“We are attempting to operate our society on obsolete code. … Legacy sytems to legacies we don’t even remember.

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How much of this is the bias of the medium, and how much is it the biases of the people who program our technology for us? And how do we know which is which?  How can we even tell them apart?  What I believe is that we won’t know until we understand how our technolgies work, and how our technolgies work on us.  I do believe that if you are not programmer, you are one of the programmed. It’s that simple.”

“We get text. … Instead of getting priests to read everything to us … we make our own words. We get the printing press. Instead of depending on a few scribes, now anyone can write. Now we get the computer, now anyone can program reality. Now that’s not what actually happened though.

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We get the computer. Do we get a nation of programmers? No, we get a nation of bloggers. Now we have the great ability to write, but we don’t know how to program. We write in the box that Google gives us.

My issue is that at each stage, when we get a new medium, civilization seems to be one stage behind, one generation, one iteration behind the medium they are using.  And an elite, maybe a new elite, learns to actually use the thing.  … Programming is even bigger than the printing press.  It’s as big as text.  Text gave us Judaism. The printing press gave us Protestantism. What does this one give us?”

video link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imV3pPIUy1k

blog page link: http://blog.michaelgaio.com/2010/04/07/program-or-be-programmed/

I also appreciate the insertion of ideas around a necessary and fundamental shift in consciousness.  For a shift in consciousness is preeminent to establishing a funamental change in economy, and correspondingly, in society. I can see how the selection of Krishnamurti’s words is a good choice in articulating this point (at the beggining and end of the film), as he generally proposes that it is the responsibility of each individual to catalyze a shift in consciousness within themselves.

Here is an opportunity to actually make the fundamental change of converting the economy to debt-free money.  You can vote for ideas such as these at Change.org, and the most popular ideas will be presented to Obama just as he enters office in January, 20th 2009:

Regarding the Zeitgeist movie, it was synchronistic and significant for me to have had someone remind me to watch this film last night–as yesterday, the planet Pluto had moved from Saggitarius into Capricorn (where it will transit for the next 16 years). A general interpretation of this transit is: that the mode of global transformation we have been in while Pluto was in Sagitarius was collective visioning, philosophies, and theories of global transformation. With Pluto in Capricorn, the mode of transformation is more down-to-earth, manifest, and structural.  For sixteen years, Pluto will engage in a process of breaking down and then rebuilding the structures on which we depend for a successful experience in the material world.  We can expect the transformation of all things ruled by that sign: such as our religious institutions, halls of government and political structures, construction techniques and buildings, and how we handle ownership of property. The point is: this day marks the point when we can say that we have the over-arching vision and theory we need, and it’s time to get down to actually manifesting the transitions.

 
Obama ’08 – Vote For Hope.

This high quality media production really captures the progressive edge, and may have really helped ground-in votes from the younger “hip” demographic. I’ve participated in helping this outstanding video go viral in it’s organic distribution (nearly 250,000 views in just a few short weeks) by leveraging my own social media tool and skills across my networks.  

After the video was initially released, I was told by friends that MC Yogi lives nearby, and that a few people who managed the media production are people I know and have worked with here in Marin County.  I had a good feeling that I would likely have an opportunity to meet MC Yogi and congratulate him on such a successful production and contribution.  That opportunity finally came last night when I attended the “Groove Garden” dance party in Fairfax–where MC Yogi did a live rendition and rap of the same “Vote for Hope” song for Obama. Directly after his performance, I approached MC Yogi, and shared with him my appreciation of the production, and let him know that it really inspired me.  He is a great guy, and my further encouragement led him to also peform several more crowd-inspiring raps for Ganesha, Shiva, and other spiritual reverences.It’s great to realize that with just a few creative minds and some dedicated skill and time–nearly anyone can make significant contributions toward progressive change in this world.See MC Yogi’s website here:

www.mcyogi.com

BBC – Peru’s shamans send US election vibes

CNN – Peruvian Shamans for Obama

Now THAT is voting on the level with conscious change!