Destruction And Rebirth
This issue is about pollution, the erosion of trust, and about success.
In this issue we’re learning about the devastating properties of micro-plastic, about the continuous erosion of the most precious commodity throughout all aspects of our life, and all about success and the termination of obstacles from Arnold Schwarzenegger. And finally, in a new article we’re discovering the immense value of unfettered and uncontrolled speech of thought for our emotional and intellectual growth.
✨ Sparks
🧬 Science & Research: Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using μFTIR spectroscopy
Another work of science pointing to the alarming effects of human related environmental pollution that has a direct impact not just on both flora and fauna across all ecosystems but on our very own health as well. The globally increasing concentration of airborne micro plastics that accumulates in human lung tissue exposes another level of severity in addition to the contamination of the oceans and their faunal inhabitants as well as livestock and the fruit and vegetables plants provide.
📝 Article: We’re in Danger of Losing Our Most Important Resource
Mind stimulating writing about the commodity of trust and how the recent development of science, politics, technology and business has been eroding this precious resource through shortsighted exploitation.
There’s an ominous recurring theme here: The very technologies we use to determine what’s trustworthy are the ones most under attack.
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Trust is the scarcest commodity in the world. Nothing else comes close.
Nevertheless, mankind has misplaced its trust since the dawn of time when the serpent seduced Eve to eat from the forbidden fruit and she in return served her husband, Adam, who was without doubt.
What has been changing in the more recent past is that we lose trust in our own senses because the deceit mankind develops becomes subtler and subtler. A yoghurt might taste like strawberry but never has it seen a real fruit before. A bag might smell like leather but never has it seen animal skin before. A dress might feel like cotton but never has it seen a plant before. A shopping mall might sound like the ocean or a forest stream but never has it seen water before. A movie might display landscapes and people but not for one second has a real piece of nature or a human been filmed.
Ted Gioia
🎬 YouTube Video: Arnold Schwarzenegger "Rules of Success"
Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the most influential and successful people of our time and example of balanced and healthy masculinity, shares his six rules of success, embedded in touching stories from his personal and professional life. If you’re a non-German speaker, skip to 00:01:10.
🆕 New Content
📝 Article: The Blessing Of Hate Speech
“Hate Speech” discredits a specific form of communication despite of it being one of the vital aspects to personal growth and free expression.
Ferdinand Kutschker
💡 This Week’s Wisdom
In 1920, shortly before [William Vanderbilt] died, he was quoted in the New York Times saying, “My life was never destined to be quite happy. . . . Inherited wealth is a real handicap to happiness. It is as certain a death to ambition as cocaine is to morality.”
From Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by ANDERSON COOPER.
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