SaraRobinson

SaraRobinson

@SaraRobinson Seattle, WA
Visions Editor at Alternet.org. Journalist, futurist, time traveler, incorrigible collector of change theories. What's next? And how do we get there?
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@ Won't be Church directly. Will be individual Mormons, under heavy church pressure. That's how they roll.
 
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@ Srsly? Surprising. French mission was biggest failure in Mormon history. Only country they ever closed up & left.
 
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@ Yep. Because Obama didn't create jobs. Which he should have, even though govt can't create jobs. Pass that bottle.
 
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They just panned the auditorium. Did I really see a lot of empty seats?
 
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Damn damn damn. Three days on Twitter -- nobody told me there would be Twitter spam. Just got my first piece. HELP -- what do I do?
 
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Newt told Marianne: "Callista doesn't care what I do." That was then. Bet she cares a lot now.
 
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gotta go too. Been snowbound for 5 days now: gonna try to walk out to the store, get back b4 dark. Still snowing. Wish me luck.
 
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@ good research on how much data to use:
 
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@ Good research on this:
 
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@ Calm rationality. Structured assessment of situation + alternatives. Taking people back to core values & pref futures.
 
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@ Yes. And rigid cultures don't adapt, and so much fear change more.
 
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@ Or is it unspoken precisely because it's the most feared thing?
 
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@ Loss of male authority, power structures is always at the root of it. Often racial structures, too.
 
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bringing this back down: futurists' value-add is not buying clients' fear, calming w/ detachment, rationality, clarity.
 
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@ See last tweet. 1st rule of apocalyptic tales: when someone sez the world's ending, BELIEVE THEM. For them, its true.
 
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@ Could be, but usually of a culture that worked well enough for the people in charge. (Usually men.)
 
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@ Absolutely. Fundamentalism is all about grief over a dying culture.
 
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@ That's a pomo argument: there is no objctve reality we must respect. Don't buy it. Planet temp is real,can't ignore it
 
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@ No prob here. Climate change = a threat we fear much too little.
 
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@ The bible says: fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Read "god" as "all that is" -wisdom starts w respect for reality