Since the Fukushima disaster began, proponents of nuclear power
have tried to spin the situation with claims that go back to the Eisenhower administration — that nukes will be clean, safe, and cheap, if we just go with the new technology that's not yet off the drawing board. Computer geeks have a term for this kind of song and dance:
vaporware.
The Indian diaspora is huge, in the US alone, there are estimated to be over two million Indian Americans. For the past three years, two Jain nuns from Ladnun, Rajasthan have been
traveling to and residing in Iselin, New Jersey to teach and live as
spiritual advisors within a diasporic Jain community.
Media ecologist Douglas Rushkoff tells how the corporation has made us over into its own image, and how we can take it back. He also illuminates the Dark Ages, reveals why there's a God on our money, and explains what we're really buying into when we buy that mortgage.
Is the Wall Street economic meltdown gearing us up for a food crisis? Or, will we find our way to a better world with values and nutrients as our arsenal?
The Cold War lasted so long because the opposing superpowers were evenly matched. Now that the US has no superpower competitor, could this spell the demise of America?