Website review: World Clock
allnew discovered this in Environment
•7 reviews since Oct 16, 2007
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•peterrussell.com/Odds/WorldClock.php
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junef rated 2 weeks ago- Eek!
- the-big-five rated 3 weeks ago
- Too scary for me!
- magnoliasouth rated 7 months ago
- This has such an incredible liberal flavor that it almost makes me gag. No, really. While it's cool in theory, it screams propaganda. *ugh*
- DoctorMate rated 8 months ago
- This "world clock" shows moment by moment statistics such as birth, death, military expenditures, barrels of oil pumped, etc., based on estimates from various sources. The website also contains a life-expectancy calendar, the philosophy of a Peter Russell (the person behind the website), discussions on the here and now, letting go, etc. All in all there may be some interest here for the casual visitor. There are many articles and some video streams to ponder. Caveat Emptor: the creator of the website has a point of view ... He does sell books, dvds and such. It's OK to sell things :) Myself? I tried to be objective whilst visiting. One article, "A Singularity in Time," is worth a read. A date December 22, 2012, was calculated by a writer, Terence McKenna, in his book The Invisible Landscape, as the date when humanity reaches a point of "infinitely rapid change." Peter Russell allows that he does not know what is going to happen on that date. Hmmm ... Well Christmas shopping on that date may come to a halt forever! :) Here is an excerpt: "The idea that there might be a singularity in human development was first suggested by the mathematician Vernor Vinge, and subsequently by others, most notably Ray Kurzweil in his book The Singularity Is Near. They argue that if computing power keeps doubling every eighteen months, as it has done for the last fifty years, then sometime in the 2020s there will be computers that can equal the performance of the human brain. From there, it is only a small step to a computer that can surpass the human brain. There would then be little point in our designing future computers; ultra-intelligent machines would be able to design better ones, and do so faster." Just thinking that persons who are enthralled by the world clock or the idea of a "singularity in time," and find themselves waiting for the date, may be distracted from the here and now and be aware of little or no thing ... :) May be worth a visit if you have some time to spare ...
- Draconis rated 8 months ago
- Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin...into the fuuutuuurrrreeee.....
- danhiggins3 rated 9 months ago
- World Clock showing births, deaths, population growth, species extinctions, barrels of oil pumped, etc., etc., in real time by the day, month, or year. Combines my fascination with timekeeping with information about the real world, so it's doubly interesting to me.
