within the coming decade or so. What makes our claims unique—no, even explosive—is that we back our claims with a mechanical world view. And even though we disagree among ourselves whether a mechanical world view is any way correct, we realize that the only manner to practice science is by making your claims verifiable. By refraining from waxing on about fun but vague subjects such as astrology, tarot and intuition beyond the scientific realm, we believe we can offer some real, solid insight into where we are and where we're going as a species.

And we have a lot of good news! So keep an eye on this blog and your eyes might yet be opened.