Four Important Meetings and How They Differed
Four Important
Meetings and How They Differed
Junious Ricardo Stanton
The corporate mind control
apparatus had a field day reporting on the goings on at the recently completed
G-7 summit in Quebec City Canada. The
meeting was attended by Trump and leaders from Canada,
the United Kingdom, France, Italy Germany, Japan with
observers from the European Union. Much was made of President Trump’s Twitter tirades
against some of the members and his statement Russia should be invited to
participate as part of the group. There were plenty of photos and documentation
of the so called war of words among the key participants Trump, Theresa May of
Britain and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The media seemed to relish
Trump’s antics and spent an inordinate amount of time rehashing his remarks and
digs against some of his contemporaries.
Trump
exited the summit early to head to Singapore to meet with North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un. In his wake he left the remaining leaders baffled and
befuddled by his personal attacks and adversarial tariff talk and threats.
Meanwhile
on the other side of the world in Qingdao China the
Shanghai Cooperative Organization held their meeting. The corporate media didn’t dwell on this group
much at all. Leaders from China,
Russia India, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan who
represent over three billion people met to discuss mutual trade, security
issues, investment opportunities, cooperation in the areas of technology and
how to advance their mutual multi-polar agenda. The meeting was chaired by Chinese
President Xi Jinping. The SCO meeting in Qingdao was a stark contrast to the G-7 meeting in Quebec. The SCO’s
priorities were interregional collaboration, mutual respect and cooperation. The
Western corporate media gave almost no attention to the SCO at all.
Another meeting took place in Europe in Turin
Italy
the same time as the G-7 and SCO meetings but received even less coverage than
the other two. It was the annual meeting of the Bilderberg an elite super
secret organization of global movers and shakers many believe pull the strings,
give orders and set global social and economic policy. You can get a list of
the participants at http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants.html
but the public is not privy to the goings on at Bilderberg meetings, meetings
of the Tri-Lateral Commission or the happenings at Bohemian Grove.
Then there was the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim
Jong Un. The US
corporate mind control apparatus gave a lot of attention to this get together.
Those who buy into the left-right, Republican-Democrat, liberal-conservative,
East-West okey-doke are missing the clearer picture.
Trump,
the US military industrial
complex and the media make it seem as if Kim Jong Un is a maniac hell bent on antagonizing
the US.
Think about this, since the Korean
conflict (June 1950- July 27, 1953) how many countries have North Korea
invaded, covertly conspired to topple their governments, sabotaged their
economies or assassinated their leaders? None! How many counties has North Korea
bombed with nuclear or conventional weapons in recent years? None!
Now let’s look at the United States. How many countries
has the US
bombed, invaded, sent troops into, assassinated their leaders, waged economic
war on, imposed lethal sanctions against and bullied? The list is humongous but
you can get an idea here, http://davidswanson.org/warlist/ .
Comparing
the US and North Korea
which nation is the real existential threat to world peace? Which nation is the
imperialist warmonger? Which nation’s total leadership has been on one accord invading,
bombing, killing, maiming and waging non-stop global economic and military
conflict since the end of World War II! The obvious answer is, the United States;
the nation Martin Luther King Jr called “the greatest purveyor of violence in
the world today”.
Looking at these meetings can we discern a common thread
or pattern? Can we put them in a clear perspective and even predict their
future actions? I say yes. The G-7 which
is made up of Western imperial powers (Japan has been a vassal state of the US since
it surrendered to the US in 1945, the US wrote its constitution and provides
for its “defense”). Western economic domination and neo-colonialism is
reflected in the G-7, except Germany
and despite the fact Italy
is in a state of economic implosion. For the G-7 it is business as usual, squabbling
over who is going to have the biggest share of global markets based upon
colonialism and exploitation.
The reason the West kicked Russia out of the
G-7 was based on lies, the supposed annexation of Crimea, the truth is Crimea
voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia after the US funded and supported a Neo-Nazi
coup in Ukraine. These lies were created by the US and it European vassals so
they could demonize and isolate Russia,
depict Russia
as an enemy so the Western military industrial complex could boost the international
arms race against a real nation as opposed to a fake adversary called “terrorism”.
The
Shanghai Cooperative Organization is made up of diverse multi-ethnic nations on
the Eurasia continent: China,
India, Pakistan and
Eurasian whites. They are coming together to build a collaborative mutually beneficial
working arrangement that neither hinges on nor depends upon military conquest
or economic intimidation. Their motives and collaborations are the exact
opposite of the US
and its Western allies!
The Bilderberg are the global super elites and
their trusted minions whose goal is to maintain and expand the current world
order with them at the helm in control.
The meting with Trump and Kim Jong Un is yet another
attempt by the US to bully and browbeat the North Koreans who have not invaded
or threatened anyone; who even if they had nuclear weapons lack the aerial technology
and capacity to deliver them. Pakistan
and Israel both have nuclear
arsenals but the US
looks the other way on them.
The
Kim Jong Un-North Korean issue is sham, a similar scam to the way the US military industrial complex, the corporate media
and government used the phony threat of international communism for four
decades to expand the US
corporate and military empire under the guise of national security, national
interests, democracy, humanitarian intervention etc.
Don’t
fall for the okey-doke.
NFL = National Fascist League
From The Ramparts
Junious Ricardo
Stanton
NFL= National Fascist League
“Fascism should more appropriately be called
Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” Benito Mussolini
When you look at professional sports, especially pro football
in the US,
you notice a pattern; almost every stadium is named after a corporate entity.
Take a look at the NFL stadium in your town or city, more than likely it is
named after some corporate entity like Nissan, Mercedes Benz, AT&T, Lincoln
Financial, MetLife, FedEx, Bank of America, M&T Bank, Lucas Oil to name a
few.
So
what, what’s the big deal you ask? The big deal is the NFL which according to its
articles of incorporation stands for National Football League should be more
accurately referred to as the National Fascist League! Why are you going there,
why do you say that you ask? Because most if not all of the NFL’s stadiums (as
well as most Major League Baseball and the NBA venues) have been paid for with
tax payer dollars but they carry the names of corporate entities!
You as
a tax payer have helped these franchises become extremely profitable. What I ask
did/do you get out of it? Do you personally receive a check or dividend from
the local team or the NFL? Does the city or county in which the local NFL stadium
is located get any money from the team owner or the NFL?
The
use of taxpayer dollars had to be approved by a governing body. A city council,
county commissioners or a special authority had to approve the measure. In some
circles this is called a public-private partnership. In the case or cases where
and when the private entity or entities (such as a professional sports team or league)
get the major benefit of the deal, it’s not really capitalism per se; it’s really
either socialism or fascism. In the case of the NFL, we the people got the
shaft so it was not socialism. Other than being able to root for the local team
or that particular sport, what did/do you get out of it? How much money do you
get from that arrangement? How has your community benefitted from this deal?
How much does hooping and hollering and wearing a team’s paraphernalia count
and does that pay any of your bills?
Until
two years ago the NFL offices were tax exempt. http://time.com/3839164/nfl-tax-exempt-status/
The NFL office was a 501(c) 6 registered
trade organization. The individual NFL teams pay taxes but the NFL office was
registered as a tax exempt non profit entity. Keep in mind; this designation
had to be approved by the US
government specifically the IRS despite the fact that at the time of the
NFL-AFL merger in 1970 a monopoly was being created which is against the law.
But US government agencies like the Justice Department and IRS looked the other
way.
What is the probability of you or me as
private citizens or fledgling entrepreneurs being allowed to skirt Justice Department
and IRS rules and regulations?! This clearly shows the power of money and the
nexus between money favorable government treatment which almost inevitably
leads to corruption.
There
is nothing wrong with public private partnerships but they should be a win-win
arrangements that benefit the public in some tangible way just like it puts
millions of dollars in the NFL team owners’ pockets. What do we get out of the
use of our tax dollars?
The
NFL gets paid billions to broadcast their games on the radio, television, (which
until recently were considered publicly owned air space) cable and streaming
services, how much of this money do we get since our tax dollars helped pay for
the venues?! http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/09/news/nfl-sports-stadiums-tax-breaks-taxpayers/index.html
There is also the question of who owns
the airways. In recent years US
court rulings have said the airways aren’t free or the public domain. https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/supreme-court-judges-rule-public-airwaves-are-owned-by-disney-nbc-cbs-abc-and-fox/
In fact most municipalities give huge tax
breaks to the NFL teams in their jurisdictions. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/10/how-the-nfl-fleeces-taxpayers/309448/
Plus the military pays the NFL for the jet flyovers and pre-game ceremonies!
What do we get out of that except brainwashing?
In Philadelphia when the
Eagles and Phillies were negotiating for their new stadiums several years ago,
part of the agreement was they would kick in money to help the schools which
helped lower the burden on the taxpayers and helped the school district. But
this type of arrangement is an anomaly rather than the norm.
The
NFL owners recently bent to pressure from Trump and their corporate sponsors
and the owners voted unanimously to arbitrarily and capriciously ban players
from refusing to stand for the Star Spangled Banner or using on-field gestures
of dissent. Trump pressured the NFL to shut down their players much like Adolph
Hitler punished a German soccer team in 1934 for failing to give the Nazi
salute. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/german-football-club-banned-failing-give-nazi-salute/ Do you see any similarities?
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Is It Time To Boycott The NFL?
From The Ramparts
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Is It Time To Boycott the NFL?
“When
black athletes secured a toehold in the earliest versions of organized sports
in America: in baseball and horse racing and cycling- they settled for
individual success rather than trying to use what power they had to remake a
system to ensure fairness and the possibility of future success. The Negro
Leagues were undermined when Rube Foster died because he was the visionary who
understood that temporary, individual successes weren’t enough if they weren’t
accomplished by new institutions to ensure the perpetuation of that success.”
William C. Rhoden, Forty Million Dollar Slaves page 260.
Recently National Football League
owners, a bunch of privileged billionaire white men, unanimously voted to ban kneeling
and protests during the national anthem prior to NFL games. This is their official
response to two seasons of NFL players kneeling to bring attention to racial
oppression, police brutality and socio-economic inequality initiated by banned
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick who began the practice during 2016 pre-season
games. Kaepernick’s thoughtful reasoning caught on and more professional
athletes started doing it, even as they watched the NFL white ball Kaepernick
for his activism and integrity.
The owners (this word conjures up images of modern
day enslavers attempting to control their highly paid “property”) capitulated
to Donald Trump who used his opposition to the kneelings to garner votes and support
from his corporate and voter base.
Trump on hearing about the owners
vote said, “You have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn’t
be playing, you shouldn’t be there. Maybe you shouldn’t be in the country.” Remember
Trump called the protesting NFL players “sons of bitches” but said Neo-Nazis, Skinheads
and KKKers were “very fine people” http://time.com/4904281/bigots-boosted-by-the-bully-pulpit-charlottesville/.
Trump set the tone and pressed NFL owners
to do something to halt the protests.
Last year there was a call to
boycott the NFL in support of Colin Kaepernick but it eventually fizzled. I
must admit I failed to fully support it too. There are numerous reasons to boycott the NFL.
For one Trump and the media distorted Kaepernick’s message disingenuously implying
he was anti military and anti-police, trying to make him appear un-American.
That is a lie, Kaepernick was protesting injustice.
Kaepernick’s protest also forced people to
rethink America’s
history and the singing the racist Star Spangled Banner written by a slave
owning white man. Check out the third stanza it refers to Black soldiers
fighting for their freedom on the side of the British and the last thing the fascist
oligarchs want is people thinking about this nation’s sordid history; so the
NFL kicked him to the curb! Kaepernick was a starting NFL quarterback at one
time, a Superbowl quarterback in the prime of his playing years, now he is
persona non grata banned from playing!
Some non NFL professional athletes
like Lebron James sided with Kaepernick while other athletes raised additional
issues such as mass incarceration. Kaepernick’s stand has been likened to
Muhammad Ali’s position against US
racism, imperialism and the war against people of color in Southeast
Asia. Kaepernick didn’t internationalize the scope of his protest
but US
imperialism is still a timely and topical issue.
Finally we should boycott on GP because there
are no NFL teams with Black ownership or partnerships. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/diversity-in-the-nba-the-nfl-and-mlb/,
not that token ownership of an NFL team would benefit the masses of Black folks,
but at least the NFL would send a much different message.
It’s time we stiffen our backs, do
the right thing and stand up in support of our Brothers and Sistah of
conscience.
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East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
Junious Ricardo
Stanton
Comic books have been around in the
US
since 1933. Superhero comic books as we currently
know them came into popularity in this country in 1938 with the introduction of
Action Comics and the creation of the
Superman character. The so called
golden age of comic books from 1930’s to around 1950 did not include people of
color as subjects or heroes. During this era Blacks rarely appeared in
mainstream comic books except as insignificant marginal images not fully developed
characters. Black comic book super heroes first appeared in mainstream comic
publications in 1966 with the creation by two white men: Stan Lee and Jack
Kirby of the Black Panther.
It’s a little know fact that Black
superhero comics created, drawn by Black artists, illustrators and published by
Blacks began in 1947 with the founding of All
Negro Comics a short lived endeavor started by Orrin Cromwell Evans which
produced only one issue. It was an anthology with characters that included:
Lion Man and Bubba, Ace Harlem, and characters for children called the Little
Dew Dillies.
Black comics featuring Black
superheroes remerged in the 1990’s with a boom of independently produced Black
comic book characters. Today Black Comic books and graphic novels abound. Many
Black comic book characters fall into the category of Afro-futurism a blend of
Black Consciousness, Black history traditions, distinctly African phenotypes, present
and future timed/themed story lines based on science fiction.
Black Comics offer their own unique
world of art, creativity, sci-fi, entrepreneurship and marketing. For the past
seventeen years Yumy Odom has produced and sponsored the East Coast Age of Black Comics Convention which brings together
fans, creative professionals, artists, illustrators, writers, publishers and
enactors with a mission of promoting literacy, story telling, creativity, art,
media development, self awareness and confidence using the genre of comic books
and graphic novels.
This year’s one day convention was
held on Saturday May 19th at the Tech-Freire Charter High School 2221 N. Broad Street
in North Philadelphia. In addition to
promoting comic book creators, artists and graphic novels the convention also
featured excellent workshops and demonstrations on: drawing, digital artistry
and illustration, writing, enacting, Black Science Fiction, screenings and
tributes to actors, artists, Cosplayers (costumed enactors/actors), writers and
publishers.
ECBACC is a serious convention that covers the
whole gamut and spectrum of comic books and graphic novels creation:
imagination, conception, starting a publishing company and the business of
comics. It is one of the original and premier urban comic book exposition and
conventions. It provides hands on instruction, workshops and panel discussions
about the $1.085 billion dollar comic book and graphic novel industry (2016 North
American figures). Black comic books are experiencing an even greater upsurge
this year due to the mainstream superhero films like Avengers and Justice
League.
Touring the convention exhibits, workshops and
panel discussions you saw youngsters drawing, Cosplayers in costumes, artists
talking, giving advice sharing their genius with an appreciative group of Black
folks. It was refreshing to see people enthusiastic about their talents,
interests and dreams come together with like minded folks to enjoy the
camaraderie, fellowship and positive energy.
People attended this year’s
convention in waves; folks came in attended the workshops then left as more
folks came in. There was a large crowd despite inclement weather. ECBACC
operates year round with a mission that extends beyond the one day convention. For
additional information about ECBACC go to www.ecbacc.com
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What Would Malcolm X Say About Fake News?
From The Ramparts
Junious Ricardo Stanton
What Would Malcolm X Say About Fake News?
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” Malcolm X
Eric Arthur Blair who wrote under the pen name George Orwell stated, “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” We live in a time of universal deceit, massive falsification and lies are disseminated globally by an extremely pervasive and sophisticated electronic media the likes never seen before by humanity. Television screens and smart devices, are everywhere instantaneously blasting information, disinformation and propaganda either from a right wing fake perspective or a disingenuous left wing slant both propagating global white domination and we are caught in the middle.
In prior times we had vocal warriors, scholars, dissidents and resisters who helped us see through the maze of disinformation and propaganda to recognize the lies and propaganda aimed at us and help us engage in a process of mental decolonization to view the world from a liberation perspective. Of course over the years the powers that be targeted them and attempted to eliminate the threat these courageous Sistahs and Bruthas posed to their mind control over us. Men and women like David Walker, Ida B Wells, William Monroe Trotter, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Noble Drew Ali, Elijah Muhammad and his ministers like Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan and fearless educators like Angela Davis exposed the mendacity, subterfuge, oppression and violence of the American system so it demonized them and on numerous occasions killed them.
Malcolm X aka Malik El Hajj El Shabazz was uncompromising in his denunciation of the American social, economic and political system built upon racism, imperialism, violence and chicanery that he and his Nation of Islam brethren called tricknology. Malcolm knew there was a constant battle going on for our minds.
On one occasion Malcolm had this to say about the US press and media, “One of the shrewd ways that they use the press to project us in the eye or image of a criminal: they take statistics. And with the press they feed these statistics to the public, primarily the white public. Because there are some well-meaning persons in the white public as well as bad-meaning persons in the white public. And whatever the government is going to do, it always wants the public on its side, whether it’s the local government, state government, federal government. So they use the press to create images. And at the local level, they’ll create an image by feeding statistics to the press—through the press showing the high crime rate in the Negro community. As soon as this high crime rate is emphasized through the press, then people begin to look upon the Negro community as a community of criminals.
And then any Negro in the community can be stopped in the street. ‘Put your hands up,’ and they pat you down. You might be a doctor, a lawyer, a preacher, or some other kind of Uncle Tom. But despite your professional standing, you’ll find that you’re the same victim as the man who’s in the alley. Just because you’re Black and you live in a Black community, which has been projected as a community of criminals. This is done. And once the public accepts this image also, it paves the way for a police-state type of activity in the Negro community. They can use any kind of brutal methods to suppress Blacks because ‘they’re criminals anyway.’ And what has given this image? The press again, by letting the power structure or the racist element in the power structure use them in that way.” From a speech given at Ford Auditorium on Feb. 14, 1965 several days before he was assassinated on Feb.21, 1965.
Imagine what Malcolm would say about the Black Lives Matter movement, social media, fake news, the grotesque caricatures of Black people on BET, VH1, MTV, the fake reality shows, the various networks and news programs?What would Malcolm say about six conglomerates owning almost all the media in the world? Malcolm was well aware of the power of the media and its organized and systemic propaganda on one occasion he said, “The media is the most powerful entity on the earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and he guilty innocent and that’s power because they control the minds of the masses. The press is so powerful in its image making role it can make the criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s he criminal. This is the press and irresponsible press. It will make the the criminal look like he’s the victim and the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
Malcolm X was extremely astute, well read, well traveled and he loved Black people. What would Malcolm say about us not continuing the liberation struggle? What would Malcolm say about us acquiescing to fake news, fake reality and falling for the proverbial okey-doke?
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems
From The Ramparts
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Indigenous
Knowledge Systems
“The
European philosophical conspiracy which we call the New Orthodoxy began in the
mid-eighteenth century and was fully articulated by Hegel in the early
nineteenth century when he asserted that African Deep Thought did not exist,
even more it could not possible exist; nor rather, it must not exist. Of course
the philosophical magicians could not make African Deep Thought not exist. What
they did was to suppress the truth of its existence and simply asserted that it
did not exist.” Jacob H. Carruthers from the Preface of MDW NTR Divine
Speech A Historical Reflection of African Deep Thought From the Time of the
Pharaohs to The Present
We are engaged in a life and death
struggle, we must not be fooled by the fact a bi-racial man was selected to run
for president and won the election, we must not be tricked into believing this
nation has changed the fundamental power relationship between the ruling class
and people of color no matter how many police officers, chiefs, sheriffs,
mayors, council people, judges and state legislators we have. Every day we see
evidence this culture does not value us unless it can extract something from
us, even our vey souls.
Sadly there are still many of us
who willingly sell our souls for trinkets, a pat on the head by the exploiters
or negate our African heritage and ancestry to fit into their system.
Unfortunately far too many of us do not know our history and legacy of
innovation because we have not been taught the dynamism of African deep
thought, ethics, morality and ways to navigate this thing we call life. We have
allowed ourselves to be duped and brainwashed into accepting and believing we
have nothing of value to offer or share with the world. Not so, in many ways,
we are the salvation this planet needs.
Ironically Europeans who once
ridiculed, denigrated and suppressed indigenous African knowledge, wisdom and
spirituality are now turning to African and indigenous people to find meaning
in their lives, give Western society a much needed moral grounding, sense of
purpose and to use valuable indigenous knowledge for sustainability and profit.
There is a whole new field called Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) where
Westerners are looking at ancient and aboriginal ways of living, relating to
one another, environmental sustainability, healing modalities and philosophies.
“Indigenous knowledge refers to the understandings, skills and philosophies
developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural
surroundings. For rural and indigenous peoples, local knowledge informs
decision-making about fundamental aspects of day-to- day life.
Sophisticated knowledge of the natural world is not confined to science.
Societies from all parts of the world possess rich sets of experiences,
understanding and explanations. This knowledge is integral to a cultural
complex that also encompasses language, systems of classification, resource use
practices, social interactions, ritual and spirituality.” Indigenous Knowledge
Systems Explained
https://www.herald.co.zw/indigenous-knowledge-systems-explained/
Our African ancestors postulated
the universe had purpose, intelligent design and a vital energy/intelligence
that permeates everything. Within traditional African groups there was a deep
seated sense of connectedness, unity, a need for reverence and living in
harmony with nature. Ubuntu, “I am because we are, we are
because I am”, was the underlying philosophy of traditional continental African
culture. Maat was the cosmological and ethical foundation of ancient African
society. Cooperation, intra and inter generational mutual aid were how Africans
lived and worked for the benefit of the whole group.
Even during enslavement we shared
our knowledge and genius with each other and the enslavers most times with no
compensation or credit! Think about George Washington Carver and his invaluable
impact on science and agriculture as one example. Indigenous knowledge was the
basis of much of Carver’s work.
Eurasians developed an ethos of
reckless greed, violence, domination, exploitation and disconnection. They
spread it globally and now are discovering these values and systems are
unsustainable. Now the West is turning to indigenous people to provide models
how to best survive. As they study
indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) we see a dual approach developing: on one
level there is the realization climate change; Western environmental disharmony;
ecological antagonism and exploitation are unsustainable that their policies
are creating disastrous consequences for the whole planet. Those who see this
are looking for ways to forestall or reverse these trends. Living in harmony
with nature and humanity is an unfamiliar perspective for the West and they’re
forced to turn to aboriginal people to show them how to do it!
On the flip side we can see they are merely
interested in indigenous knowledge systems as a way to increase their bottom
line, develop new products to market totally devoid of any change in values,
the way they do business or concern for the life of the planet.
As the direct heirs of indigenous
knowledge and the true custodians of this planet, we must recognize and
re-embrace IKS, rediscover our connection to nature, expand upon it and use it
to save the planet and ourselves from the irresponsible policies of the
exploiters. We have an obligation to relearn the deep thought of our ancestors,
become proud custodians of this knowledge and apply it in practical ways such
as urban farming/gardening, cooperative social relationships and mutually beneficial
group economics, locally and internationally.
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Pushing The technology Envelop
From the Ramparts
Junious Ricardo
Stanton
Pushing the Technology Envelop
“With augmented-reality gear barely on the market,
rigorous studies of its effects on vision and mobility have yet to be done. But
in reviewing the existing research on the way people perceive and interact with
the world around them, we found a number of reasons to be concerned. Augmented
reality can cause you to misjudge the speed of oncoming cars, underestimate
your reaction time, and unintentionally ignore the hazards of navigating in the
real world. And the worst thing about it: Until something bad happens, you
won’t know you’re at greater risk of harm.” https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/the-reallife-dangers-of-augmented-reality
More
and more people are buying what are called augmented reality gizmos and gadgets
such as: Microsoft Hololens, Magic Leap Lightwear, Google Glass Enterprise
Edition, Vuzix Blade AR and numerous others soon coming to market. What is
augmented reality you ask? Augmented Reality or AR is explained as: “Augmented
reality is the integration of digital information with the user's environment
in real time. Unlike virtual reality, which creates a totally artificial
environment, augmented reality uses the existing environment and overlays new
information on top of it…Augmented reality
apps are
written in special 3D programs that allow the developer to tie animation or
contextual digital information in the computer program to an augmented reality ‘marker’
in the real world. When a computing device's AR app or browser
plug-in receives
digital information from a known marker, it begins to execute the marker's code
and layer the correct image or
images”
AR
is different from virtual reality in that AR is your real time environment with
visuals and graphics superimposed while virtual realities is simulated three
dimensional images, computer generated environments, fantasy or make believe.
Now it has been discovered that Facebook is working on technologies that can/will scan your brain
and use AR technology to share one’s thoughts and images with the world.
An
article on the Waking Times Website
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/04/23/facebook-teams-up-with-shady-darpa-exec-to-scan-your-brain-and-augment-your-reality/
claims Facebook is teaming up with the Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA)
to
create new technologies that
integrate AR with what we are thinking or doing and share that with the world
(or allow Big Brother to know exactly what you are thinking and doing in real
time). The article quotes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he describes the
planned technology. “In the future, you’ll be able to snap your fingers and
pull out a photo and make it as big as you want and with your AR glasses you’ll
be able to show it to people and they’ll be able to see it. As a matter of
fact, when you get to this world, a lot of things that we think we think about
as physical objects today, like a TV for displaying an image, will actually
just be $1 apps in an AR app store. So it’s going to take a long time to make
this work. But this is the vision, and this is what we’re trying to get to over
the next ten years” ibid.
The article
raises cogent questions about the impact of this technology on personal
privacy, “Facebook users need to ask themselves whether or not they want to
live in this world of augmented reality. It’s uncertain at this point just how
many of our current abilities and freedoms we could lose if this kind of
technology took over our lives. Would it be possible to have a private moment?
With Facebook technology becoming ever-more invasive into our lives and their
protection of privacy becoming increasingly moot, it’s possible that at some
point in time we may not even remember what life was like before Facebook took
control over our perceptions and intimate data.” Ibid
Keep in
mind this is already on the drawing boards at places like DARPA, Google, Microsoft,
Facebook and others. This is all part of the
New World
Order/Big Brother surveillance society. AR and “virtual reality” are the next
steps as the one pecent push the technology envelop.
But we don’t have to be willing participants
in our own debasement and slavery. As I have been saying for several years,
Facebook is not a benign or pristine technology; it is a monopoly, a Trojan horse
we are being duped and socially engineered to install and use on our devices so
corporations and the government can keep tabs on us, sell us stuff, manipulate
our choices and behavior. In addition to the privacy issues there is also the
issue of the unintended consequences of our digital addiction and concomitant
distraction. See The Real Life Dangers of Augmented Reality at
https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/the-reallife-dangers-of-augmented-reality
to glean some of the real life adverse affects of AR.
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